The French cook with effortless panache and, by extension, their kitchens have an appealing nonchalance. Here’s a roundup of 16 of our favorites.
![in her pied à terre in paris, ochre designer solenne de la fouchardié 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Greatest-Hits-French-Kitchens-Solenne-de-la-Fouchardiere-Ochre-Montmartres-Remodelista-full-733x1109.jpg)
![niche storage in a tiled wall by marianne evennou, one of our favorite french d 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/marianne-evennou-kitchen-oranges-733x1092.jpg)
![the kitchen at chateau de la resle in burgundy; see the whole project at a burg 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Chateau-de-la-Resle-kitchen-Remodelista-733x489.jpg)
![the sunny kitchen of stylist/blogger lucille gauthier braud has a country feel, 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/lucille-gauthier-braud-ikea-kitchen-remodelista-1-768x512-733x489.jpg)
![a pleasantly cluttered kitchen in a french apartment, available for rent; see c 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/paris-kitchen-by-paul-raeside-remodelista-4_0-733x1100.jpg)
![above l: stylist and designer clarisse demory\2\17;s small, traditional 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Greatest-Hits-French-Kitchens-Clarisse-Demory-Remodelista-733x540.jpg)
![a two toned kitchen with a wood counter by paris designer and architect philipp 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/philippe-harden-two-toned-kitchen-2-733x733.jpg)
![a best kitchen finalist in the remodelista \20\13 considered design awards, thi 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/david-rose-france-farmhouse-kitchen-1024x615-733x440.png)
![a black and white kitchen in lyon, designed by stephane garotin and pierre emma 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Monochrome-Home-Hilary-Robertson-black-tiled-kitchen-Remodelista-733x489.jpg)
![we love the rustic eat in kitchen at la maison du figuier, an airbnb on france& 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/maison-du-figuier-france-kitchen-733x547.png)
![at the cook\2\17;s atelier, a cooking school and market housed in an \18 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/the-cooks-atelier-beaune-733x549.jpg)
![la based commune takes on a compact kitchen in a paris pied à terre, compl 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Commune-Paris-Apartment-Remodelista-4-733x489.jpg)
![in furniture designer gesa hansen\2\17;s république apartment, a bl 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Gesa-Hansen-Kitchen-Remodelista.jpg)
![in céret, a small village in the pyrénées, the subtle kitchen of 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/masami-akatsuka-kitchen-france-733x491.jpg)
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N.B. This post is an update; the original story ran September 24, 2014.
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