There is a song chorus that says, ‘you’ll always find people in the kitchen at parties.’ The kitchen is a key hub for us and we are upgrading a French kitchen. We have had several styles in the past and most have had Feng Shui applied with the right colours and placement. We have had a country kitchen with blue bench tops, black and white smart ones with chic surfaces and now our current Berlin kitchen, all cafe latte and soft buttermilk. Our French kitchen was a kind of renovation with a sort of kitchen put in with bits and pieces. I have other posts on kitchens, renovations and Feng Shui importance as one of the major areas to manage and here we are again. https://interiorharmonyblog.com/2020/04/19/kitchen-kulture/
Stop and Think
Kitchens and bathrooms are the most expensive updates in a living space so it is important to consider your budget as it usually blows out. What can you live with, what do you really use? We have friends who had a stunning cooking space with two different ovens, massive fridge and every gadget possible. They usually ate out and said they wished they had got cheaper appliances and spent more on a bar! Others have spent a small fortune on a specific oven because they really bake. For some, the kitchen is a social hub and the centre of the house or apartment and that means maintaining the wear and tear.
Feng Shui in France
The kitchen along with the bathroom and bedroom are the three key areas to ensure balance in the home. Our kitchen is near a bathroom and in the Self-Knowledge sector. Fortunately, this means that the colours of stone and sand still work and we can take all of our current cooking stuff with us. Stone and sand colours represent the Earth element which is all about grounding. This element counteracts too much of the Water element coming from the bathroom and partners well with a touch of Wood in the floorboards as the element of growth.
Making Choices
We have chosen a cream and beige granite which is a bit scary as it isn’t a combination we normally go for! Then full wrap around buttermilk cupboards in the same retro 1940s style. The initial photos look great but we won’t know the result until we see it grouted and finished. Two retro style cupboards in ivory, a new Smeg expresso machine that looks like it can fly and we are set.
