The sociology of the house is one of the most fascinating areas of knowledge that exist to understand why we live as we do, beyond passing fads or aesthetic issues.
As the Colombian
Jorge Luis González Calle
writes
,
"from the objects, the distribution of the rooms and other domestic spaces, a specific way of thinking can be perceived within a certain time".
Well, if any part of the house talks about us, that is the kitchen.
The house itself was born around it, by the fire that allowed food to be cooked and heated in winter. And it has suffered many ups and downs, from
public
to
private
space
; from clearly
separate
to
integrated
; from
female
to
mixed
; from
peripheral
to
central
(according to
Witold Rbczynski,
in the 19th century "the center of attention shifted from the living room to the kitchen, which was the reason why, when the electricity entered the house, it did so through the kitchen door") , the place where to a greater extent the domestic has experienced the confrontation between
tradition and modernity;
Even the main battlefield where the masculine and feminine conception of the house have clashed in the past (refuge from the worries of the world - dynamic house).
The blue color in furniture manages to create a refreshing and homely feeling.
White is trading lower.
Integrated kitchen, a growing demand
Well, in the XXI century we find a new twist in its concept. Each time, the experts agree (and it is enough to follow the decoration magazines to confirm it) the
kitchen integrated in the living room,
the American kitchen that was anecdotal 30 years ago, is taken over, especially the heritage of small apartments. According to
Westwing
experts
, it is clear that size is the key to this turn: "If we want to gain meters at home, it is advisable to bet on an American kitchen. These types of kitchens are very popular in decoration as they increase space, but they also help connect the living room, dining room and kitchen. "
From a sociological point of view, it should be added that
cooking has ceased to be a 'private' act
to move to the 'social' level, with variable doses of exhibitionism even.
We cook while talking
to family or friends, we don't want to be alone and apart when we do it, and we like to 'show off' our cooking skills.
Kitchen and common spaces are seamlessly integrated into a single environment.
The tendency to unite kitchen and common spaces in the house is not only conditioned by space problems;
also due to the influence of the American series, where this type of scheme is common even in large houses;
due to a general trend towards the disappearance of doors and / or partitions in favor of the feeling of spaciousness and, finally, the fact that
less and less cooking is done at home.
For a kitchen and a living room that share space to 'get along' it is almost a condition that the level of use of the kitchen is low.
This ensures that furniture and walls do not end up full of grease and dirt (because we all know how ubiquitous grease is, no matter how efficient the extractor hood is).
Highly decorated kitchens to 'create a home'
This last fact, that of the progressive less use of the kitchen, also has a decisive influence on the trend that is already becoming one of the main ones of the year and that will mark the next, according to the specialized media:
highly decorated kitchens.
It is about creating a sensation of 'lived kitchen', that stops being the aseptic space in which it became in the last decade.
Whether it is independent kitchens or if they are integrated into common spaces, the tendency is to
decoratively overload
the room, to remove it from the aseptic appearance that we have given it during the last decades, in favor of a homely atmosphere, like a kitchen of farmhouse fresh out of 'Country Homes & Interiors'.
Maximalist
kitchens
that put atmosphere before practicality.
"To reconquer the kitchen so that it becomes the noble and main space of the home. A place where everything happens and where the decoration is not only functional and practical", they explain from the portal specialized in decoration
Houzz
.
The example with which they illustrate this new trend is the kitchen that the
Dosde
studio
presented at
CasaDecor Madrid 2021,
a kitchen in green and ocher with many objects, including a lampshade and the ceiling full of branches with hanging leaves.
Create sensations, also in the kitchen
The studio sought to create the feeling of "
lived space",
and indeed they succeeded.
Along the same lines proliferate
furniture aged with drawers full of flowers,
the
hanging plants
in different corners of the cooking,
decorating walls
with paintings and objects ...
Another image of the kitchen that the Dosde studio presented in the last edition of CasaDecor Madrid.
When the kitchen meets the living room, this trend takes on another approach, since the decoration of both environments must be assembled smoothly, both in materials and colors.
In any case, it seems that
the white kitchen is
in
decline
and the furniture rises in intense but refreshing colors, such as
blue
and
green
, wood, exposed brick or wallpaper walls and
warm lighting.
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