The Farmhouse Kitchen in October
An autumn morning, with everything in use and nothing precious.
A farmhouse kitchen on an autumn morning: the green Dutch oven is already on the stove, there's a loaf on the butcher block, and the copper pan on the shelf has clearly seen a few Thanksgivings.
Inherited kitchens are working kitchens. Warm wood, a little brass and a few heavy pieces that get used every day. Here are four of them, each as an Heirloom and a Find.
Heirloom or Find
Green enameled Dutch oven
Le Creuset Signature 6.5-qt deep round Dutch oven, ThymeCrate & Barrel · $289.95 on sale
Hearth & Hand 5-qt enameled Dutch oven, Fern GrottoTarget · $49.99
End-grain butcher block
Crate & Barrel rectangular end-grain board, 3 in. thickCrate & Barrel · $159.95
Figmint 14 x 14 end-grain acacia boardTarget · $35
Salt and pepper mills
Peugeot Paris u'Select 12" salt and pepper mills, walnutWilliams Sonoma · up to $220.95 the pair
Threshold acacia turned salt shaker and pepper grinderTarget · $16
Copper roasting pan
Mauviel 1830 copper roasting pan with rack, made in FranceMauviel · $419.95 on sale
Hearth & Hand roasting pan with lid, copperTarget · $89.99
How to make it feel inherited
- Keep the pot on the stove. A colored enamel Dutch oven left out says this kitchen gets used.
- Go thick on the butcher block. An end-grain board that stays on the counter reads as decades old.
- Let copper show. One copper pan on an open shelf warms a whole wall.
- Use the good things every day. Saving them for best is a new-house habit.
Find or Heirloom? Every link from this room is also on the shop page.
Margot
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