Everything You Need to Create a Coastal Grandmother Kitchen
No grandkids or beach-side home required!
Do you love cooking and Ina Garten recipes? How about a walk on a beach coated in a light summer sweater and Oxford shirt or a night at home watching Nancy Meyers movies? If so, TikTok user Lex Nicoleta would lovingly categorize you as a coastal grandmother — and no, having grandkids isn’t a requirement. This aesthetic, which has also been coined “coastal-chic” and “grand millennial” alludes to living a simple and tasteful, well-curated life of farmer’s market vegetables, artisan bread and lots, we mean lots, of fresh flowers. It highlights creating a cozy home, cooking delicious meals and basically living like Ina Garten in the Hamptons, no matter where you are. While fashion is at the forefront of this trend, so is a specific home aesthetic. To help you cultivate the perfect coastal grandmother kitchen, we’ve rounded up a couple products that will transform your space into the set of your rom-com movie dreams.
When establishing a coastal grandmother aesthetic in your kitchen, there is no product more quintessential to the look (and more versatile in your kitchen) than a Le Creuset Dutch oven. We recommend this sage color, which feels perennially summertime and will be perfect for baking homemade breads and marinara sauces on the weekends.
Fresh flowers are a must throughout any coastal grandmother's home — especially in the kitchen. Accentuate their beauty with a clear, glass vase.
While not technically a grandmother, Ina Garten embodies the aesthetic perfectly. Make sure you're cooking the part with this cookbook. You'll be throwing lavish dinner parties and filling your home with decadent meals in no time.
For your weekend trips to the farmer's market (a coastal-grandmother staple!), make sure you have a sturdy tote bag to haul your locally grown produce, loaves of bread and fresh flowers back home in.
Offered in a blue and white color option, MacKenzie Child's checkered tea kettle is the perfect addition to a cozy-feeling kitchen. Whether you actually use it to make a nightly cup of tea or just for decoration is totally up to you!
Afternoon tea is the new happy hour, so make sure you have some tea cups and saucers to fit the occasion. This set of four is ideal for setting out after a dinner party with friends or for sipping a small cup of tea or coffee in the morning.
A picnic right at sunset is an ideal outing whether it's at the beach or your local park. Upgrade your evening with a picnic basket stocked with everything you need, including wine glasses, napkins and more.
Another cooking staple that is well worth your investment (and will make a great addition to the coastal grandma aesthetic) is a KitchenAid stand mixer. Offered in a variety of colors, you can pick whatever stand-out hue fits your coastal kitchen vibe.
Similar to most millennial trends, wine is at the forefront. Even if your setting doesn't involve a water-front backyard with a porch swing, you can still channel your inner coastal grandmother with a simple glass of wine with dinner.
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