Country Kitchens

Welcome back, m'darlin', to

Modern Country Style's

Makeover Your Kitchen Series.

We're on Part 4:

Finding Your Style.

And first up are Country Kitchens.

I think every kitchen should

have a touch of country in it.

What do you think of

when you think 

'Country Kitchen'?

I think it's a place where the whole family

- muddy dogs and muddy children -

or muddy friends for that matter -

congregate to enjoy the warmth and smells

of whatever yummyliciousness

is slowly cooking in the oven.

That's what I want in our home.

I WANT my children to loiter

while I'm getting tea ready.

I WANT our kitchen to be a

welcoming place for guests.

I WANT to look forward to

preparing our evening meal.

I WANT a bit of Country in my kitchen.

So I guess what I'm saying is that my test of

whether a kitchen has a country feel is not

whether it has the latest super-duper hi-tech gadgets 

but whether you'd want to dawdle while you're there,

pottering stove-side and chattering to friends.

Sometimes my children put their

craft things on our worktops, and sometimes,

I want to bake my little heart out.....

that means clutter

- temporarily, maybe -

but clutter nevertheless,

and I want a kitchen that

can stand up to family mess.

Come on by tomorrow and see how our kitchen fares. ;-)

Images via Country Homes and Interiors, Homes and Gardens, Period House,

Country Homes and Interiors, Period Living, House to Home