Country Kitchen Furniture
By: iKitchens.ca on Thu Mar 11, 2010
There are identifying factors for country kitchen furniture. Besides the design styles it can be the wood treatment such as whitewash, distressed or antiqued finishes that makes it country. Dried or fresh flowers, welcome wreaths, cloth bows adorning basket collections, and the displayed dishware all complete the country kitchen picture.
Country furniture for the kitchen will usually include the country cupboard. If it is a full sized cupboard the upper portion may have shelves to hold daily dishes, and glassware. It can also be a closed cupboard with doors that will either have glass in them or designed tin or copper punched metal. Other country cupboards include the wall cupboard, corner cupboard and the chimney cupboard. The wall cupboard usually has wooded hooks for towels to dry or hanging candle strings there is some minimal storage that may be open or with doors. The corner cupboard is a great space minimizer and a place you can show off your dried flowers and handcrafted vases. The chimney cupboard is tall and thin and can be utilized as a good spice cabinet.
The country hutches are sizable and are meant to hold a variety of things like pots and pans, and usually have drawers to hold the your silverware. They can come with pull out cutting boards or a drop leaf workspace extender. Hutches are many times the centerpiece of the kitchen or entryway they also will include drawers. Dry sinks can be used as additional worktop, and a pie safe can be used as a pantry for dry goods. A country sink is usually fully exposed along a counter it can be made of glazed clay or porcelain.
The kitchen table and chairs are usually ladder or rounded spindled backs and have a handcrafted wooden or wicker seat. The table is usually hand crafted with much detail around the edges and legs. Country, Early American, and Amish furniture can all have white washed finishes in white, blue, green, black, red, and sometimes yellow. The distressed finish many times are given to modern furniture to give the effect of country furniture. Sometimes wood burning is used before a gloss finish is applied to also give an antiqued country effect to kitchen furniture.
All the accents for your country kitchen are readily available in most department stores and online. The resurgence of country décor and a return to simple living has many people making the choice of country kitchen furniture and the complete picture of an earlier time in history.
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