Do you like kitchen styles from the Victorian era? Big and beautiful Range Cookers that stand out? Original wooden features that are exposed? A heritage colour palette?
The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign, from 20th June 1837 until her death on 22nd January 1901. It was also when cheap mass-production of countless household items was made accessible for people who couldn’t afford them.
Pay tribute to this era by adding the below features we have mentioned into your handmade bespoke kitchen. Create a traditional-style kitchen that works with you and your family and plays a part in history.
The Robust AGA Range Cooker
When creating the country dream, a robust AGA range cooker will add character and warmth to the space with its continual appearance and technology. Everyone that owns an AGA will tell you the same thing over and over, that they cannot imagine life without one and the cooker qualities within.
AGA has added many different models to its collection through the years and each one is built and designed to fit into every home and lifestyle. The likes of Mary Berry, Daisy Lowe, Jamie Oliver and Marco Pierre White have one in their homes.
In this traditional kitchen, we created in Ashwell, Herts the stunning green AGA Range Cooker contrasts beautifully with the rich and atmospheric ‘Minster Green’ kitchen cabinets. Creating a classic setting with the colours, this traditional style has never looked so good! All the details within have been carefully considered to tap into the Victorian era yet the modern touches provide all the convenience without looking out of place.
Copper Accents
Copper cookware and stunning features are ideal for a truly authentic Victorian style. Add open shelves or glass-fronted cabinets to display items for a classic Victorian look. Add copper accents in the fixtures and fittings too to really bring out this design trend that was popular in the Victorian days.
Copper was a cheap material in Victorian times, with it being a staple piece used across a wide variety of industries.
The copper elements added to this hand-painted kitchen in Welwyn Garden City, Herts are a joy to look at. They complement the colours perfectly adding a stylish vibe, but keeping in with the traditional style that copper is known for.
Keeping Beautiful Features Alive
Keep your beautiful features! If your property includes exposed wooden beams and other original features, embrace them and show them off throughout the design – you are very lucky to have them.
Heritage Colours
Have you got a south-facing kitchen or a space with lots of windows? Heritage-inspired colours such as blue and green can create a beautiful ambience, these colours can create the perfect atmosphere you are after.
Check out the sumptuous blue known as Dock Blue by Farrow and Ball hand-painted in this Lay-On Shaker in Hitchin. It provides the room with a visual impact, paired with the bright white for a winning combination. A fresh and contemporary room but a great example of a Victorian vibe.
Make Use Of The Full Space
When looking at traditional homes that date back to the Victorian era, most of them have lovely high ceilings that are breathtaking and ideal for floor-to-ceiling cabinets. We have noticed a rise for these on the kitchen wish list, and many of our clients have opted for this storage solution, it maximises the space you have to store things and shows off the room’s scale.
To work with this traditional style kitchen, our client in Letchworth, Herts opted for floor-to-ceiling cabinets to maximise their storage and have a place for everything. This sits behind the kitchen island on the main cabinet run.
Are you in the middle of planning a new handmade kitchen for your home and you would like to add a Victorian vibe to it… look no further and contact Planet Furniture today – we would love to hear from you.
