Katrina Burroughs says farewell to “clinical chrome perfection” in today’s Times.

She says the recession has turned us away from Michelin-starred cooking and towards comfy, snug family kitchens.

Polka dot ceramics and Cornish sourced products are featured as rustic examples of the “inexpensive route to the homespun look.”

So if you feel this look’s for you, use your creativity to introduce rustic flourishes.

One of our customer in the seaside village of Flushing, Cornwall clearly had her finger on the pulse when she mirrored this theme in  her kitchen by combining a contemporary Silent Gliss roller blind system with polka dot ceramics.