tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59149441371121414622024-03-18T19:59:07.671+00:00Modern Country StyleA lifestyle blog dedicated to all things Modern Country: interiors, craft, and fashion.Sarah @ Modern Country Stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10674775708432670104noreply@blogger.comBlogger813125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914944137112141462.post-63428568365236071242021-11-02T11:10:00.000+00:002021-11-02T11:10:25.064+00:00Top Five Reasons For Choosing Black Honed Granite In A Modern Country Kitchen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me give you five good reasons why a <a href="https://abingdon-stone.co.uk/">honed granite worktop</a> should be at the top of your wish list for your kitchen....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.moderncountrystyle.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Georgian Kitchens: Get The Look: Materials" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/cf/ab/bf/cfabbfa1c232ea43248282737085bf22.jpg" title="" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">1) It'll look fantastic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, when you're planning a kitchen, it goes without saying that for any Modern Country Style devotee, looks will be near the top of your list of requirements and honed granite deserves a gold medal on that list. It screams luxury in the calmest, most understated voice imaginable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.moderncountrystyle.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Georgian Kitchens: Get The Look: Materials" height="640" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/e4/af/23e4af5801ef3a048b87e416b4baa463.jpg" title="" width="427" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">2) It'll last and last and last.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Granite has stood the test of thousands of years in the ground, exposed to all the elements can throw at it, You can trust that this is not going to be the primping and preening high-maintenance nightmare of some currently "trendy" worksurfaces. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">3) It's versatile</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you prefer more of a contemporary country kitchen then <a href="https://abingdon-stone.co.uk/">honed granite</a> should be your pick. And if your looking to bring a bit of country to your kitchen then honed granite brings a gentle, natural softness that few other materials can match.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.moderncountrystyle.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Georgian Kitchens: Get The Look: Materials" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9e/4f/ea/9e4fea56214bd0efd5d05dcd649fcc1f.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" title="" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">4) It's easy maintenance</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please, please, purrrrlease, do yourself the most almighty favour and DON'T be swayed by high-maintenance kitchen work surfaces. You really need to be able to relax when you're cooking and not worry if this spillage will stain or that grease will smear. No matter how careful you are with a pale, porous worktop, IT WILL STAIN. But with honed granite worktop, a quick wipe over with Method Granite cleaner and it looks, honestly, as good as the day it was fitted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.moderncountrystyle.com/" style="font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><img alt="Georgian Kitchens: Get The Look: Materials" height="640" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/be/e3/68/bee368a32cc8dfdff452ff4f32816d0d.jpg" title="" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, gorgeous <a href="https://abingdon-stone.co.uk/">matt black honed granite worktops </a>will finish off any Modern Country Style kitchen. What are you waiting for?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">{We got our worktop from Abingdon Stone And Marble who could not have been more helpful and have kindly sponsored this post. However, all opinions are strongly my own!!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="td-post-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><header class="td-post-title" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take Care Until Next Time,</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Sarahxx</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Images: Sources unknown </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></header></div></div></div>
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</div>Sarah @ Modern Country Stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10674775708432670104noreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914944137112141462.post-91871882930283296952021-01-05T16:42:00.000+00:002021-01-05T16:42:21.872+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Farrow-Ball-Recipes-Decorating-Studholme/dp/178472436X">Farrow and Ball: Recipes for Decorating by Joa Studolme</a> (published by Mitchell Beazley) is a must-have read for anyone with even the remotest of interest in creating a gorgeous home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YwP4GhRqRmYxiIgWnOIyyBcG-ZWre71h2nMzKsWkJLC3_smQSb4RBlSp4zL7KUxKpH050G8t2xuIulafezt2ZhPzvVSd3lhSTIhB7DDpiQWMf2nUrtLxRQ1CgiY-W4l9xenVVBvGs7EK/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="444" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YwP4GhRqRmYxiIgWnOIyyBcG-ZWre71h2nMzKsWkJLC3_smQSb4RBlSp4zL7KUxKpH050G8t2xuIulafezt2ZhPzvVSd3lhSTIhB7DDpiQWMf2nUrtLxRQ1CgiY-W4l9xenVVBvGs7EK/w568-h640/image.png" width="568" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We all know that a lick of paint can make the most ginormous difference to <i>any</i> room but this clever book takes Farrow and Ball's previous lovely literary offerings to another level. Not only does it feature incredible rooms in incredible houses but, this time, we're taught by Joa Studholme, Farrow and Ball colour aficionado, how these gorgeous spaces link together visually.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMig0hpDerbZSYZRoCPQVCXDbTqOE7O8lfmrnHtYgb2OZuIfaoeRkMF23P_BZ9yedr_opbDkUBlULMCbnkO6mkBnWOa0fLzZIJtzv4CYQ4VEVfduUvO9i7mi9njz58Pqtp3FY96JCj3EX/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMig0hpDerbZSYZRoCPQVCXDbTqOE7O8lfmrnHtYgb2OZuIfaoeRkMF23P_BZ9yedr_opbDkUBlULMCbnkO6mkBnWOa0fLzZIJtzv4CYQ4VEVfduUvO9i7mi9njz58Pqtp3FY96JCj3EX/w640-h362/image.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't matter where you are on the experience and ability scale, beginner or pro, if you have a home to paint, this book is for you!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHBXFx52jGqt8ifW5lx0gk_jlUHQrSB0FVKWNinNgZ76q3WHtFUiRXqf9XTft0JEbzVyiIFsIW22Ct-_BxFTxa4CoZQy6a7yoXo31ZNRnd7YC3IWRTERebQgZFpTIaaxEkqMWRNB6__VO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHBXFx52jGqt8ifW5lx0gk_jlUHQrSB0FVKWNinNgZ76q3WHtFUiRXqf9XTft0JEbzVyiIFsIW22Ct-_BxFTxa4CoZQy6a7yoXo31ZNRnd7YC3IWRTERebQgZFpTIaaxEkqMWRNB6__VO/w640-h362/image.png" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recipes For Decorating takes that special blend of utter gorgeousness combined with a ground-up training course that is an absolute hallmark of Farrow and Ball's previous books and it builds and <i>builds</i> and <b>builds</b>. Each chapter takes you through an entire house, looking at the whys and the wherefores of each wowsome paint choice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVweW5U5cKaf3_nxIumpFacVzJoiOP8-U6H58zctnCgoX4kCDuAmLLknEQbIYznt9mF-HvuuzAXh_bI2AzMlO35uyuBUTvTmYtZ6R1bcn15_ujl97jR9gN-aVkPVjM7XcPq2DEVqTBuqvB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVweW5U5cKaf3_nxIumpFacVzJoiOP8-U6H58zctnCgoX4kCDuAmLLknEQbIYznt9mF-HvuuzAXh_bI2AzMlO35uyuBUTvTmYtZ6R1bcn15_ujl97jR9gN-aVkPVjM7XcPq2DEVqTBuqvB/w640-h362/image.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As well as taking you through the basics, such as room orientation, amount of natural light, etc, Recipes For Decorating also, and in a way that I've never seen done before, talks about how each of the rooms works <i><b>with each other</b></i>. Some work in blissful harmony, others in more of a bold juxtaposition but ALL will have you gasping for breath at the sheer beauty of the spaces....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXnlAxVTgLkO5G8u4OLcpOeRlaqEE0In_Py2sQ-N0rSPRMfXanSFyYp0lB4wtiA0nd9syaDFQJ8DERADB-pdAdAcqjRzfRusuNbSdqavl5J1FDigHWLIqVWpexH2sx7W8DNkMlHmTELXc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXnlAxVTgLkO5G8u4OLcpOeRlaqEE0In_Py2sQ-N0rSPRMfXanSFyYp0lB4wtiA0nd9syaDFQJ8DERADB-pdAdAcqjRzfRusuNbSdqavl5J1FDigHWLIqVWpexH2sx7W8DNkMlHmTELXc/w597-h362/image.png" width="597" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And they'll most certainly have you reaching for a paintbrush faster than you can say '<i>Farrow and Ball reeeeeeally know their onions</i>'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzret-yoMK6ae9L0sSJUj3yDx4AJ_prClJie3QdHfYUtv-QdCVemzGFy3XuyZU_va1ySYd50CGuh4TBAVufoJOOa5oiCk13iPBOLOoHZX7k_vgtypKvlMdmhO72Gk8O8jZt8qKB8dKIkJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzret-yoMK6ae9L0sSJUj3yDx4AJ_prClJie3QdHfYUtv-QdCVemzGFy3XuyZU_va1ySYd50CGuh4TBAVufoJOOa5oiCk13iPBOLOoHZX7k_vgtypKvlMdmhO72Gk8O8jZt8qKB8dKIkJ/w640-h362/image.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the end of each home tour, Recipes For Decorating shows all the paint shades together used in that particular house so that you can really see clearly how to do this for yourself, in your own home, with its own particular quirks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQgeCBYE8bBdp1lVloVZ5SPUHjMlPfKnISspohhuLkJs92RNvB1k0rrI0WAMPMUMq4Whb5qPRIdm_ve2f5f8Umb_wwlgMzz9jLY8dGIZaIdoLPhmT89E-O40DLBCwYTgWZIgjHfmlfjY2/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQgeCBYE8bBdp1lVloVZ5SPUHjMlPfKnISspohhuLkJs92RNvB1k0rrI0WAMPMUMq4Whb5qPRIdm_ve2f5f8Umb_wwlgMzz9jLY8dGIZaIdoLPhmT89E-O40DLBCwYTgWZIgjHfmlfjY2/w640-h362/image.png" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All in all, Farrow and Ball: Recipes For Decorating is an absolute cracker of a book. Get it! And get it now!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Take Care Until Next Time,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sarahx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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</div>Sarah @ Modern Country Stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10674775708432670104noreply@blogger.com98tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5914944137112141462.post-52470591547879959942020-12-10T12:24:00.002+00:002020-12-10T12:24:59.717+00:00GORGEOUS unstyled Modern Country Kitchen With Honed Granite Worktops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I've got something a little different for you. I want to show you how, by choosing the right materials, it doesn't actually matter if the space is styled to the nines. The gorgeous quality shines right through the busyness of everyday life!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNeXAompwJzSK_w7AeFfe1LemB2Td46PmoQ2Oij3Ntg98T1mJWLWzU5lFI6-CQ8_fPfeeH8koTpMH0DeUo1WPDYn1D58usQ8GKWxuD6cjqnWBll_FxsOzu53bHFACGGL6yaZ65QjVZhsr/s2048/unnamed+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNeXAompwJzSK_w7AeFfe1LemB2Td46PmoQ2Oij3Ntg98T1mJWLWzU5lFI6-CQ8_fPfeeH8koTpMH0DeUo1WPDYn1D58usQ8GKWxuD6cjqnWBll_FxsOzu53bHFACGGL6yaZ65QjVZhsr/w588-h480/unnamed+%25282%2529.jpg" width="588" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's a completely gorgeous, totally Modern Country kitchen but it hasn't been styled for a magazine. This is it in its everyday glory!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ93BKaq_uUmFI1nIBLDdsys5PY1xk96RfGUMOBYmwBVpWbBd6Iizeqywgjps3C-bjVjcQSNxX9fM_pwxgxTk2arS6KMABVLxvT5LVUfHmzukDENE2uuJebEwzL2j81tSQuabBTCWLLJ_Q/s4032/IMG_3157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ93BKaq_uUmFI1nIBLDdsys5PY1xk96RfGUMOBYmwBVpWbBd6Iizeqywgjps3C-bjVjcQSNxX9fM_pwxgxTk2arS6KMABVLxvT5LVUfHmzukDENE2uuJebEwzL2j81tSQuabBTCWLLJ_Q/w597-h480/IMG_3157.jpg" width="597" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just look at those beautiful <a href="https://abingdon-stone.co.uk/">honed granite worktops</a>. I've known for ages that I want honed granite for our new kitchen. It has the dulled lustre of slate but all the strength of granite. A perfect combination!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Just feast your eyes on all the lovely details - the peg rail, the belfast sink, the cup handles, the granite....such a stunning kitchen! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cY06D23mJ_ijdQbPYWy3_ZG6OYezAELlZMw-636kodh5sGoFXpsitr02t-N1xBPhpbF7o5J3F-obP0jif_plHxyWGuRHTskC97Td7tjiw3fge0PVE3_oYJMvTVu5BqnrlHsEtuFSoGFf/s2048/unnamed+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cY06D23mJ_ijdQbPYWy3_ZG6OYezAELlZMw-636kodh5sGoFXpsitr02t-N1xBPhpbF7o5J3F-obP0jif_plHxyWGuRHTskC97Td7tjiw3fge0PVE3_oYJMvTVu5BqnrlHsEtuFSoGFf/w591-h480/unnamed+%25281%2529.jpg" width="591" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The honed granite in this home came from <a href="https://abingdon-stone.co.uk/" target="_blank">Abingdon Stone And Marble</a> who were first recommended to me by our builder. 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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year!! I hope your Christmas was wonderful and happily full of love, laughter, as well as true and lasting joy. Welcome back to the very last in the series of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Georgian Kitchens: Get The Look</span><span style="font-size: large;">, where we've been learning about:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today we'll be delving into getting the look of a Georgian Style Kitchen through the use of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">symmetry</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to underplay the incredible effect that symmetry brings. Yes, it's extraordinarily pleasing to the eye but symmetry also brings a sense of order, space and strong design to any kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Georgian design draws heavily on symmetry, which is why, from the smallest cottage to the largest Country pile, Georgian kitchens ooze charm and grace from every nook and cranny of their beautiful bones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Easy ways to achieve this symmetry are to include a large over-mantel above a range cooker, with matching cupboards either side. However, if possible, make sure to include another larger feature, such as a larder, to create symmetry within the whole room too, as demonstrated beautifully in the Martin Moore kitchen below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ideally, on every side of the kitchen, there should be a feature, which has obvious symmetry, whether that's floor to ceiling cupboards either side of an American fridge freezer, or a double Butler's sink, or even a beautiful window. This will undoubtedly bring visual peace and calm...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and who would ever turn that down?!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Welcome back to the new series on </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Georgian Kitchens: Get The Look</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">. We're diving right into the four key themes of Georgian Style kitchens: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Today, we're focusing on </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>materials</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">. Georgian kitchens have a very distinctive look. Woodwork is almost always painted with walls and cabinets in a similar or toning finish, possibly with one or two stand out statement pieces.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Georgian colours that typify this look happily tally perfectly with Modern Country Style: muted greens and soft sea-blues, dirty earthy tones and gentle neutrals reign victorious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now, for picking the perfect worktop, I have my soapbox ready. <i>Purrrrlease </i>don't choose laminates. They will never, ever, <i>ever </i>look the part. They will stand out like a sore thumb...</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Instead, choose natural worktop materials such as wood, granite or marble. Modern imported slates are, in almost all circumstances, too soft. My all-time favourite finish is honed granite...but more on that later!!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Georgian Style kitchens need all extras to whisper quality and timelessness without in any way screaming lavish sumptuousness. </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">Think carefully about your handles, taps, knobs and door styles</i><span style="font-size: large;">} </span><span style="font-size: large;">This is understated quality all the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again, please, step away from any plastic finishes, and quickly walk, with a sense of smug reassurance that your kitchen will still look AWESOME in twenty years, towards the over-sized wooden knobs, nickel cup handles, small antique brass hinges, dulled matt black forged iron small handles. Not all at once obviously....!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome back to the new series on Georgian Kitchens: Get The Look. We're going deeper into four key themes of Georgian-Style kitchens: simplicity, proportion, symmetry and materials.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's focus today on the way Georgian Kitchens have the most beautiful, classic and elegant proportions. Georgians were the absolute masters of graceful golden proportions in their kitchens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at some of the kitchens featured today and you'll see that, whether big or small, grand or cosy-country, each one is extraordinarily visually pleasing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Placing an oversized over-mantel above a range cooker is a fantastic way of bringing in both the height and formality that so typifies Georgian kitchens. You'll always need some kind of structure to hide your extractor fan above the cooker so it makes sense to turn functionality into opportunity and include a statement piece here; overmantels create a natural focal point around the heart of the kitchen: the range. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another way to bring a good sense of proportion is to NOT go down the route of having the bog-standard array of base and wall units that are in 99% of kitchens. Think outside the box and ENJOY doing so. Why not choose some full-height units to create a larder feel or, if possible, bring in a freestanding housekeepers cupboard?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Georgian kitchens are characterised by non-standard cupboards in a variety of shapes and sizes; nothing like our built-for-function units was available then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This may be a case of trial and error in smaller kitchens where space is at a premium because the first priority absolutely must be usability</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (though it pains me to say it!!) but, where possible, make your kitchen unique, as every Georgian kitchen was without a doubt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome back to this mini-series, where we are learning how to get the feel of a Georgian kitchen in our own homes. We'll be taking a closer look at four key elements in gorgeous Georgian kitchens: simplicity, proportion, symmetry and materials.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, when it comes to Georgian-style kitchens, perhaps the word simplicity is misleading, because I don't mean to imply any lack of quality. Indeed, the reason why the Georgians have left us such a rich heritage is exactly <i>because </i>of their fantastic building standards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By simplicity, here, I mean a disdain of overly fussy, showy frippery and, instead, a careful eye for precisely chosen details: look for high quality hinges, dovetail joints and in-frame doors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, for example, take a look at any of these kitchen cupboards. There is no sign of ostentation, no flashy swirls or curlicues but yet the quality shines out, doesn't it? That's the feel you should be </span><span style="font-size: large;">looking for if you want a Georgian-style kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the same is true for any accessories in you kitchen. Don't be tempted to compromise on quality or clutter. Remember this: buy once and buy well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happily, this needn't mean spending vast amounts of money on each piece. Some carefully chosen vintage pots, a station clock and as little as possible on your work surfaces will carry a Georgian kitchen a long way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a classic case of less is more; choose your 'less' with thought and you'll be well on your way to your own Georgian kitchen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We all know that if we actually lived in the olden days, in glorious Georgian England, it most certainly would not have been constant fragrant roses in our hair and genteel country walks but, in the name of creating beautiful Modern Country Style interiors, let's agree to conveniently overlook all the rest: agreed?!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now, actual Georgian kitchens would usually have been in cramped basements with very little natural light and not be the gorgeous, airy spaces we demand today. However, we can draw on plenty of other Georgian influences to help us pull together a wonderful Georgian-style kitchen that amalgamates the best of both worlds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a whole host of companies, such as the fabulous Back To Front Exteriors, that work the most unbelievable magic on 1970s houses. These are some of the most incredible Before and After shots I've had the pleasure of seeing: a total visual feast for the eyes (and heart!). Read on and see what I mean....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This kind of transformation certainly doesn't come cheap - that's a LOT of building work - but, oh, the rewards are enormous!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Careful consideration is needed before deciding to improve a home in this way. Many seventies houses are part of large estates, with near-identical houses in row after row. A transformation of this kind is best left to one-offs....the kind of road where there is a whole plethora of different kinds of architecture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last post covered some general rules for helping you find the finest paint colours for your Cotswold Stone house. Today, I'm focusing</span><span style="font-size: large;"> further, for those of you who are still in a quandary, on my absolute favorites: soft putties and gentle </span><span style="font-size: large;">greens and blues</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take the example of the painted front doors below. Two very different homes: one a classic Cotswold Country getaway, which, to be honest, would take a bin-bag to make it look bad....but the other? Well, imagine that house without the painted brickwork and perhaps with a thick, sticky coat of old orange wood varnish and you'll see what magical wonders a coat of paint can bring...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The paints shown in this post form a perfect blend of muted tones, inspired by nature, which call to mind the relaxed feeling of the Cotswolds, no matter where in the world you live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gentle greys, soft putties and cheerful blue-greens will give you, your families and your visitors the warmest of welcomes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Choosing the right front door colour for your home is not a matter of simply succumbing to the latest fashions. I want you to have a house frontage that makes <em>your</em> heart skip a beat every time you return from a long day at work, and that means putting aside other people's ideas of what's on-trend and focusing on what makes <em>you</em> happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is easier said than done with the myriad of paint shades available but that shouldn't make you feel despondent. I'm here to help ensure that the colour you end up with is one you <em>really</em> love. </span><span style="font-size: large;">With that in mind, h</span><span style="font-size: large;">ere are some questions to set you on the way to your perfect front door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't restrict yourself to colours that are typically linked to 'hot' or 'cold' climates. Every colour can have cooler or warmer undertones, (or, for that matter, be thoroughly neutral).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For example, here is a picture of a front door painted in Little Greene's Celestial Blue. Although blue is traditionally thought of as a cool colour, this particular shade is warm and lively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Conversely, see how this front door below leans towards the cooler end of the red spectrum, with its blueish undertones. Try </span><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball's Brinjal</span><span style="font-size: large;"> for a similar look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you're stuck with a not-so-pretty look then pick out a colour which blends in with your exterior walls so that there is no stark contrast between the different surfaces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This essentially means that the eye can move seamlessly over the front of your house, without noticing specific details, but taking it in as a whole. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Try Paint and Paper Library's Estuary for the toning look below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or is your front door particularly lovely? If so, make the most of it by picking a brighter shade. For a smart, bright red, perfect against pale walls, choose </span><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball's Blazer</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is time to be frank with yourself. </span><span style="font-size: large;">If the answer is infrequently then I would definitely advise choosing a classic colour that won't date, such as Dulux Gloss Black, which is hard-wearing and timeless. You'd certainly be in good company...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, if you're happy to redecorate often then why not choose something a little more daring? I love it that these owners have created a look they adore by picked out Little Greene's Eau De Nil and Little Greene's Garden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Search out beautifully decorated houses that are built from similar materials to yours, and, if possible, face the same direction</span><span style="font-size: large;">, as paint can look surprisingly different depending on the quality of light it receives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, I am well aware that these questions overly simplify the whole angst of picking the perfect paint for your front door but I hope they have given you a good starting point, as well as an idea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the questions that I'm most frequently asked by local clients is for help choosing the best front door paint colours for their Cotswold stone houses. The classic, warm but muted honey tones of Cotswold Stone need careful consideration to bring out their very best. So, let's cut to the chase, and pick out the very best Top Ten Modern Country front door paint colours for Cotswold Stone houses, p</span><span style="font-size: large;">erfect for those of you who are all of a fluster with your sample pots...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The paint colours listed here will all look absolutely fantastic on Cotswold Stone front doors: their perfect blend of muted tones, inspired by nature, perfectly call to mind the relaxed but sophisticated Country feel of the Cotswolds.....BUT please do take into account the direction that your home faces. What do I mean by that? Ah, well that would be spoiling the next post!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On this lovely summer's day, can you imagine this being your al fresco-type dining space? Whiling away the hours, devouring delicious meals and being distracted by the driftwood grey of the ceiling; the sunlight streaming in makes it an easy journey in my imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In my mind, it's over-looking the most divine Modern Country garden, tumbling roses, and smartly clipped topiary. I'm having a moment for taupe-y grey gingham: small touches here and there make me smile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before I start on our gorgeous new building work reveal, I thought we'd step back in time and look at our last kitchen, where the basics where in place for a Modern Country Style shakeup...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It was like being in a giant egg yolk. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When we first viewed our house, the kitchen was one of the rooms that I knew would be high on our priority list to change. I thought I hated everything about it until I realised that underneath the lurid colours and dated decor was actually quite a nice kitchen, waiting to be unearthed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We decided to keep the beech wood worktops and the cream Shaker units but everything else HAD TO GO.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-white-tie.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball White Tie</a> on the walls. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Have you used Farrow and Ball paints? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yes, they're more expensive </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">but the </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One question that I am constantly asked by you lovely lot is which paint colours to use on your kitchen cabinets. And, more specifically, which Farrow and Ball paint colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought I'd show you first-hand, as it were, by taking 10 super-popular kitchens (for good reason, these really are design classics) and showing you the best possible matches from the Farrow and Ball range.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are my favourite 10 Farrow and Ball Kitchen Cabinet Colours....with links where possible to my Paint Colour Case Studies.</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've spoken extensively about this gorgeous colour <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" target="_blank">here</a> on one of my Paint Colour Case Studies. Farrow and Ball Blue Gray is one of the most changeable colours I know. It can shift from this gently bleached grey to a really powerful sea green, depending on the light in the room. And it'll always be one of my favourites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The picture above is actually painted in two shades: Farrow and Ball Shaded White (top cabinets) and Farrow and Ball Pigeon. This is more of a recent trend and one that I really love. Top cabinets can make a room look heavy and overbearing if they are too dark so painting them, for example, in the same colour as the walls can help them to recede into the background.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This gorgeous kitchen was recently shared by Mark Wilkinson, my all-time favourite kitchen designers. The island is Farrow and Ball London Clay, a gorgeous earthy brown with sultry bruised undertones. And the main units are Farrow and Ball Old White, which is a warm stony green.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the way Farrow and Ball French Gray can veer to the blue, the green or the grey. Slippy slidey colours, that's what I love. Different lighting? Different colour! Different time of day? Different colour! Just make sure that you love all the different variations before you commit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You really can't go wrong with this gorgeous combination. Try Farrow and Ball Cornforth White on the upper cabinets and Farrow and Ball Plummet on the base cabinets. Perfect for all lovers of grey kitchens! Set it off with cream accessories and you have yourself a stunning Modern Country kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you who like things a little darker, a little moodier, take a look at Farrow and Ball Railings. It's the deepest darkest charcoal grey you can imagine. But definitely not black. And it has the teensiest hint of the night sky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now this beauty is a serious contender for our new kitchen. We already have Farrow and Ball Hardwick White on the walls in our family room but I just LOVE it as a Modern Country kitchen cabinet colour. Perfectly understated but with enough character to stand out from a crowd of greys; Hardwick White is a keeper!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not mad keen on going to the dark side but, if I were to venture forth, this is the way I'd want to take it. Moody and handsome, that's how I like it {<i>insert hilarious men joke here</i>}. Farrow and Ball Down Pipe is most certainly deep and dark but the clever way that it retains its uncertain teal undertones means that it's never overbearing or dull.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's finish with a classic cream - with a Farrow and Ball twist. Slipper Satin is a gorgeous soft ivory. Not too warm but certainly not cold. It's classic, timeless and perfectly Modern Country!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kitchens, kitchens.....and paint colours to die for. Was there ever a more perfect combination!!!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This home that I'</span><span style="font-size: large;">m sharing today is a completely amazing example of what we were talking about last time. I first saved this beautiful Georgian home maybe seven years ago and I've just stumbled across it again today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again, my answer is this: by looking back through your archive of hastily torn out pictures from magazines from years back, or your older Pinterest favourites, or wherever it is that you store away precious inspiration images, you'll find your sense of timeless style coming to the fore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You'll find that some aspect won't excite you any more (there have been some pretty crazy crazes!) but there will be plenty that will. And it's exactly <i>those </i>elements that you should always try to incorporate into any new project because its those same elements that will continue to excite you in ten, twenty years to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, let's take this beautiful Georgian home as our example. What is it that still sings out to me today? I love the colour scheme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Muted naturals have always, <i>always</i>, ALWAYS made me heart stop in its tracks. I can first remember noticing a muted natural in our family tablecloth when I was a very, very little girl. And it's those same colours that I reach for now because I know that, <i>for me</i>, they stand the test of time.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And please do note that essential "<i>for me</i>" in itallics in the previous paragraph. Taste, lasting taste, is as deeply personal as current fads are ephemeral. You're looking for the loves of your life, not a dull one-night-stand. We want true and lasting romance, don't we!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, it'll come as no surprise when I say that I completely adore the carefully curated mix here of Modern and Country styles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, my sweets, we've begun The Big Build!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, we've been saving our pennies since moving to our Georgian home and the time has come!!! It's an amazing, rambling house and I feel very lucky to live here but it has needed a <i>lot </i>of work to turn it into the family home of my dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll be sharing every step of the way with you... the ups and downs, the trials and the tribulations. How do you choose an amazing builder? How do you pick the perfect scheme? How do you afford your dream kitchen? How do you need to treat an old house?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are you wanting answers to all these questions and more? You're in the right place, my poppets. If there's one thing I know how to do, it's research the <i>be-jingles </i>out of anything interiors-related!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's take a lovely gentle route in and feast our eyes on some kitchen beauties, shall we?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've saved these kitchen images over the years and here begins my first lesson for you.... If you know you've got a big project ahead then start filing away those precious inspiration pictures a <i>looooong </i>time before you need them. Why? Because it'll help you to see what dates over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see, it's so easy to be wept along by the latest fancy trends but when it comes to kitchen designs in particular, you want to be choosing something pretty classic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By all means bring in your current favourite looks with accessories - I'm most definitely not sniffing at passing fashions - and love them to bits while they make you happy but know, with smug satisfaction, that while those accessories may need to be packed away, your gorgeous, timeless kitchen will never look old and tired, if you choose with one eye on the long game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most of the kitchen twinkliness I share here on Modern Country Style falls into exactly that category. Gorgeous flagstones, Shaker style units, softly muted shades: these things NEVER get old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The little home that inspired Rose Cottage from the amazing film The Holiday came up for sale recently!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But didn't they do a great job at creating the perfect quintessential English country cottage?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Honeysuckle Cottage, which nestles in the village of Holmbury St Mary in the beautiful Surrey hills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's got the same perfect porch. The same symmetry: four gorgeous windows surrounding the front door. The same beautiful stone walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">....vaulted ceilings and exposed beams and stonework provide the wow-factor in spades, just as it did in Rose Cottage...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Imagine owning this beautiful cottage!? Rose Cottage has truly stood the test of time. Can you believe The Holiday is 13 years old? So it's no surprise that the colour palette in Honeysuckle cottage is a little different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To Aga or not to Aga? <i>That </i>is the <i>real </i>question!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, to be honest, I'm still not sure what the answer is....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The main point is the look of the almighty Aga. Yes, there is not much that beats the Aga in terms of cosy, country kitchen looks. Agas have become a quintessential part of any imagined rustic idyll. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They deliciously dominate the room, with their warmth, their size, their amazing design: chunky, curvy, timeless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But, but, <u><i>but</i></u>....through extensive research, I've come to realise that the look seems to be the only true advantage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You might say, what about the heat? Many people find them unpleasantly hot. You're basically paying for a massive radiator to be on whether you like it or not. Not really eco-friendly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then there's the fact that when Agas get unbearably hot, you have to turn them off for half the year, so you need another oven anyway. That seems crazy-thinking to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And who could forget the cost. Not only the initial outlay but the ongoing an,d frankly, hefty running and maintenance costs. This can easily run into tens of thousands of pounds...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And it's possible to get Agas with add-on attachments to provide year-round usage. Granted, these attachments make the final product gargantuan, but they'll prevent the look of an oven here, an oven there, an oven over there......</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So you see my predicament? I'm in a Modern Country Style pickle! I just cant get away from those stunning, <i>stunning </i>LOOKS.</span></div>
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Images via: Christopher Peters, Plain English, unknown, Chester and Morris kitchens, unknown, Country Homes and Interiors, Davonport, Neptune, unknown, inknown, Ideal Home</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, the trendies might all be crying out for paleness and hard lines but farmhouse kitchens will still be looking as good as ever, white or otherwise, long after the last of the steely grey paint has been scrubbed away....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) Consider your colour palette carefully to bring this look right up to date. Muted shades reign supreme here.... muted neutrals and soft stones and sages pull this look into the 21st century.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) Look around for inspiration from companies such as Mark Wilkinson, Moore and Bradfield, Martin Moore and Chalon for styles that won't ever date. Farmhouse kitchens work best if they appear as though they have been gently pulled together over years and years, rather than being victim to the latest fads, which come and go faster than you can imagine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) Kitchen units, which need to last for many years, are not the place to try out fancy impulses. You need to live with those hot pink units and lime green floors for the next twenty years! Far better to stick with a look tested by time. Choose Shaker style units for the Modern Country Farmouse Kitchen and, instead, play around with accessories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4) You most definitely need shelves in any self-respecting Farmhouse kitchen. Open shelving is a fantastic way to display your most prized possessions: your Emma Bridgewater mugs, that Le Creuset casserole dish, your mum's hand-me-down teapot. Pick items that get use, and used a lot, to ensure that each treasure is cleaned regularly. This will stop the inevitable grease and grime build-up that tends to accumulate on shelved items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5) Really go to town on your lighting. This is the place to splurge in a Modern Country Farmhouse Kitchen. We're talking rise and fall lights...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And there's plenty of space here to go contemporary. I love throwing in a bit of nickel loveliness...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6) When it comes to fabrics, choose with care. The Farmhouse Kitchen doesn't have to be top to toe in chintz, although a bold print can look fantastic. Think about bringing a bit of French chic here. Try mixing old sacks, faded mattress ticking and tumbled linens for an updated version of this classic look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">7) Include lots of older items. Maybe a confit pot for holding your wooden spoons. Or an old jug for serving the gravy. This will add an extra layer of authenticity, even if your 'farmhouse' is on a new estate! Mix in weathered wood and you have the beginnings of the wow factor. In fact, <span style="background-color: white;">as </span>many materials as possible should be genuinely reclaimed or repurposed to add a sense of history and depth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">8) I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's hard to beat a good flagstone for a Farmhouse Style Kitchen. Just take a look at some of the beauties I'm sharing today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, the Modern Country Farmhouse kitchen will be a much-loved favourite for life. Simple colours and time-worn accessories will allow warm, rustic beauty to shine through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Add a dash of vintage and a touch of history and you'll have yourself a gorgeous farmhouse kitchen, whether or not you have actual cows mooing in at the window!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Take Care Until Next Time,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Images via: Pepperbox Interiors, Daily Mail, unknown, Chesterfield Kitchens, unknown, Davenport Kitchens</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, bonjour, my bonbons,</span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Isn't it wonderful having all this Spring in the air? Are you feeling the love? Let me introduce you to a particularly longstanding love of my life: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Farrow and Ball Blue Gray,</b> inspired by the gorgeous Georgian I shared with you..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm thinking it's time for an updated <span style="font-size: x-large;">Paint Colour Case Study</span>. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Today, it's the turn of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray</span><span style="font-size: large;">, which is one of the colours we chose for our old kitchen makeover.</span><br />
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</span> <a href="http://www.moderncountrystyle.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Georgian kitchen in Farrow and Ball Blue Gray on Modern Country Style" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/18/article-0-209C3DB000000578-894_634x962.jpg" height="640" style="font-size: x-large;" title="" width="421" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a question for you, Mr Farrow and Mr Ball....You're the epitome of an British company so why do you insist on spelling 'grey' the American way? Yup: Blue Gray. That's how they spell it. English company, American spelling? Not sure what's going on with that....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I put together a case study for you, I source as many pictures as I can of the paint colour, from our home, here in the Cotswolds, and from a variety of different sources, in lots of different situations and lots of different lights so that you don't just have to rely on a teensy little square of colour on the tester card before you <span style="font-size: x-large;">splash out on yet another sample pot</span>.</span><br />
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</i></span> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Bankruptcy by sample pots?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>You know its coming....!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Basically, I hope these Farrow and Ball Case Study posts can do all the legwork for you so you can see at a glance <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">whether</span> the colour is </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">going to work</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">for you in *your* house</span><span style="font-size: large;"> with *your* lighting conditions. Here's a list of other Colour Case Studies for you to peruse...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/colour-study-farrow-and-balls-new-white.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball New White</a><br />
<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-old-white.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Old White</a><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-white-tie.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span id="goog_693464662"></span>Farrow and Ball White Tie</a></span><br />
<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray</a><br />
<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-middleton.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Middleton Pink</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-down-pipe.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Down Pipe</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Pigeon</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-hardwick.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Hardwick White</a><br />
<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-green-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Green Blue</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/colour-study-dulux-heritage-stone-green.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Dulux Heritage Stone Green</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-lamp-room.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-french-gray.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball French Gray (interiors)</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-french.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball French Gray (exteriors)</a></span><br />
<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-mouses-back.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2013/06/colour-study-earthborn-gregorys-den.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Earthborn Gregory's Den</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-light-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Light Blue</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/farrow-and-ball-powder-blue.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Powder Blue</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/case-study-farrow-and-ball-hay.html" style="color: #45818e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrow and Ball Hay</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Let's begin by taking a careful look at the variations you can expect when you use Farrow an Ball Blue Gray as a gorgeous front door colour. In full sunlight, you'll see a warm medium teal but in the shade Farrow and Ball Blue Gray can take on quite a steely grey appearance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've only selected pictures that I think are <span style="font-size: x-large;">accurate reflections </span>of what the colour really looks like, discarding those where the image has been tweaked beyond recognition or the flash has distorted the appearance of the colours.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.moderncountrystyle.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Farrow and Blue Gray Colour Case Study on Modern Country Style" src="http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/ImageHandler.ashx?id=272" height="423" style="font-size: medium;" title="" width="640" /></a></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">And as a painted kitchen colour, I still think Farrow and Ball Blue Gray is one of the best shades out there. Classic, warm and timeless....</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.moderncountrystyle.com/" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray kitchen in warm artificial light</a></span></td></tr>
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The main thing that I need to tell you about Blue Grey is its </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">intensity accumulates</span><span style="font-size: large;"> more than any other colour I've worked with. Particularly around internal corners and with a lack of natural light.Look at the shadowy internal corner of the picture below. See how much darker and more intense the colour is than on the chimney breast?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the second thing is that it's <span style="font-size: x-large;">surprisingly green</span> for a colour called Blue Gray. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.moderncountrystyle.com/" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray on Woodwork</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's the <span style="font-size: x-large;">strongest, warmest colour</span> that we chose for our old house and that's because it's in the room that gets least natural light. Anything cooler would have made the room look washed out and cold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wasn't that <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2019/01/gorgeous-georgian-kitchen.html" target="_blank">GORGEOUS Georgian Kitchen </a></span><span style="font-size: large;">utterly scrumptious? </span><span style="font-size: large;">Now it's time to weave that Modern Country magic I promised you...let's break the interior right down, so that you can see how easy it is to Get GORGEOUS Georgian Kitchen Look in</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">any </i><span style="font-size: large;">house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a reminder of just how heavenly it is...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feast your eyes on an example of a similar kitchen but this time in a new-build. See how the flagstones are there, the wooden beam has been given a place above the AGA and the units on the right of the image have been given the look of a dresser?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">BUT it's all been taken down a notch. The flagstones are smoother, lighter, softer. The paint choices are subtler, more muted (try Farrow and Ball Hardwick White and Dulux Dusted Moss for the island).There's no pretense here of trying to BE Georgian. Instead, there are careful nods to this look throughout: bringing character wherever possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So enough unpicking, on with the specifics!!!....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top: The GORGEOUS Georgian Kitchen look suits newer Modern Country Style properties too. Paint a dresser in toning paint to that of your kitchen cabinets for a timeless, free-standing kitchen feel; try Farrow and Ball Railings, Farrow and French Gray, Zoffany Architect's White and Benjamin Moore Pewter for</span><span style="font-size: large;"> a contemporary take on these paint colours to enhance the Modern Country glow; simple rustic touches make all the difference here....the right flooring, carefully chosen simplicity, all add up to create a beautiful whole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And another shot of this newer kitchen. I love how they've included lots f rustic materials: </span><span style="font-size: large;">glass, metal, wood, stone. How can these gorgeous flagstones, laid in softly random rows, fail to add character to any property?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, here's a good rule of thumb. The newer your home is, the more restful and calm it needs to be in order to pull off this look. Of course, there are exceptions and, if you want a riot of colour then please riot away...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top: Even if you own a new-build, white walls and French grey cabinets is a scheme that suits any period of house...perfectly Modern Country; if you live in a more contemporary home, stick to simple, clean lines in your kitchenware; I love this palette of Little Greene Shirting, Benjamin Moore Doily, Little Greene French Grey, Earthborn Gregory's Den; Classic Country pieces in an unfussy, modern white bring this scheme to life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see? *<i>sigh of relief</i>* The GORGEOUS Georgian Kitchen look can be yours whether you have a derelict barn on waiting in the wings to be decorated or in the tiniest of cottages, or the grandest of modern homes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've got a complete kitchen renovation coming up this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And so, of course, I have been obsessing over the end details when I have far more important mountains to climb. We've got a long build before us before we actually get to the pretty bits.....but a girl can dream, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this feels more than dreaming. This feels as though the dream is starting to become a tangible reality. Plans have been drawn and builders are in place....it's time to get excited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, with dreams and visions given a firm thumbs up, let's turn our attention to this delicious offering. This is the kitchen of </span><span style="font-size: large;">Cesar Perin Georgian home in Spitalfields, the super-trendy area in London's East End.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I absolutely love the original stone flags, the timber structural pillars and the mix of old and new</span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span><span style="font-size: large;">But most of all I am smitten with the mix of Modern and Country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How can you miss the Country elements in this kitchen, with its dresser, cooking area tucked into a chimney breast, butler's sink and beautiful original features - and don't get me started about those stunning original flagstones?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But look closer and you'll see there's plenty of Modern here too. The colour scheme - muted grey green (Farrow and Ball's Blue Gray) and cream and white is scrumptious. Little touches of stainless steel - the fridge, those gorgeous little pendant lights above the large sink - complete the picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If ever there's a celebrity who knows how to dress well for Winter 2018 it's the lovely Rosie </span>Huntingdon<span style="font-size: large;">-Whiteley. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Key Looks For Winter 2018 can be summed up in two words: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>neutrals and naturals.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley combines these two winter 2018 fashion must-haves to perfection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her love of good quality statement pieces in leather, wool and cotton beautifully fulfills the natural feel necessary.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you who prefer a little more colour in the grey winter months, accessories are your best friend. A brighter scarf or hat can take a neutral investment piece easily in a different direction from one season to the next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Okay, so you've seen the look you love and adore: a long winding path lined with lavender, leading up to a perfect, muted front door....but you have the smallest front garden in the world?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now, front doors I can help you with but I can't, even using my most special Modern Country powers, magic up long winding paths if you have a tiny front garden or no front garden at all....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">1) The humble window box. You only have to walk down a trendy London street to see how far window boxes have come on the Modern Country front. Gone are the twee fussy arrangements and in are crisp topiary, contemporary finishes and gorgeous symmetrical style. </span><span style="font-size: large;">On the other end of the spectrum, it's perfectly possible to bring in a gentle touch of lavender here as demonstrated in exquisite style in the image above. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The contrast of the aged terracotta pots, with the gently swaying lavender flowers alongside the smart black, geometric frame of the window box and the shaped topiary-like planting combines to create a perfect Modern Country exterior.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">2) Wreaths aren't only for Christmas, you know. They can look completely scrummy, and introduce that perfect shot of lavender, all year round...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3) Be flexible with the actual planting. Here eryngium (sea holly) and eucalyptus is used in a beautiful wreath to give the same hint of lavender... (and I'm LOVING the Jim Lawrence door knocker!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">4) Many houses have scope for pots by the walls and planting scaling their walls, even if they don't actually have official ownership of the space in front of their front door. Take a walk around many gorgeous streets in the Cotswolds to see this beautifully in action...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Simply pop in a couple of lavender-esque plants into pretty pots and place either side of your gorgeous front door for a quick and cheap way to get the look...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">5) Now, the joy of lavender is that it can belong to all different kind of homes so when thinking about your pots, take care...as you can see from these images, the pots themselves creates a very definite feel, whether that's uber contemporary, super rustic or perfectly Modern Country: none of these looks are right or wrong but it's worth spending a little bit of time considering the overall direction that you want the front of your home to have and making sure all design touches are aiming the same way...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">6) How's this for a beautiful idea: a little galvanised vase with a simple bouquet of lavender attached to your front door....just be careful if you're a door-slammer. ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">7) Of course, many of you will be blessed with some outside space. Please don't be shy of making the very most of every square foot....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Small spaces, as has been said a million times here on Modern Country Style, can be absolutely <i>the </i>most satisfying to design. It's possible to pack a real punch, even with only a little plot so pick up your pencil and get planning!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">8) Lavender is a fantastic companion plant, one of the very best for Modern Country gardens. Have a play! Don't be afraid of combining lavender with super-sleek topiary...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">9) ...or with country-loving roses:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">10) And, last but not least, if green-fingered projects really aren't your thing, pick up your paintbrush and go lavender!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I hope, for those of you yearning for long paths lined with lavender, but without the square footage to match, that these ten ideas will fill you with enthusiasm and excitement for your space...and all its glorious potential!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Take Care Till Next Time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Sarahx</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Images via <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/modcountrystyle/garden-modern-country/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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