The kitchen is the heart of the home, it’s where we meet of a morning, reunite of an evening, cook hearty family meals together, gather around to discuss our day and entertain our friends and family.
This month we uncover what makes a Classic kitchen the perfect style when designing your brand-new home.
So, what is the Classic style?
Broken down into 4 key sub-styles: Plantation, Hamptons, Country, and Vintage, the classic style brings to life elegance, symmetry, and balance. At its foundation is a beautiful neutral palette that honours traditional architecture whilst delivering a warm, welcoming, and homely environment.
The Classic style has an enduring appeal that never dates, but becomes richer and more layered over time, evolving with you and your family as the years go by.
The key elements of a Classic Kitchen can include:
Muted and neutral tones paired with timber tones in whites, limed oak, washed grey, or dark timbers to contrast.
Accents includes nickel, bronze, and brass, picked up in cabinetry hardware, tapware, and lighting to ensure balance amongst the home.
Panelled profiles to cabinetry including shaker profile, beadboard cabinets, inset cabinets or glass panel cabinets.
Visible handles on all cabinetry, preferably knob designs on cabinets and small drawers, and cup or detailed pull handles on larger drawers.
Classic Country
A Classic Country kitchen should be unstructured, relaxing, and heart-warming, showing similar characteristics to the cottage style through the use of its muted landscape colours and vintage accessories.
The light filled kitchen in the Classic Country styled MOJO Homes Carrington Grand One 31 features a timber look benchtop in Polytec Prime Oak Woodmatt and Grafton profile cabinetry in Classic White enhancing the Classic Country aesthetic. Off the rear of the kitchen is a complementary Butler’s Pantry offering the perfect space for additional storage for all your kitchenware, glassware, and large entertaining needs.
Classic Hamptons
Inspired by the architecture and influence of holiday homes in seasonal locations along the eastern beaches of New York’s Long Island, a Classic Hamptons Kitchen represents all things elegant yet relaxed, light and fresh.
The Classic Hamptons styled McDonald Jones Homes Saxonvale 33 features an exquisite open plan gourmet kitchen with walk-in pantry. The key elements include Polytec Birrilee profile cabinetry in Stone Grey paired with Caesarstone Benchtop in Calcutta Nuvo. Chrome coloured shell style handles to drawers, knobs to doors and glass insets above bench cabinetry perfectly showcase your finest dinnerware.
Classic Plantation
Containing a combination of Spanish and Colonial architectural elements made this style -popular in the traditional southern states of America. Featuring cabinets made up of materials such as wicker, teak and mahogany, these darker coloured woods create rich and casual elegance providing contrast to light natural toned walls.
MOJO Homes Oasis 30 has a Classic Plantation design concept. The bright white cabinetry in Polytec Blossom with classic black knobs, and the contrasting dark timber island bench in Polytec Perugian Walnut in Woodmatt finish are commonly seen in this style and emphasise the feeling of island living.
Classic Vintage
Vintage refers to the style from the 40’s and 50’s, and comes with a feeling of nostalgia, comfort, and ambiance. Incredibly versatile and appealing, this popular style brings soft colour palettes together with the warmth of timber to create a perfect balance of style and legacy.
The Classic Vintage styled Brighton Homes Huxton features an elegant kitchen design with neutral toned cabinetry in Polytec Melamine Matt and Polytec Classic White Sheen paired with a Caesarstone benchtop in Statuario Maximus. These neutral tones pop against the feature walls painted in Taubmans Distance T15 30.7 making the space feel fresh and bright.
With its strong balance of texture, pattern, colour and light & spacious living areas this is the perfect timeless home design for you and your family.
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