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    Kitchen of the Week: A Pale-Blue Kitchen in Amsterdam, Collections Included

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    A few weeks ago we took a tour of the vintage-filled 1880s Amsterdam home of stylist, cook, and cookbook author Helma Bongenaar (see A Collector’s Vintage-Filled Home in a Former Tavern in Amsterdam). What first captured my attention on Instagram, though, was the kitchen, formerly a tavern frequented by the city’s dockworkers, now fitted with Helma’s trademark found, thrifted, and collected finds. Even the cabinets were salvaged.

    The space is awash in two shades of palest blue—traditional in Dutch interiors for making the most of the light. Plus, Helma adds, “flies don’t like this color.”

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    Photography by Helma Bongenaar (@helmabongenaar).

    Above: An entryway (at left) leads into the classic corner house. The former tavern space, now kitchen, is painted in two shades of blue with a decorative oval on the ceiling and oversized windows looking out at the Amsterdam street.
    the kitchen runs along the opposite wall. helma and her husband found the mix a 10
    Above: The kitchen runs along the opposite wall. Helma and her husband found the mix-and-match cabinets at construction sites and in dumpsters: “We always ask if we can take them,” they told The Guardian. Note also the chandelier made of ceramic spoons, made by Helma.
    helma is a collector and thrifter by nature, and a glass fronted cabinet holds  11
    Above: Helma is a collector and thrifter by nature, and a glass-fronted cabinet holds one of her most prized assemblages: vintage French coffee bowls, “more than 100 different designs, blue and white, 50 to 100 years old,” she says, collected when she worked in Paris at the age of 18 as an au pair.



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