Four kitchens, four styles
1. The cozy family kitchen
On the stove cook noodles. Children play. Parents do the housework. Clarity is important in family kitchens. Cooking islands are ideal for separating areas and keeping an eye on the little ones. Lots of wood and clean lines provide warmth and tidiness.
Island luck. Life rages around the cooking island. Ytong bricks from the hardware store were cut with a saw, a body built and plastered. So the fitted kitchen gets a chic frame.
Fitted kitchen "Faktum" with front "Nexus" oak veneer, worktop "Personlig", extractor hood "Dåtid", 259 Euro, gas hob "Dåtid", 165 Euro, handles, poles, dog basket, metal bowls, pots, ceramic, high chair, toys: Ikea; Parquet "Oak Used Look": Parador; Ceiling spots: home accessories; white ceramic: Asa.
The classic: table rounds with children
Design space. Classics and scumbags do not have to contradict each other. The table by Magis and the chairs by Charles Eames and the children's chair by Verner Panton are perfectly washable. In addition, round tables in the seating arrangement are particularly variable and therefore ideal for families. The basket lamp was painted in binder color mint green. High Chair "Panton Chair", 115 Euro, Eames Chair "Plastic Chair", 290 Euro: Vitra; Table "Tavolo XZ3", Ø 120 cm, 495 Euro: Magis; Lamp "Leran", 30 Euro, ceramics, toys: Ikea; Stool "Tam Tam": Habitat, 15 Euro
Stunt. With the high faucet, every dishwashing becomes a pleasure. Two-hole battery "Maro": Dornbracht, 860 Euro; Mortars, napkins, ceramics, metal bowls: Ikea.
Rump. These fun hooks do not just like kids. Hook "Bästis", 1.50 Euro: Ikea; Tea towel: Eden Living, 6 Euro.
Living Tip!
Safety for children The most interesting room in the apartment is the kitchen for little people. What's there to discover and try out! But with cleaning agents, hot stove, doors and drawers, it also holds a lot of dangers. It's best to do the security check right at the kitchen planning stage. A protective grid for the stove, a closure for oven doors, ovens with cool Isofront, child safety locks for sockets, locks for cleaning cabinets and drawers with knives - all this helps, so that small danger seekers nothing happens. Also non-slip stools and single-lever mixers, for which the water temperature can be limited. Further information at www.kindersicherheit.de, Eltern-Hotline 02 28/688 34 34.
2. The nostalgic dream kitchen
The scent of home-baked cake. Furniture and accessories full of stories and memories. In the romantic kitchen you feel secure. It looks a bit like it used to be with flourish lamps, white fabrics and playful utensils. But in everything is the technology of today.
Garret. This white and metal kitchen also fits under sloping ceilings. So that you do not bother your head while working, the kitchen is further away from the wall. As splash protection and as worktops serve acid-treated zinc sheets. They were made by the locksmith. Instead of expensive base cabinets hide simple curtain strips with self-sewn curtains stocks. For the washbasin, the carpenter has built a cabinet of boards. So that chairs and tables form a unit, they were all painted white.
Chairs "Daly": Octopus, 58 Euro; Zinc barrel, tray, zinc box: The 7th room; table lamp "Pudding": Fontana Arte; Chair "Norvald", 50 Euro, sink "Domsjö", 189 Euro, planters, curtain fabric "Sova": Ikea; Mixer: Harry's Tile Market; Pie Plate, Dome: Cucinaria; Etagere: Eden Living; Zinc sheets treated with acid, here 4 m long: Bolzmann, 450 euros; Wood for wall cladding: Osmo.
An old love: edelweiss
Table Manners. For the self-made table top, a frame construction is made of squared timbers and tongue and groove planks are screwed onto it. Put on bought trestles and paint everything white. Boards for tabletop: hardware store; Trestles "Vika Artur": Ikea, 25 Euro; Cake plate zinc: Eden Living; Cake plate chrome, teapot: home accessories.
Kochstar. This nostalgic gas stove is the eye-catcher in every kitchen. Cooker "Cornuefe": La Cornue, 5825 Euro; Pot, ladles: Cucinaria; Kessel: hacker; Tea towel: Eden Living.
Retro spots. The chrome wall lights can be brought into many positions by joints. Wall lights: home accessories, from 60 euros.
Living Tip!
The right lighting. Sizzling around the stove, sitting together at the table, cutting vegetables on the worktop - the different kitchen areas require different degrees of light. One distinguishes between general, mood and functional lighting. Of course, it should be as bright as possible for cooking and working. To avoid accidents and not stand in your own shadow, pay attention to direct, uniform, glare-free light. In addition, lights above the stove, z. B. integrated into the hood, light strips on the undersides of closets or small spots. Bright ceiling lamps provide good general lighting. For food, the light should exude above all a great atmosphere. Hanging lamps are 55 to 60 inches above the table optimal. Class is a dimmer to make the light intensity flexible. Additional shelf lighting or small lamps give a warm glow and make the mood very comfortable.
3. The harmonious nature kitchen
Read newspaper. Drink coffee. Have a moment for yourself. Here, relaxation and naturalness in the country house kitchen - a mixture of design and self-construction - set the tone. Open compartments, wooden table and stools provide a rustic atmosphere. Design objects like the chair or original lamps enhance the space.
Wood art. This open plan kitchenette is self-made. The white lacquered body was made by the carpenter. For the shelves, narrow wooden boards are laid one behind the other to form a shelf space on small strips. The carpenter also built a new dress for the extractor hood. She was painted with the wall paint. Like an invitation to a luxury picnic in the woods, the table and stool are made of coarse wood. An elegant addition to this are the simple locker, chair and accessories such as the letters. Important for the mood is to pay attention to simplicity. Lush covers for chairs or curtains have little to look for here.
Built-in oven "Framtid", 269 Euro, gas hob "Framtid", 199 Euro, built-in sink "Boholmen", 99 Euro, metal cupboards: Ikea; Mixer tap "Cafe": Fantini; Table "Feldmark": Magazine, 650 Euro; Stool "Ymotion": The laundry, from 279 euros; Chair "Cherner Chair": Markanto, 595 Euro; Tree trunk as stool, 180 Euro, metal letter, 90 Euro: The 7th room; Vacuum jug: Stelton; Bread baskets, vegetable slices, bake containers: Cucinaria; Porcelain in the kitchen block: Asa; Light switch: Berker.
The recipe for calm: milk coffee colors
Pure hospitality. Fine porcelain and linen napkins - a table like in a noble tavern. Service "Ella Creme", 6 dessert plates 54 Euro, glasses "Taverna", 12 pieces from 32 Euro, cutlery "Steel", 24-piece. 94 euros, napkins: home accessory
White cloud. Triple lights more beautiful. These three different sized lamps give the room playfulness and lightness. Lamp "Norm 69": Normann Copenhagen, from 89 Euro; Glass bottle, pot: Ikea; Breadbasket: Cucinaria.
Natural beauty. Materials like clay, wood or slate suit the look. In terms of color, all white, cream, sand and gray tones are ideal. Shell, slate: the laundry.
Living Tip!
Trends for the kitchen The times when the kitchen was just a functional workplace are over. If you want to be at the forefront today, make your kitchen a living room. Thanks to the latest technology, odors disappear, and implements are either hidden or flaunted in an elegant design. The kitchen has become a respectable prestigious space, where one expresses his personality, meets and enjoys with family and friends. Style, colors and shapes are important for the right feel-good mood. We have set in this kitchen on natural tones that radiate much warmth and harmony. Dividing walls are no longer necessary. At the Milan Furniture Fair we were able to observe how the big kitchen manufacturers combined the dining room, the living room and the kitchen into one room. The result is a single, spacious core room, in which the whole life takes place. Ideal for families as well as singles.
4. The modern design kitchen
Order pizza or just conjure up the star menu? Everything is in this kitchen. An exciting combination of cool black, lots of metal, Moroccan pattern tiles, design stools and funny accessories. Cool cooks are chilling here, meeting friends and sometimes turning the table into a desk.
Black and colorful nonchalance. After cool understatement, this simple kitchenette looks black. The red furniture and accessories are pretty splashes of color. The white-painted structure wall and the patterned Moroccan tiles give the room the necessary frame to feel good.
Kitchenette "Udden", mixer tap "Hjuvik", 199 Euro: Ikea; Tiles: Via, 75 euros / sqm; Light: Habitat; Toadstool: The 7th room; Decorative Dogs: The Laundry; Kitchen scale, bread box: Cucinaria; Stool "Nido" (prototype): Eva Marguerre; Bild "Rügen I", H + D Zielske: Lumas; Wallcovering "dry stone ocher": Old
Seasoned with contrasts
Powers of deduction. Apart from the colors, nothing fits together here - and that is exactly what makes the attraction so special. There black wooden table and chair meet on stool made of red plastic and fiberglass. Striped vases, toadstools and porcelain dogs bring humor and happiness to the table. "Parker" table, 729 euros, "Parker" chair, 159 euros: Habitat; Plastic stool "Tam Tam", 15 euros, vases: The laundry.
Iced. One for all. Large American-style refrigerators are the ultimate in luxury. This one has a versatile interior with freezer compartment, can drink and make ice cream. Refrigerator "KAN 58A70", 2259 Euro: Robert Bosch; Coca-Cola glass, magnetic stickers: the laundry.
Exemplary. Would you have thought that Moroccan cement tiles also fit the cool style? They look particularly casual when different patterns of a color are combined. Tin cans: hackers; Christusfigur: The 7th Room; Wall Clock, Heart Dog Bowl, Porcelain Bunnies: The Laundry; Sockets: Berker.
Living Tip!
Ideas for more storage space Especially in the kitchen you can not have enough space to stow all supplies, utensils and dishes. Important is therefore a cleverly planned inner life. Smooth drawers are true space wonders, at first glance everything can be seen from above. Especially when they are equipped with practical new inserts such as holders for plates and cups, pots and glass bowls, cutlery boxes and storage jars. For cabinets there are in addition to the usual boxes, baskets and hooks also holders for vacuum cleaners, cleaning buckets, irons or bottles. An often-wasted place is the inside of cupboard doors. Here you can attach a lot: a small spice rack, potholders, knife blocks, holders for pot lid, tea towels, kitchen rolls or compartments for coffee filters, cleaning supplies and odds and ends. In order to make good use of every inch of space, niches between two cabinets z. As the cutting board, a folding chair, an ironing board or a tray.
Sourcing Service
ASA about the laundry:HamburgTel. 040/271 50 70www.die-waescherei.info
BERKER:SchalksmühleTel. 023 55/90 50www.berker.de
Cucinaria:HamburgTel. 040/43 29 07 07www.cucinaria.de
BOLZMANN DESIGN & PRODUCTION:HamburgTel. 040/490 57 65www.bolzmann.de
THE 7TH ROOM:HamburgTel. 01 72/427 22 90
THE LAUNDRY:HamburgTel. 040/271 50 70www.die-waescherei.info
DORNBRACHT:IserlohnTel. 023 71/43 30www.dornbracht.com
EDEN LIVING:HamburgTel. 040/81 99 77 57www.edenliving.de
EVA MARGUERRE:HannoverTel. 07 21/156 76 23www.eva-marguerre.de
FANTINI about brown-fehrentz:BerlinTel. 030/28 09 92 84www.braunfehrentz.de
HABITAT:DüsseldorfTel. 02 11/86 63 40www.habitat.de
HACKER:HamburgTel. 040/48 12 09
HARRY'S TILE MARKET:HamburgTel. 040/80 08 08 90www.harrys-fliesenmarkt.de
IKEA:Hofheim / WallauHotline 018 05/35 34 35www.ikea.com
LA CORNUE about Welter & Welter GmbH:Cologne Tel. 0221 - 99 20 55 85www.stil-forum.de
LUMAS:HamburgTel. 040/38 9048 60www.lumas.de
MAGAZINE:StuttgartTel. 018 05/62 42 95www.magazin.com
MAGIS:Motta di Livenza / ItalyTel. +39 0422 862600www.magisdesign.com. Furniture in Germany is also available at www.designikonen.de.
Markanto:KölnTel. 02 21/972 39 20www.markanto.de
NORMANN COPENHAGEN:DK-KopenhagenTel. 00 45 35/55 44 59www.normann-copenhagen.com
OCTOPUS:HamburgTel. 040/420 11 00www.octopus-versand.de
OLD STONES:HanauTel. 061 81/95 01 40www.oldstones.de
OSMO:WarendorfTel. 025 81/92 21 00www.osmo.de
PARADOR:CoesfeldHotline 018 05/66 76 68www.parador.de
ROBERT BOSCH:MünchenTel. 089/45 90 00www.bosch.de
STELTON:MeinerzhagenTel. 023 54/90 25 65www.stelton.com
VIA:Kaub am RheinTel. 067 74/918 18 80www.zementmosaikplatten.de
VITRA:Weil am RheinTel. 076 21/70 20www.vitra.com
WOHNACCESSOIRES:HamburgTel. 040/67 38 15 64Fax 040/67 38 15 63
