Strange & Unusual Houses

[ParisGal]

God! Imagine how long it'll take them to pack!

[brown pony]

I really want to know what the pixelated painting is of.

[Rebel Pebble]

That just makes me want to sweep everything off all the surfaces in a dramatic and destructive sort of way. ESPECIALLY the kitchen. *twitch*

[Annabella]

I have a friend who lives in a flat way more cluttered than that. She is getting on in years and has asked me to be her executor of her estate when the time comes!

[sally maclennane]

Why would you not even take the jackets off the back of the chairs!

[Mayday]

Hmm, could this kitchen be any more unsuitable for this old, thatched cottage? I really don't understand why you'd do that. Surely you'd get something a little more in keeping?

[smalex]

I don't know, I've seen lots of ultra modern kitchens in really old property like that. I think the execution of that one is off though, I agree. The chairs trouble me the most actually.

[Derek Nimmo]

I don't quite understand the table / breakfast bar arrangement bit because I can't see it properly but I've seen far worse than that kitchen.

(I object to the white hearts dangling from the beam and fireplace and the reminder of what you're there to do in writing rather more than the kitchen style :)) )

[smalex]

To be 'in keeping' with a kitchen of that age of property would probably a little too antiquated for most of us :))

[ParisGal]

I agree that example doesn't look great. I really like a good industrial stainless steel kitchen in a converted barn with stone walls and fire places and beams though.

[Mayday]

I think it is the mega bright lights under the cupboards that bother me the most. I completely missed the giant COOK :lol:

[ParisGal]

Oh, I dislike kickboard lighting in all circumstances I can think of.

[Ella]

Yep, same. And signs like that.

[Zoomer]

It is hard to know what kind of kitchen to go for in a really old house though. I keep changing my mind as to what we should get.

Our place is too small for an industrial-style kitchen, and we have already learned that stainless steel is not our friend.

[Marth]

I have an aversion to stainless steel chair legs. They set my teeth on edge.

[Mayday]

I don't think that floor helps either

[Texaco Shirley]

It's actually just not a very nice kitchen :)) I don't like the cupboards and worktop all being white, it needs a bit of contrast.

[Rebel Pebble]

I really dislike the way they've run the units so close to the fireplace and stuck the bin on the end. Sandwiched between the units and the breakfast bar and chairs it's like it was just an annoyance in the way of more whiteness, as opposed to being a feature and the lovely warm focus of the room it should be.

[rosy]

How much lovelier would it have been to put a range cooker in the fireplace, then use that as the focal point. The fireplace appears to be into the corner, which is odd, and I wonder if they've moved it from the original position (where the cooker is now?). Basically it needs trashing and starting again. I read the COOK sign as COCK at first glance.

[Figaro]

Ugh. That's a really horrible kitchen! I agree something a bit more sympathetic with the building would be sensible - I don't think itd have to be very old fashioned, but something that modern just clashes hugely.