Archive Dive: 9 Favorite Timber Kitchens

Now trending: the clean-lined, cabin-like kitchen with cabinets and paneling in blonde woods. Ingmar Bergman would approve–and we’re on board, too. Here are 9 favorites, from the archives.

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Rosy-hued wood in a minimalist London kitchen, complete with a classic Aga.

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Flooring, cabinets, and wall paneling in oak from Dinesen of Denmark define a London kitchen.

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A plywood-cloaked kitchen in Gothenburg, Sweden, by Johannes Norlander Arkitektur.

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The Osea Kitchen from UK kitchen design company Plain English has Dinesen Douglas fir flooring that runs up the main wall, and modern picnic-table seating.

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Dale, a long, narrow kitchen in Australia by Robson Rak Architects, was short-listed for the 2014 Australian Interior Design Awards.

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A Shaker-inspired design by Teddy Edwards in Oxford, England.

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The precision laser-cut Wiedemann Werkstatten Eight-Meter Kitchen in Munich.

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John Baker and Juli Daoust’s Scandinavian-inspired kitchen in their family quarters above Mjölk, their Toronto design shop.

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A model kitchen in Misaki, Japan, built using traditional joinery techniques applied to modern needs.

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