500 Kitchen Ideas: Style, Function & Charm (Country Living)

This book is the best decorating book I have ever purchased. I received this book about 2 years ago, and ever since I opened it, I had been dreaming about what my dream kitchen would look like. Well this year I had my chance to make my dreams a reality and this book was there every step of the way. From cabinets, to sinks, faucets, flooring, counter tops and lighting this book had great ideas. We picked out the style of cabinets from this book and our cabinetmaker was able to duplicate them perfectly. We had this book out so much on this project that he wants to purchase one as well, since most of his work is done on older homes.There are many different types of country decorating in this book, some may not appeal to you, but there is everything from shabby chic, colonial, primitive, shaker, or traditional American country. I prefer French or English country and those elements are included as well. It you can't tell I really love this book. :)

Lots of great ideas in this book...my only complaint is that the shape of the book is rather odd...I expected it to be much larger. And the vertical layout is a bit awkward to flip through.BUT...TONS of great kitchen photos. Mostly beautiful and inspiriting...a few oddball photos from the early 90's, but the majority of the book is composed of recent photos from CL magazine.

Lots of good pictures to look at when planning your kitchen, but I did not find very many that screamed me. I guess I was hoping for finding a complete kitchen that I would like to try to replicate, but instead just found 2-3 small ideas to incorporate. Overall, well worth the value to add to my growing home improvement library.

I bought this book here on Amazon last summer while in the midst of the building our summer cottage. I had a general idea about what decor ideas I wanted for the cabin, but had no "visual inspirations," so to speak. This book is chock full of ideas for any modern country, shabby chic, flea market thrifty or cottage style lover. I've gotten so many ideas and inspirations, that I have just about every page bookmarked with sticky notes. I've also decided to go with open cabinetry in my kitchen versus the usual cabinetry doors after drooling over the lovely display of pottery and knickknacks featured in this book! I love this book and recommend it to anyone who wants inspiration on their home or just to have dreamy thoughts about what they would love for their kitchen to look like.Five stars all the way!

I had high hopes for this book but didn't get any new and ingenious ideas from it like hoped for. The pictures, though often repeated of the same kitchen, are very nice, but there was no tips presented on where to purchase anything or how to achieve the looks that were presented. The tips offered seemed rather obvious. Overall, underwhelmed. If you are looking for really amazing and awesome kitchen ideas, please go no further the the old reliable "Taunton's" Anything produced by Taunton's, from their books to their magazine "Fine Homebuilding" will prove invaluable. My favorite so far is "Kitchen Ideas that Work...Creative Design Ideas that Word". You will not waste your money on that one! Although not a total waste, this book is being donated to a church garage sale...no one should pay retail for it like I did.

I'm a self-professed decorating book junkie, however, if they don't deliver the goods, back they go. This one delivers. It's thoughtfully organized, full of quality pictures, and not overly verbose. (A plus for those of us who really just want to look at the pictures!) I got about half way through the first pass, and had to jump up from my chair and completely redecorate my china hutch to look like it could be in the book. It didn't stop there, I spent the next hour and a half rearranging and decluttering all the surfaces in the entire kitchen. I bought the book to glean ideas for finishing my kitchen, but it even helped me to make do with what I have. It is not just full of $50,000 kitchen remodels, there's stuff in there for us regular people too. That's what I call "Inspirational".

Beautiful country kitchens. Several ideas to design my new kitchen. Shipping was super fast.

Would recommend to anyone who might be refurbishing or wanting a country kitchen. Excellent pictures giving lots of motivation when planning a real heart of the home kitchen.

Full of lovely inspirational photographs....and would highly recommend the seller as although book was second-hand and very reasonably priced, the condition was excellent

Good cooperation. Product with expected quality.

bel libro, tante fotografie. gli ambienti fotografati sono in stile tipicamente americano ... frigoriferi enormi, cappe a vista, pensili alti fino al soffitto. le ristrutturazioni proposte sono fattibili nella maggior parte dei casi senza interventi eccessivi. a me è piaciuto molto vedere come banali ambienti anni 60/70 potessero essere trasformati in calde ed accoglienti cucine in stile country. lo consiglio a tutti quelle che vogliono una cucina nuova diversa dai soliti standard.