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The Warmth and Welcome of a Victorian Home Kitchen Design
by Joe Cooper
From molding to cast-iron stoves, Victorian home kitchen design ideas delight homeowners looking to create a welcoming and elegant kitchen. Resources for Victorian kitchen design ideas can often be found online, making this traditional kitchen design process easy and affordable.
A home kitchen design should reflect the heart and style of a home and the family that lives there. Whether warm and welcoming or chic and ultramodern, a home kitchen should be a functional place where cooking and gathering can happen naturally.
True Victorian kitchen designs should evoke a time gone by while offering modern conveniences. Tile or even hardwood floors are common in Victorian kitchen designs, although nowadays there are many affordable alternatives like ceramic flooring.
When it comes to appliances, there are a few kitchen design ideas that can help make a kitchen Victorian. Cast-iron stoves and stove-tops can be found at antique stores, appliance warehouses, and online. Most of them can be converted to gas or electric as well. A few companies even offer Victorian era appliance reproductions, though they can be a bit pricy. If you like the convenience of modern appliances, a more affordable alternative is to install appliance covers in the antique Victorian style.
Adding decorative details can give your kitchen Victorian charm. Ceiling panels and crown molding are signature Victorian kitchen design idea. Wallpaper and other wall coverings are popular design ideas too, and several companies offer wallpaper reproduced from actual wallpaper of the Victorian era.
Victorian cabinets often use board-and-batten siding with decorative molding and hardware to accompany them. Ornamental items such as drawer pulls and knobs can usually be found in hardware stores as well as online, giving you more options to give your kitchen design a Victorian feel. Simple Shaker style and even some Mission style cabinets also blend well with a Victorian style when combined with authentic Victorian design elements. Combining all of these details together will help produce the classic Victorian kitchen design you're looking for.
Joe Cooper is a freelance education, technology, and home design writer. He holds a bachelor??s in American Literature from UCLA.
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