From Kitchen plans

But do you have an OTK? Do you want to recreate a kitchen you spent time in, as a child? Or maybe a movie or TV show where you think...that's my kitchen, I could really cook in that kitchen! Or, that kitchen is beautiful, I'd love to have that in my house. For me, it's Laura Calder's original kitchen, on "French Food at Home" (on the cooking channel)

From Lavender Lass farmhouse pictures

So, what is your OTK? Do you have one or just letting things evolve as you go? Or maybe combining different kitchens that you really like? Thanks for sharing :)

So my kitchen used that as a springboard, and I took it from there. That kitchen is bigger than my whole HOUSE!

OT, I bought my tabisland today!! Can't wait to get it in the kitchen!

Nancy

But, this is where my thoughts go when I think of favorite, dream kitchen... It appears, at first look, to be much too much like the forum's "OTK" to suit me at all, but it's not the white and black color scheme that speaks to me, or the fussier details, like the pendants or the beadboard and little feet, most of which I don't like.

I love the elbow room, the expanse and heft of the island, the utilitarian storage that holds things like giant pots, and gives the small appliances neat and tidy, specifically planned homes. Things are out of the way, yet still handy and usable. I love the warmth and 'barefoot' feel, and that is semi-open, but separate. There are great workspaces and room for a big kitchen crew, like mine.

It just yells to me, "All the kids are home and we're going to have a humongous, family brunch." :-)

fori, isn't your oven upside-down? I've never seen one with the controls on the bottom.

This one is pretty close to perfect for me

Mama Goose- LOL! I've missed your posts. I love that movie and the conservatory is my favorite space :)

From Lavender Lass farmhouse pictures

And from above...

From Lavender Lass farmhouse pictures

This kitchen comes pretty close, but I'd want a vintage stove, different light fixtures and a different backsplash.

Love the La Cornue range. The mock conservatory glass ceiling makes my heart beat faster. I love the marble tops and the burled walnut and mahogany island. And the coffee station you can't see on the other side of the room is perfect. You can see more of this kitchen and read all about it on Atticmag.

LOL! Don't hold back there, Bahacca. Tell us how you really feel about your tile countertops. A suggestion, though: a hammer is just too wimpy for that job. Go with a sledge hammer. You'll get the most bang out of it if you can find a place where you can hit the tile on the upswing - let the weight of the hammer do most of the work for you. This will work better if you're planning on smashing the cabinets to smithereens too. Very therapeutic.

but in yellow. I really like this one shown in The Laurel House blog:

although it is way too cluttered for my taste and has too many glass fronted cabinets.

I would love an eat-in kitchen, but don't have the room for it in our current (and probably permanent) home.

I wish I remember her name, but I love the kitchen of the poster who lives in Shaker Heights.

And Red Lover, that kitchen is great. I know Lavender Lass posted it recently, too. Any idea where it's originally from?

Mostly, though, something kinda like this:

I think lavender lass's future French farmhouse kitchen with a bunny and bird BS will be OTK because she lives in a farmhouse in a country where the other official language is French. How perfect is that?

So she lives "near" a country whose second official language is French. Close enough for me. Still love those bunnies.

I'm glad everyone is enjoying the thread...now, let's get back to more pictures and if you have more than one OTK, go ahead and post it! We've got a lot of room left on this thread, so why not have some fun?

Oh, and I wanted to say thank you all for posting these beautiful pictures...and I especially like seeing the GW kitchens. So many talented people on the forum!

(incidentally, not even close to the look I'm going for in my kitchen.)

I'm captivated by it. Just something about the simplicity, the rustic with the modern, and the great lighting and plants. I can't quite picture my real self living there, but my childhood/adolescent dream of my adult self would fit right in!

And really, there might be GW kitchens that are closer to my OTK than either of these beauties, but I'm too lazy to hunt them down.

I guess they did things differently in the 18th century, and with a houseful of servants!

Pawa, wow. In that case, here are the others I took (none as good as the first, I am afraid)

I saved pics of this kitchen from a house in Savannah that I saw online when we were looking years ago. There is a lot packed in a small space and it's beautiful:

The kitchen that we practically lived in on our Italy trip was wonderful. The big fireplace off to the right (out of picture) where we stored our nightly bottles of wine. The big couch to the left of the table (out of picture) where we drank said wine. The sinks, the funny and bright yellow fridge, the stand-alone oven (to the left of the fireplace in the pic). I loved sitting at that table and talking and eating and cooking. What a great place to hang out and really be with family. Two weeks in that kitchen made for some wonderful memories with family and friends!

Here's a recent one that I fell in love with.

Valente's "La Romanesca" made me feel like my Van Gogh quartzite island countertop. When people say "It makes my heart sing," I think THAT'S what they mean. Not "lah-lah-lah" sing, but - Staggering w-t-f-ness jaw-draw-ping-ness SING

I can totally see that Sertentine doing that for someone.

Note that this is a photo spread from 1996 in the not high- end magazine, Better Homes and Gardens. Already we see so many of the features we still use in our kitchens: bridge faucet, "vintage" pendants, stainless built-in fridge, microwave under the counter in the island, furniture-look feet/legs on the island, "pro-style" 36" range and stainless hood, and wooden perimeter counters. The dishwasher and chairs in the breakfast area are the only things that make it look a little dated.

I know that no kitchen is "forever". But this one still looks great 16 plus years later.

I am loving my own progress. I don't have an inspiration photo, but have bits and pieces in many photos.

Keep 'em coming because I dream here. :)

farmgirlinky - I love that Bulthaup kitchen, I saw one in person a few weeks ago. Wish I had the space for it. Maybe one day.