There’s No Such Issues As Timeless Kitchen Design

I like to flip by outdated magazines to revisit outdated traits. I nonetheless discover myself being impressed by issues I see in these outdated magazines. However one in every of them actually caught my eye. Since we’re going to be doing a kitchen addition within the close to future, this particular version Kitchen & Bathtub publication was particularly attention-grabbing to me. I used to be so curious to see if any of those kitchens would nonetheless look “present” in the present day.

This journal was from 2007, so it’s seventeen years outdated.

In all probability essentially the most attention-grabbing factor about it’s that it value $4.99.

I purchased an analogous journal simply final week. It’s has about the identical variety of pages, similar variety of options.

However this one value $14.99. How miserable.

However anyway, again to the 2007 publication. What actually struck me was the entire darkish cupboards. Nearly each advert in the entire journal featured darkish stained wooden cupboards. And I used to be by no means a fan of these tiny sq. mosaic tile backsplashes even again in 2007.

However the advertisements that includes darkish stained wooden cupboards have been quite a few.

In reality, in the entire journal, I don’t suppose I noticed an advert that had something aside from darkish stained wooden cupboards. And the travertine. My goodness, a lot travertine!

This was in the course of the time I had my inside adorning enterprise, and I keep in mind these traits. Everybody wished darkish stained cupboards with a travertine backsplash, and so they wished their properties adorned to appear to be a web page out of a Pottery Barn catalog.

All I wished to do was adorn with shade, and but, I used to be caught on this by no means ending darkish wooden, travertine, Pottery Barn hell with a aspect of “Texas Tuscan”. I couldn’t escape it.

I imply, these advertisements with the darkish wooden cupboards simply appeared endless! Each advert!

And even once they tried one thing completely different, like this extra modern look, it was nonetheless darkish.

Then I received to the options. That is the kitchen from the quilt.

A minimum of it’s white and shiny. It’s positively the closest to “timeless” that there’s in the entire journal.

Right here’s one other earlier than and after characteristic. I imply, you possibly can inform me what you suppose. Is that this timeless? I don’t suppose it’s. The after image appears like a earlier than image in the present day.

I used to be additionally shocked to see simply what number of black and white kitchens there have been on this one publication. The one from the quilt is white cupboards with a black countertop. The one above is similar. And right here’s one other one beneath.

I keep in mind this look all too effectively. Regardless that the cupboards are a lightweight shade, the room has a heaviness to it.

Even this kitchen that’s a lot whiter and brighter has a heaviness to it. I feel kitchens again then have been a bit overdone. Issues appear lighter, brighter, and easier in the present day.

This one was most likely the closest I discovered to with the ability to go as a timeless design, though I feel a brand new coat of white paint would go a good distance on this kitchen.

This one is only a no from me.

I feel this one most likely seemed modern in 2007, however not in the present day.

And I don’t even keep in mind this being common again in 2007.

This one may nonetheless be good in the present day with a only a few updates, just like the ceiling. And I’d additionally take away these heavy corbels. I keep in mind these being so common again then, however I simply don’t see them getting used anymore.

So you possibly can inform me what you suppose. Do any of those go as “timeless design” to you? I personally don’t suppose there’s any such factor.