French Country Kitchen Designs

Look no further for solutions to your french country kitchen design idea.

Kitchens can go beyond function. Or, posing the question, why can't your kitchen have a look and feel that soothes the spirit and makes the kitchen something more than just a place to eat and prepare to eat?

French Country designed kitchens do just that. Taking their cue from the timeless and idyllic world of Provencal France, these rustic farmhouse designs somehow connect your kitchen to the earth and nature that provide everything you enjoy in it.

How do you design this? Well a good place to start is through color. And French impressionists like Monet and Van Gogh are useful here. Walls can be painted a subtle hue of yellow like Van Gogh's sunflowers. Perhaps the interiors can include a deep cobalt blue like his starry nights. Also think lavender, russet or green. The idea is to conjure nature.

Then your pots and pans can be of rich copper. Fruits and bread would live in charming baskets and the cabinets and floors would be wood, anything to evoke that timeless country feel. Shelving is open and, if possible, ceilings can be beamed, or at least somehow suggest that nature was never far from mind when you created this, your perfect kitchen.