Country Kitchen Designs

In creating a country-inspired home, the country kitchen is arguably the most important element. And whilst architectural details – high ceilings, wooden beams, and draughty windows with an expansive view out over the countryside – certainly help, they are in no way essential to creating your dream country kitchen.

There are a few hard and fast rules to a country design scheme, such as using shaker cabinets, employing natural materials wherever possible, and displaying piles of crockery and table linen, but country style can run the gamut from modern rustic and traditional, to quaint and cottagecore.

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.

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Nothing beats flowers for putting the ‘country’ into kitchens. An abundance of dainty florals has a lovely enveloping effect, creating the signature cosiness of a country kitchen and softening an otherwise functional space.

This rustic countryside kitchen combines warm, off-white walls and woodwork with rough and raw wood and classic flagstones. Using natural materials is one of the best ways to bring the outside in — especially if your wood still retains its knots and grains. One of our favourites.

The 'bootility' room is a hybrid utility-boot room full of handsome cabinetry and clever storage solutions. A bootility serves to bridge the gap between indoors and out, preventing outdoor dirt from entering the kitchen, as well as holding bulky white goods, utility products, and everyday family clutter.

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A country kitchen is the heart of the home, where family can gather to eat, entertain and spend time together. A spacious island is perhaps one of the best ways to bring everyone together. It's the focal point of any kitchen and enables meals to be tested, children to do homework, and conversations to be had — all in one lovely central space.

Store away fresh produce, cans and kitchen utensils with an incredibly handy corner larder, like our very own Country Living Whitstable Larder at Homebase. How brilliant to hide away extra items and free up counter space for cooking – no country kitchen is complete without one.

Quintessential country styles often feature raw materials, here in the form of exposed brick. Creating a feature wall – painted in a fresh cream or left as a classic red brick – is a great way to soften more contemporary kitchens.

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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 four door version that sits so happily in a natural recess.

In a country kitchen, the devil is in the details. A farmhouse sink is a wonderfully spacious addition, and breaks up a great swathe of cabinetry.

High ceilings and expansive walls are a gift when creating a country kitchen, and the addition here of interesting wooden beams gives the feeling of a converted barn. With clean lines and a minimal colour palette, this is proof that country kitchens don't always have to err on the side of traditional.

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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.

Warm up bitterly cold days with a wood-burning stove that's perfect for a large country kitchen. This style from Morso would be brilliant for the winter months and even better for toasting marshmallows when guests come to visit. We love the idea of keeping a pile of freshly cut logs nearby.

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.

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Pink kitchens require a keen eye to avoid an overly saccharine outcome. Rich or chalky shades of pink can be a sophisticated choice, especially when used on shaker cabinets.

This smart country kitchen by Tom Howley embraces traditional cabinetry, but also has a more modern feel. The under-sink storage provides a practical place to tidy away extra plates, cups and utensils. Finishing touches underline the design of a classically country kitchen, says Tom Howley, Creative Design Director at Tom Howley. Cornices, skirting boards and columns or pillars are the final elements of the design. They bring the kitchen together, and are carefully designed to distinguish country kitchens from their more modern counterparts.

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.

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A good quality vinyl should be one of your go-to choices of flooring in a high-traffic kitchen. For a country kitchen, have a bit of fun by offsetting more traditional architectural details and shaker cabinets with some interesting pattern and colour.

No other kitchen colour can evoke countryside scenes quite as well as green. Tom Howley, Design Director at the eponymous kitchen company, says: ‘Green kitchens are having something of a moment right now. As a colour we associate primarily with nature, this grounding shade has an incredible way of reconnecting us with our surroundings, creating moments of calm and positivity.'

In a country kitchen, accessories and trinkets are usually displayed – sometimes neatly, and sometimes in a charming disarray. Open or glass-fronted display units can store pans, crockery, and linens, rustic apple crates or willow baskets, and and saves valuable drawer space.

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The large white beams and all-over wood panelling gives this country kitchen a bright and refreshing feel. Pepped up with soft tones of grey, a classic country staple - the Aga - and small plants and hanging vegetables on the kitchen counters.

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A charming mismatch of antique furniture, an abundance of busy print and pattern, and a casual approach to displaying crockery, accessories and trinkets, are all key to creating your desired outcome. So too is a playful approach to colour (country style is nothing if not cheerful and light-hearted, ) and if you're looking towards a refurbishment, consider a modern pantry and more comfortable zones for working and lounging.

Soft sage shades sit comfortably in a cottage setting against classic wooden floors or marble countertops, chalky pinks work wonderfully with natural materials like a deep mahogany, whilst inky blues are perfect for shaker-style cabinetry.

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Consider livening up your walls with colourful tiles or botanical wallpaper, or even adding appliances like a Smeg fridge freezer or KitchenAid mixer – both of which are known for their bright and playful designs.

Left: Paint (on walls and tiles) at Annie Sloan, Right: Dyrham Dairy Ceramic Tiles at Hyperion TilesL: Annie Sloan, R: Hyperion Tiles

One of the joys of country homes is having carte blanche when it comes to pattern. Country kitchens are usually full of print and pattern, thrown together in a charming and almost haphazard way – stripes sit quite happily with florals or checks, or farm animal motifs.

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Tiles are a great way to introduce pattern, or to create little countryside vignettes like this sweet Hyperion Tiles example with colourful roosters. If you have wooden floors, inlay patterned tiles to create zones around high-use areas like your oven.

Think too about your kitchen linens and tableware, especially if you like to put them on display (more on that below.) Some classic country kitchen favourites include Emma Bridgewater, Sophie Allport and Garden Trading.

If you don't want your country kitchen to appear overly modern, adding some antiques will impart a more traditional and lived-in feel. You could go all out and replace your dining table and chairs with a pre-owned set, or pick out some small ornaments or crockery to pile onto shelving.

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If you would like some old-fashioned pieces for your kitchen, Love Antiques is a treasure trove that offers antique furniture, clocks, and even lighting from