Nº172/Modern French Country Kitchen Design

A kitchen can be more than just about its role in function, organization, and efficiency.  Kitchens need a personality and a look and feel that can liven up the senses in addition to being a functional place for the preparation of food.  The French Country Kitchen design is one of many classic kitchen design themes that you could consider.  It can provide your kitchen with a traditional look that has its roots in the hillsides of rural France.  It is a style that can fit into both rural farmhouses and in the grandest chateau.

French country kitchen design conjures up images of the Provence and the French countryside with its pastoral settings, lavender fields, and rustic French farmhouses.  The French country kitchen represents country living that is uniquely French.  In designing your French country kitchen design you discover that the French country look is always very rustic, old, and warm.  

There are many elements that go into the French country kitchen, including the use of large pieces of furniture made mainly of light colored woods and can be decorated with ornate carving. 

Color & French Country Kitchen Design
Color is an important place to start the design process.  You can draw inspiration from some of the principle French impressionists like Monet, Renoir, and Van Gogh.   Colors that are used in the French country kitchen style can include sunny yellow or soft gold, bright red and rust, grass green, cobalt blue and soft ocean tones.
You can decorate in the style of the French country kitchen design by using vivid colors - poppy red, sunflower yellow, bright blue, meadow green, and sunset purple.  Your walls, cabinets and large furniture can be painted in off-white, ivory, light beige, and taupe. Cabinets can be painted a glossy white to brighten light-filled spaces in the kitchen, or they can be left as natural wood.  These colors can provide a light, airy feel so you do not want to use strong colors here.   In fabrics such as curtains and seat cushions you might also add paisley, stripes, and floral prints to your French Country Kitchen theme.
Natural Materials
Natural materials are an important element in walls, cabinetry and furniture that are used in the design of French country kitchens. The materials used in creating a rustic French country kitchen look include natural stone floors, granite countertops and tumbled marble back splashes.  These natural materials can be used on walls and beamed ceilings, and can be rough-stained or painted plaster, or wood painted in natural colors.  Floors can be made of stone or brick and covered with wool or cotton rugs, a fireplace made of stone with a heavy beam that can serve as a mantel, and wooden shutters as window coverings.  Furniture and cabinets can have a rustic or even a distressed look.  Countertops can be done in ceramic tile with tile backsplashes.

Accent Pieces

In French country kitchen design you will find that tile, rustic urns, hand-painted European ceramics, and pottery accents are used extensively.  Ceramic tiles and terra cotta pottery pieces are used wherever possible.  Add copper pots and a French country kitchen can can encompass many old-world decorating colors.

A kitchen can be more than just about its role in function, organization, and efficiency.  Kitchens need a personality and a look and feel that can liven up the senses in addition to being a functional place for the preparation of food.  The French Country Kitchen design is one of many classic kitchen design themes that you could consider.  It can provide your kitchen with a traditional look that has its roots in the hillsides of rural France.  It is a style that can fit into both rural farmhouses and grand chateaus.

The materials used in creating a rustic French country kitchen look include natural stone floors, granite countertops and tumbled marble back splashes.

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