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French Country Kitchen Cabinets For That Antique Look

Let's say that you wish to create a French Country kitchen with an Antique look.

How can you transform your current cabinets into looking like a French Country Kitchen that might look like you came from the South of France? Well, when planning a French cottage style kitchen, you'll have to think about the ‘feeling’ you're trying to convey. Look up French Country Kitchen’ using Google, and decide how you'll style those things which weren't originally found in old time French country kitchens. During that time period there were many amenities that we now use that they wouldn't have such as microwave ovens and timers.

One of the things which will help preserve the feeling are the country kitchen cabinets you choose. If you do that, then your kitchen's functionality might be maintained at the same time that you turn back the clock to make it look like it came from old-time France.

A typical French country kitchen makes you feel a sense of comfort and warmth; it was somewhere that friends and family might enjoy each other's company over a glass of French wine as they celebrated joys of living and the rewards that only having your family and friends near you at all times might impart. They loved to bake bread, that yeasty aroma wafting throughout the house creating a lovely atmosphere of home.

The architecture that country kitchen cabinets impart will help bring you to that place. Whether you're trying to turn a small condominium kitchen, or a huge suburb kitchen into a French country kitchen with that antique feel, you can still create a feel that comes straight from the South of France.

One of the things which helped create that country feel were the colors they would choose.
Color plays a major role in creating that sense of a French country kitchen. The color scheme was what it was because of the types of materials they used when building the country kitchen. White stucco walls and/or ceilings were sometimes painted butter or mustard yellow, while large exposed wooden posts and beams formed distinct borders.

All materials that they would use in the South of France were related, then, to the building materials that were available at the time. ‘Distressing’ wood to make it look more weathered than it actually is can be done by hitting the beams with a chain, gouging them with knives or axes, lightly burning it in places, or scratching it with sandpaper. It might scare you that you’d do such things to new cabinet doors, but that's what's needed to make them feel old. You can get tips and see pictures of what the end result might look like on-line. Just do searches for French Country Kitchens’ and ‘Distressing’. A dark stain is then rubbed into the blemishes, and then the surface is sanded to remove excess stain marks. You should leave the blemishes darker so they'll look like they're well-worn. To finish that weathered look’, use a contrasting stain or coating. Remember that the country cabinet doors that you install should match the feel of the beams.

Since walls and ceilings were typically stucco, an antique white could be used on the walls.

For the floors, you might choose green terra cotta tiles, brick or stone for texture and durability. Red bricks or stones for the hearth or fireplace would create a nice contrast. During that time, a hearth also would provide storage space as well doing it's typical duty as a functional working fireplace stove/oven. You might also add some Shaker cabinets to offset the style.

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