From top: milk glass bud vase, teapot, tea and dessert setting, cake stand, flour sifter, aluminum cups.

I’m obsessed with the Danish Modern Covered Casserole, in the last image. What about you- see anything you like?

1. Dansk Kobenstyle Enamel Sauté Pan from Blue Flower Vintage; 2. Vintage Enameled Gas Station Lighting Fixture from Barking Sands Vintage; 3. Iittala Finland Marja glass bowls from Found Vintage Style; 4. Vintage Printed Dishtowel from Trampoline; 5. 24-Hour Telephone Industry Clock from Three Potato Four; 6. Blue Teacups from Gloaming Designs; 7. Modern White Teapot from Hindsvik; 8. Old Willow Candlestick from Loglike; 9. Metal Milk Crate from French by Design; 10. Laughlin Harlequin yellow pitcher from High Street Market

This kitchen, in a Manhatten loft space and found via Martha Stewart Living, is a great example of blurred design lines. The vertical wainscotting, whitewashed floor and striped rug say welcoming country kitchen, but the ceiling-height shelving (complete with library ladder) is pure elegance. There’s even a hint of retro- check out that cute vintage stove in the corner!

Other great details include the small framed pieces of art (I love the one over the sink) and the dining chairs. All in the same style, each one is a different colour; if you look closely, you’ll see that those colours repeated elsewhere in the kitchen’s accessories, too. A great way to tie these seemingly disparate looks together.

Tara’s Vintage Kitchen falls into one of my favourite Etsy categories, one I like to call “gorgeously styled vintage goodness”. She’s got everything from linens to bakeware to cookbooks in her shop, but it’s the wonderful photos that do me in. Check it out:

Matt and Blair’s Fresh Retro Kitchen caught my eye when it was posted back in April. The colour scheme of red, aqua, black and white is pure retro, but looks fresh to the modern eye. The other details have the same classic-but-current vibe; the white goods, gorgeous original sink, and cheerful patterned curtains. The fact that this space is flooded with light is the icing on the cake.

For more photos, Matt and Blair blogged the complete renovation of their house at Tulane Rehab.

1. Lotus Ware Bowl; 2. 4 Finnish Linen Placemats; 3. Catherine Holm Dutch Oven; 4. Rorstrand Sweden Tea Cup; 5. Dru Holland Cast Iron Frying Pan; 6. Copco Enameled Saute Pan.

The kitchen is a slightly different space, though. Oh, it’s still elegant and quirky, but here is where the industrial warehouse aesthetic really shines. I love the (original!) metal door leading into the room, not to mention the vintage rolling ladder along the (cookbook?) wall. I also like the trio of retro pendant lights over the island, which together with some well-placed cast iron cookware, add colour to the room.

Overall, this is a room I’d love to cook in. It just seems so clean, bright, and user-friendly; exactly what a kitchen should be. Be sure to check out the rest of the home, too.

Firstly, I just love this party ball picnic set, sold by modapple. It’s got plates, bowls and cups- everything you need for a stylish lunch al fresco:

If you like something a bit more compact, how about these vintage plastic lunch trays? Sold by Tracelements, they’re perfect for those who don’t like their food “touching”:

For beverages, I like this plastic thermos and soup jar set, by Junk Yard Finds:

These plastic corn on the cob holders just say summer to me- my parents had a set just like this when I was young. Sold by Find me a Memory:

Of course, you’ll need somewhere to lay it all out, and I like the look of this 60′s wool blanket from solartwin vintage:

And to pack it all up, this vintage tin picnic basket, with trompe l’oeil basket weave pattern, from Camp Hobachee:

Not this space, though. Kingswood House from 1st Option has a great kitchen: modern and retro and strong and feminine, all at the same time. The first things I noticed were those fab industrial stools, and how well they go with the retro pistachio-coloured fridge.

I love the two striped rugs in this space, too. Bold and unexpected, they keep all the pastel touches from looking too sweet. The floating units also work well. The whole feeling of this space would be somehow different if they were built-in, don’t you think?

Of course, these photos are styled to perfection- right down to the gumball machine and retro tea towel. Still, I’d have to consider this space if I do in fact win the lottery this week.

What do you think of Kingswood House?