Kitchenalia: Furnishing and Equipping Your Kitchen with Flea Market Finds and Period Pieces

by Vinny Lee

Kitchenalia is an inspiring guide to putting together a unique and creative kitchen using reclaimed and reinvented surfaces, furniture, objects and equipment. Period pieces, whether farmhouse furniture, salvaged surfaces, vintage textiles or retro cooking utensils and gadgets, are the antithesis of the mass-produced modern alternatives and have a timeless integrity. Sourcing such items from flea markets and antiques fairs is a unique and rewarding way to kit out a kitchen. This book presents all the elements you would want, and shows how to put it together in different interpretations of the look, from country to utilitarian, classic white to retro.

Genres: Nonfiction, Design

224 pages, Hardcover

First published September 25, 2014

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you like everything new and shiny, skip this book, otherwise this book is a feast for the eyes if you are into reuse and vintage pieces! The text is a bit redundant and I was very disappointed when the author goes on about certain pieces or patterns and then there is no photograph at all of what she's talking about! Very frustrating! I think many of the interiors look totally livable, some I would take a sander to so as to smooth things down a bit more. Personal taste, I guess. But lots to inspire in here.

[Awjtf · Rating 3 out of 5]

very interesting styles of Kitchens!

[Mary Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is obviously about English kitchens & I love it!

[IE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good inspiration for vintage stoves and dressers/hutches being used in a kitchen setting. Liked the “Collectors Kitchen” the best of the styles shown.

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

fun picture book

[Marcie Lovett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Writing was lackluster, most of the content didn't interest me. Some of the photos were fun to look at. Not the best vintage-decorating book.

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have really mixed feelings about this book. On one hand I adore it and would give it 5 stars because finally there is a kitchen design book about unique one of a kind kitchens. Looking for inspiration and wanting to avoid another cookie cutter kitchen has been very difficult. But on the other hand, most of these kitchens really aren't about cooking, they are about collecting kitchen stuff and I would therefore have to give the book a 2 star rating. It is very difficult to imagine cleaning many of these kitchens with open shelving, wire bins, and rustic rough wood. Likewise, work and storage surfaces are full of pretty items instead of useful ones. Despite its downfalls, I recommend this book with the hope that some people will be inspired to create a unique kitchen design.

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this lovely book at #ReadingPublicLibrary !

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the British look at this topic.

[Heydi Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is packed with ideas for creating your perfect retro kitchen.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it!! It is the kitchen I love and the kitchen I have!

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A perfect book to browse while watching TV!