I admit to stealing the idea for today’s Cool Kitchen direct from this post over at The Kitchn. UK architecture firm Johnny Grey Studios has come up with three designs for the new private kitchen at the White House.
My pick for the Obama’s would be Matt Withington’s Helm and Hearth design. I think the slightly traditional feel of the units and all the oval shapes at play would work well in the White House. Classic yet modern.
Ooh, this is fun! I wonder how much cooking the family actually does?
Hil- who knows? I like to imagine a at least a little, though.
You have started a very interesting discussion on kitchen design. I’m a cabinetmaker who really does not want to make kitchens for a living, because the most of what is done in the US is just boxes with a “choice of doors and drawer fronts,” the most of which are made in a factory somewhere. Boring. I want to do something else if I can, but what?
Last year I started a blog site with a fellow cabinetmaker and have since been exploring this very subject. European design just absolutely blows my mind, and I find myself doing quite a bit on it, even though these are often modular kitchens that one would simply send away for and have installed by a local craftsman. But what fascinates me is the utter innovation of those designs, so I find myself returning to them quite a bit.
I am also looking to design a kitchen for my wife in a too small space in a tract home, which necessarily lets out those wonderful European designs that excite me so. And whenever I find myself going out on a limb with some idea or another for our kitchen, my wife always grounds me by saying, “If you stick with the classics, you won’t grow tired of them.”
So, what do you do that is different and yet timeless and practical and stimulating to make if you’re a cabinetmaker? Damned if I know, but if I ever figure it out, I mean to make it for us and splash that baby all over the Internet!
What you’ve written, though, has given me quite a bit to think about, and I thank you for sharing your concepts.
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