Beautiful! Almost makes me want to move out of the city.

I love natural light in the kitchen, and this kitchen certainly has that! That being said, all the black trim and concrete-looking surfaces remind me of office buildings from the 70's.

HEAVEN! This is exactly my idea of heaven on earth for a kitchen. The outdoors inside, the roughened farmhouse wood, since and arrangement. *sigh* how lovely.

I hope they have a good window washer and one that is not very expensive.

house tour! house tour!

This looks great, but I think best suited for a moderate climate. I can imagine some very cold mornings if this kitchen were in New England or other wintry parts.

I love it, but I hope the windows "face" north-northeast. This would be my dream kitchen.

@ccp mbd --- Anyone can be a good window-washer. Go to the nearest janitorial supply house and buy your own equipment. It's not expensive and if taken care of, it will last a lifetime---except for the rubber blades on the squeegee, but they are a regular item and the supply house will sell replacement blades. Just a few drops of dish soap (we like Dawn) per gallon of water. Wash with the wet fleece, then squeegee (wipe with a paper towel between strokes). You don't have to rinse.

My first thought -- this is French -- proved true.

The house tour is just a click away: http://livingagency.com/features.php?catalog=Interiors&ctg=SouthOfFrance&cat2=graineficelle

Must find way to move back to France/Switzerland.

p.s. it's a holiday home, and take a close look at GF25; it's hilarious.

This house is gorgeous!

I could never put a kitchen in a room with beautiful windows like that, I would want to cover every available surface in potted plants.

would anyone else feel like they're being watched at night?

LOVE it.

Throw a fireplace in there...and I am sold. Warmer wood/paint choices...icing on the cake. Though, I imagine that the windows would fog-up like crazy in cold weather or whenever you boil something...

@mschatelaine, thanks for the link. I think I missed what's funny about G25, though.

It's a cool house, with the surprising and puzzling exception of massive, poo-brown sofas in the family room (eek!). One other thing I would point out is the lack of screens on the large, operable kitchen windows. I live in the country. There are flies.

(Side note on too much glass...When I purchased my home I adored the flood of light it got from window walls on the north and southeast and southwest sides. After living here for less than a year, I put an enormous about of money into controlling the light glare and heat gain.)

what a gorgeous kitchen. thank you mschatelaine, I followed the link and now I have a gorgeous site to visit periodically.

@Rural and Rueful -- If you enlarge G25, you'll see a slightly rustic French swimming pool that does double duty as a water bowl for a little cat.

In Minnesota? Ya gotta be kidding! Drafts, condensation rotting any wood over time, high energy bills...

Besides, views like that should be in a living/family room.

And ditto the need for northern exposure; an element of house siting that's usually ignored.

Love it!

I went to the link to see the tour of the rest of the house, but it didn't work :(
I tried to find it on livingagency.com but couldn't
can anyone direct me so I can see the tour of the rest?