40 Country Kitchen Ideas To Fall In Love With

Using warm, buttermilk tones is an easy way to instil a bit of calm into an otherwise busy kitchen. It’s particularly helpful if you have a hard time editing down your collection of kitchenware and accessories. Rich copper finishes are the perfect foil to plain neutrals.

Pictured: Holkham Waffle Oven Glove and Tea Towel at Tori Murphy

A spacious kitchen island is perhaps one of the best ways to bring the family together. “Just like the traditional dining table, the kitchen island is designed to be an engaging area of the kitchen,” says Nicolle Whyte, Design Director at Olive & Barr. “Facing your guests while chatting and cooking means you can easily host and enjoy being part of the conversations. An island is a catalyst for discussion, entertainment and a relaxed alternative to formal seating.”

Pictured: Bespoke kitchen by Olive & Barr

These days, kitchen larders or pantries can come in all shapes and sizes, from discreet free-standing units, to whole walk-in rooms with floor-to-ceiling shelves. Depending on the space available to you, larders can be an incredibly practical solution to store dry food, vegetables, and small appliances like coffee machines, microwaves, and toasters.

Pictured: Bespoke kitchen by Olive & Barr

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A cornerstone of the country kitchen. AGAs come in many sizes and colours to suit most tastes – we love this sweet buttermilk four door version that sits so happily in a natural recess.

Pictured: Bancha No.298 at Farrow & Ball

Refresh and revive your country kitchen with uplifting hues of green. This kitchen from Neptune combines timber ceiling panels with soft sage green walls and cabinets. And it’s the most beautiful space. We love the little arched window above the sink to peer out of when washing the dishes.

Pictured: Bespoke kitchen at Neptune

Petra Palumbo’s hand-decorated Delft tiles are some of the best and most creative available. Where classic Delft patterns lean to quaint and traditional, Petra’s are full of clever depiction of disco balls, ice cream cones and dirty martinis.

Pictured: Delft tile selection at Petra Palumbo

A country kitchen doesn’t have to be expansive with high ceilings and wooden beams. A quaint galley kitchen can have all the hallmarks of a country home, if you embrace shaker cabinets, touches of greenery – in the form of dried herbs or small plotted plants – and, importantly, a display of pots, pans, enamelware and table linen.

Pictured: Bespoke kitchen by Neptune

Whilst grey might be considered a contemporary kitchen colour, a soft slate grey makes a great base palette for a country kitchen. Keep your cabinetry traditional, and display white enamelware and rustic wood accessories to get the most out of classic grey tones.

Pictured: Chichester kitchen at Neptune

Antiques provide a great counter to any clinical finishes or features in a kitchen. “For many, the thought of decorating with antiques previously conjured up images of highly traditional tastes and stuffy old collectables. But this has changed,” says interior designer, Naomi Astley Clarke. “People really appreciate how storied items can bring warmth, history, and soul to their homes.”

Get smart with your country kitchen by creating hidden spaces for utensils and crockery. We love the practical shelving nestled in these Country Living Whitstable cabinet doors.

Pictured: Country Living Whitstable Kitchen at Homebase

For homes without a dining room, a little dining corner can be worked into a kitchen alcove, or nestled into the angles of a bay window. Furniture can be integrated, like this bespoke window seat, and a large dining table swapped for a small bistro table.

Pictured: Bespoke kitchen by deVOL

A classic country kitchen feature, stone flooring is a super practical choice for high traffic family kitchens. This dark and dramatic cellar kitchen by Plain English uses handsome cream-coloured slabs to offset the traditional burgundy kitchen island. If you use real stone flooring, rather than a replica vinyl for instance, add a hardy jute rug for a bit of warmth underfoot.

Pictured: Bespoke kitchen by Plain English

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One for truly compact kitchens – this sweet window seat adds an extra place to perch. Integrated seating just needs a spare corner, and the joy here is that you can create extra storage underneath.

Pictured: House Beautiful Bamboo Blinds at Hillarys