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Mid-Century Modern Kitchen Ideas
Mid-century modern kitchens were designed for indoor-outdoor living before the phrase existed: post-and-beam houses opening through walls of glass onto a patio, a rectangular pool and a lawn or gravel garden edged with agave, olive and citrus. Breeze-block screens, terrazzo and a single accent colour finish the look.
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Mid-Century Modern Kitchen Ideas, explained.
Mid-century modern kitchens were designed for indoor-outdoor living before the phrase existed: post-and-beam houses opening through walls of glass onto a patio, a rectangular pool and a lawn or gravel garden edged with agave, olive and citrus. Breeze-block screens, terrazzo and a single accent colour finish the look.
Look for restraint — flat planes, low furniture, one bright colour — and for the way each kitchen design lines up with the house's grid. Save the compositions that feel calm and sunny rather than kitsch.
Mid-century outdoor kitchens are low, linear and flush with the house. Look for a single long counter of concrete or terrazzo, teak or slatted cabinet fronts, a flat roof or beam overhang for shade, a breeze-block backdrop and bar stools in bent steel. Keep everything on one line and let the pool and lawn beyond be the view.
What to look for as you browse
- The work triangle — grill, sink and fridge within a few steps
- Ventilation: a hood, an open gable or clear sky above the grill
- Where guests sit relative to the cook
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