The New Look For the Kitchen is More Classic Than Ever

Lately, new designs for the kitchen look more and more like old designs for the kitchen. There's a certain style of British kitchen -- vintage-style appliances, Shaker-style cabinets, a bit austere but with very traditional accents -- that's becoming very popular. Looking at these kitchens, I am struck by the fact that they look remarkably similar to some of the 1920s kitchens I came across while researching this series about the history of kitchen design. Everything old is new again -- and in t...