Copper in the kitchen
Let me start this post with a warning:
DON’T google ‘copper kitchens’. I did it to research this post and I wouldn’t recommend it. Not because it turns out that (like everything else) it’s some weird web-friendly sexual practice, but just because the copper kitchens on display are hideous.
I do believe there is another way, however. I recently wrote about a kitchen in which everything was hidden behind wenge wardrobe-style doors, leaving only a gold/glass island unit on display.
Image: Alexander James for Living Etc
It looked lovely, and the owner told me she’d been inspired by a photograph she’d seen years ago of a French kitchen which used old armoires instead of standard cupboards, and had a gold/copper island too. Well what do you know…
The always on it Jenny at MFAMB seems to have found just that kitchen in a recent web trawl of kitchens she’s into. Don’t you love it? It’s the perfect anti-kitchen. I guess my nickname at home being ‘Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook’ informs my opinion, but I have always liked the idea of a non-kitcheny kitchen. Somehow the glamour of the materials in this one makes it even more desirable. Here, from a completely different source, is what I think must be the reverse shot.
I had a little picture of a white gloss kitchen that used patina-ed mirror as a splashback, and loved the glamour of that. But copper could work just as well, as demonstrated here:
More images of copper kitchens (but not many – most of them are rank) on our Kitchens Pinterest board. Trend!
Dude, we’re on it too! I wrote about that exact kitchen (and house) for Elle Deco. The whole place enduces agony and be seen in full here (brilliant pink pots on top of cabinets in this series of pics):
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Thank you for these lovely pics. I am considering fitting in copper splashbacks but was advised to apply lacquer on top to protect it and to retain the shine. The issue is that lacquer itself may be affected by the heat from the hob itself. Any recommendations?