Kitchen Trends: Country Traditional

In this trends guide, we explore the Country Traditional trends and the products to help you deliver this style for your customers, with hidden functionality along the way.

Country Traditional

Rural life has never been more popular, with the rise of remote working making countryside living a reality for many would-be city dwellers. Even for homeowners residing in more urban areas, bringing elements of rural life into the home can bring with it a sense of tranquility or escapism. To complement this rural aesthetic, country traditional kitchens are up in popularity too, with consumers opting for familiar, timeless styles.

Iconic range cookers

Nothing says country traditional like a range cooker; it’s the cooker for customers striving for the country aesthetic, and one that’s bound to add the final stamp on your design.

The Dual Fuel Smeg Victoria range cooker combines the iconic range cooker style, with Smeg’s high performance technology. This beautiful range cooker has a wealth of benefits for the user, including various cooking formats, an easy clean interior, vapour clean function and side opening door. The Smeg Victoria range also allows for more flexibility in design, thanks to the wide range of colours available, from pastel blue to statement black.

If the kitchen design you’re working to is more limited in space, the 900mm single cavity Smeg Portofino range cookers are ideal. These induction cookers are simple in design yet offer extra large oven capacity and provide users with the ability to optimise cooking times of multiple dishes simultaneously, without flavour transfer. Available in a range of colours, these high performing cookers bring iconic style to any design.

Shaking it up

On a par with range cookers, in terms of classic country style, are shaker cabinet doors. One of the largest focal points of the living space, kitchen cabinet doors play a huge part in determining the overall style.

The York range from our Aspekt collection of kitchen cabinet doors is the epitome of shaker design, with its raised rectangular frame. This 20mm moulded door with 3mm foil, integrates seamlessly into the modern home but playing to the strengths of traditional style. York doors are available in 4 beautiful finishes, but we love Dove Grey for its flexibility to match with other design elements, or midnight blue for a more bold, but equally beautiful finish.
AluSplash, our easy-installation splashbacks range, in Petrol Blue or Warm Grey, pairs perfectly with both of these York colour options. All of the doors in the Aspekt range are covered by the Häfele Lifetime Guarantee* and can be delivered free of charge, within 48 hours, on orders over £50.**

Storage for shakers

Cabinet doors are the gatekeepers to the appliances, utensils and groceries that sit behind them, so clever internal storage is key to a kitchen that functions as beautifully as it looks.

The Vauth Sagel Cornerstone Maxx is ideal for maximising corner storage and has clever features that will make it a favourite amongst designers, installers and homeowners. Tool-free assembly ensures quick and easy fitting, whilst the hidden fastenings create a floating design for the baskets, which can be easily adjusted in height even after installation.

To maximise vertical storage, the Vauth Sagel Pull Out Units with baskets and wine rack are ideal. Perfect for hiding away bottles and food items, this pull-out unit helps to maintain a clear worktop space, by keeping items stored out of sight.

Finishing touches; classic meets contemporary

Metallics still reign supreme when it comes to finishing touches, and this is particularly relevant to handles.

The Delia cup handles in polished nickel are ideal to bring this go-to finish into your country traditional design; combining classic hardware with on-trend colours. The classic cup shaping of these handles brings traditional cabinetry to life and injects some modern styling, with a matching Delia knob, allowing for design to continue across all cabinetry.

The Delia collection is also available in Antique Copper and Brushed Brass. The Oberon Ceiling Pendant pairs perfectly with these handles, in bringing metallic accents through from cabinet to ceiling.

For a handle that is unique in design, yet still adds to the country aesthetic, we recommend the new Floid bar handle. Sleek in design, yet with a touch of vintage, the Floid bar handle can be the perfect finishing touch to harmonise its surroundings. We recommend Brushed Gold for warm-tone kitchen design, or Pewter for a cooler finish, but all four finishes complement the country traditional trend.