All about Belgian Kitchen Design
Image 1Passing through my file of images of kitchens, I have to conclude that in Belgian kitchen designs , a lot of returning features can be noticed!
On the basis of the images of my post of today, I'll try to explain a few characteristics of Belgian kitchens.
A couple of years ago, we have known the phenomenon "cocooning". People love to enjoy the warmth and cosiness of the protective area of their home and they invited their friends into their "cocooning" world. Friends are allowed to be part of the family-own habits and to share the intimicy of their home.
This engagement involved a transfer of the earlier accent on the formal dining room to that on the social gathering kitchen room. More and more, kitchens became the centre of the house and the need to have a stay-at-home kitchen was born!
Responding to this need, designers created real dream-kitchens!
In Belgium there were a few well-known designers (Axel Vervoordt, Walda Pairon, Pieter Porters, Garnier,...) who designed desirable "must-have" kitchens.
Image 2 Walda Pairon
Image 3 Garnier
Image 4 Axel Vervoordt
Image 5 Pieter Porters These designs were an inspiration to a lot of kitchen designers of today.
Image 6 Belgian bluestone for floor and sink.
Image 7 Belgian bluestone
Image 8 Carrara marble for floor, counter and sink.
Image 9 Terracotta tiles
Image 10 Terracotta tiles
As noticed on the images above, the natural stone is used for counters and sinks.
Image 12 Rouge Belge marble for the counters and carrara marble floor.Lefèvre Interiors
Image 13 Belgian Bluestone as flooring and as counters.
Image 14 Bluestone for the sink.
Image 15 Bluestone again.
Image 16 Carrara marble
Image 17 Bluestone for the sink.2. Wall tiling : There are two types of tiles often used : the Dutch Delft wall tiles and the Morrocan Zelige tiles.
The Dutch Delft tiles have beautiful colour nuances. They are produces since the 16 th century. We call them "Hollandse witjes".
The Moroccan Zelige tiles are handmade by Arabic craftsmen and are glazed with enamel.
Image 18 Dutch Delft wall tiles.
Image 20 Dutch Delft wall tiles in my own kitchen.
Image 21 Red coloured Zelige tiles
Image 22 Green coloured Zelige tiles
Image 23 Steel windows and part of the inside doors.
Image 24 Beautiful steel double door. 
Image 25 Steel used in cupboarddoors.
Image 26 Double door again.
Image 27 Steel cupboard doors
Image 28 Steel windows
Image 30 Painted kitchen
Image 31 Combination of painted and wooden part.
Image 32 Wood
Image 33 Painted
Image 34 Convent table
Image 35 I love the combinateion of that table and the swedish chairs.
Image 36 Another convent table
Image 37 The wooden bench is a nices alternative for chairs. 
Image 38 Notice the convent table and the cutlery area in the cupboard. An amazing idea.
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Image 40 This is a picture of my kitchen. We have chosen an 18th century french oak convent table with 19th century french LXV chairs.The floor is a carrara marble and is recuperated from the façade of an old Brussels house.
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Image 42 Notice the sconces with the chef's hat!
Image 43 The oak execution and the colour of the wallpaint match well!
Image 44 A cristal chandelier
Image 45 Another cristal chandelier.Wonderful fabrics are chosen!
Image 46 Blinds
Image 47 Straight blinds
Image 48 Long linen curtains
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Image 50 Bouillonné
Image 51 Bouillonné
Image 52 In my kitchen I choosed a fabric from Brunschwig & Fils for the bouillonné.Lefèvre Interiors
Image 53 Bouillonné
Image 54 La Canche
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Image 56 In my kitchen, we choosed a La Cornue cooker.
Image 57 A cooker of a mark that I do not know.
Image 58 A big fire place.
Image 59 An elegant small one.
Image 60 So cosy!!!
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Image 63 One of my preferences.
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Image 66 10. Tablescaping : Last but not least is the wonderful tablescaping that Belgians are that good at! They love beautiful table-linen and napkins. And they do use their most precious crockery and glassware, even for kitchen tablescaping.
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Image 69 My table with damask table-cloth.So now I piloted you through my 10 characteristics of Belgian kitchen designs and to finish I show you a few images of a kitchen executed by my own company Lefèvre Interiors .
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