The Kitchen Edit

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Artist: Shirin Tabeshfar

Kitchens are often the most lived in spaces in a home. They hold the everyday rituals that shape our routines, from early morning coffee to late evening conversations, and they are increasingly places where cooking, dining and socialising overlap. Art in this space should feel welcoming and alive, adding warmth and personality without competing with the activity that naturally unfolds around it.

The Kitchen Edit brings together paintings chosen for their sense of movement, colour and atmosphere, works that feel comfortable within a room shaped by daily life. Unlike spaces designed purely for rest, kitchens benefit from art that introduces energy while still remaining easy to live with, offering visual warmth without overwhelming the room. These paintings are intended to soften functional surroundings, bringing depth and individuality to spaces often defined by cabinetry, surfaces and practical considerations.

Artist: Hannah Ivory Baker

Colour plays an important role here. Kitchens often suit works with warmth and tonal variation, paintings that echo the changing light of the day or introduce subtle contrast into neutral interiors. Landscapes, botanical influences and abstract compositions drawn from land and atmosphere lend themselves naturally to these spaces, suggesting openness and connection to the outdoors while still feeling calm enough to live alongside everyday activity.

The twelve paintings brought together in this edit have been selected for their ability to live comfortably within kitchen environments where atmosphere matters as much as practicality. Each work carries a sense of movement and tonal richness, allowing colour and texture to bring life to the room without becoming visually dominant. Gentle layering and shifts in colour create works that respond differently as light changes throughout the day, from bright morning activity to quieter evening gatherings.

Across the selection there is a shared sense of warmth and openness, whether drawn from landscape influences, botanical references or more abstract interpretations of place. These works introduce colour and depth without overwhelming the space, offering presence without heaviness. Together they demonstrate how art in a kitchen becomes part of the daily rhythm of the home, quietly shaping mood while life continues around it, becoming something lived with rather than simply observed.

In open plan homes especially, paintings in kitchens help connect cooking and dining spaces with adjoining living areas, softening transitions and bringing cohesion across different zones of the home. Art becomes a bridge between function and atmosphere, ensuring the room feels welcoming not only when in use, but throughout the day.

Paintings in This Edit

Curator’s Notes

When choosing art for a kitchen, consider works that either echo tones already present in the space or introduce warmth and variation without competing with the room’s activity. Paintings tend to work best in dining areas, breakfast spaces or open plan kitchen living zones where they can be appreciated at a slight distance rather than placed directly within working areas.

Art can soften minimal interiors or balance contemporary kitchens dominated by cabinetry and hard surfaces, adding texture and personality without clutter. In these spaces, paintings become part of everyday routine, glimpsed during cooking, conversation and shared meals, gradually becoming woven into the atmosphere of the home over time.

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