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In the background of clips showing Meghan playing with her beloved late beagle Guy, her stunning kitchen could be seen in the background.

The kitchen was filled intricate details, including luxury cookware and furnishings, as well as many items demonstrating the Duchess’s love of cooking.

Meghan showed that her real kitchen is a vibrant family space, adding a pop of colour with some blue tiles in the background.

The signature tiles had been seen in the mansion’s listing in 2020 before Harry and Meghan moved in – so had not been added personally by the Sussexes.

However, they’ve clearly shown a fondness for the design by keeping it over the past four years. The blue-and-white design is fitted around the kitchen’s windows, bringing light into the space.

On the kitchen island were several white ceramic bowls – a design known to be favoured by Meghan. In addition, the Duchess decorated her home with a stylish houseplant in a slim white vase near her cooker.

Another area of the kitchen the Sussexes hadn’t changed from the initial property listing are the wooden fittings.

Meghan opted to keep the wooden drawers and cabinets, giving a rustic feel to the kitchen. The wooden fittings include several cupboards, a kitchen island, drawers and wicker baskets in the central island.

Newly redecorated Montecito home kitchen

Her swish new kitchen had not just one – but two – kitchen islands, positioned in the centre of the farmhouse-style room. One, featuring a dark wood base and a marble tabletop, while a second, with a lighter colour, was also visible

Her swish new kitchen had not just one – but two – kitchen islands, positioned in the centre of the farmhouse-style room. One, featuring a dark wood base and a marble tabletop, while a second, with a lighter colour, was also visible

When Meghan celebrated what would be her final birthday in her $14million (£11milion) Montecito home in August, she gave her fans a rare insight into her newly redecorated kitchen.

Her swish new kitchen had not just one – but two – kitchen islands, positioned in the centre of the farmhouse-style room. One, featuring a dark wood base and a marble tabletop, while a second, with a lighter colour, was also visible.

Her farmhouse-style kitchen is accentuated with a statement, hanging chandelier in the dining table area, thought to be the $798 (£592) ‘Selene’ fixture from Ping lights.

The Duchess has spoken about her love of cooking in her lifestyle show and through her As Ever brand – so it’s perhaps no wonder she has a trendy ‘pot filler tap’ by her oven.

Designed to avoid having to carry around bulky trips with heavy pans, from sink to oven, this allows for easy access. These can start from $150 to $3,000 in the US, or from £100 and go to anywhere upwards of £2,000 in the UK.

She has long sworn by her $379.95 (£449) Vitamix blender – and it also featured heavily in her birthday festivities.

The Sussexes cooker, believed to pay homage to their recent Portugal getaway, featured a blue and white pattern, which seems to be depicting a town square, and was made using traditional Iberian ‘azulejo’ methods.

According to Jordana, this kitchen has ‘more character than Frogmore’ and feels ‘genuinely lived in rather than overly styled or pristine’.

‘The sandstone is probably my favourite part of the room. It brings so much warmth and texture and feels as though it really belongs to the architecture of the property, rather than being a fashionable finish that has been added afterwards,’ she said.

‘It also really does look like a working kitchen. There are pans, utensils and everyday pieces on display, and I quite like that. It doesn’t feel like an immaculate show kitchen that nobody touches. It feels like somewhere people genuinely cook, gather and live.

‘Again, you can see Meghan’s consistent taste coming through: natural materials, warm timber, a substantial cooker, visible cookware and a kitchen that feels functional and informal rather than overly grand.’

Montecito Netflix Kitchen

During the eight-episode series 'With Love, Meghan', the Duchess filmed her famous cooking demonstration videos and culinary tips in a kitchen that was not actually her own

During the eight-episode series ‘With Love, Meghan’, the Duchess filmed her famous cooking demonstration videos and culinary tips in a kitchen that was not actually her own

Alongside other kitchen staples such as copper pans, for around £200 to £600 and her favourite Vitamix E320 Explorian Blender, which is loved by countless other stars such as Miranda Kerr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Zac Efron but will set you back £450

Alongside other kitchen staples such as copper pans, for around £200 to £600 and her favourite Vitamix E320 Explorian Blender, which is loved by countless other stars such as Miranda Kerr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Zac Efron but will set you back £450

During the eight-episode series ‘With Love, Meghan’, the Duchess filmed her famous cooking demonstration videos and culinary tips in a kitchen that was not actually her own.

Instead, she chose a sprawling £8million estate just two miles from her family home in Montecito.

During the videos, the Duchess gave fans a sneak peak of her cooking, baking, cocktail making, flower arranging and party planning using its kitchen’s £15,000 cooker, £600 pans, £60 chopping boards.

The property featured the centerpiece of the estate: a spacious kitchen with Caesartone countertops, estimated to cost about £200 to £550 per square metre.

Alongside other kitchen staples such as copper pans, for around £200 to £600 and her favourite Vitamix E320 Explorian Blender, which is loved by countless other stars such as Miranda Kerr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Zac Efron but will set you back £450.

In perfect influencer style Meghan also uses an array of state-of-art Le Creuset cookware, all in matching white. A single pot online retails for about £180-£250.

In another shot, a beautiful salad bowl sits on top of the stunning island bench.The bowl resembles one found to be from Astier de Villatte – a line of ceramic made in Paris from black terracotta clay finished with a signature milky white glaze.

The websites notes that each piece is handmade and will feature unique variations, with the large Adelaide Salad Bowl retailing for £280 ($345).

Meghan also served guests a dessert that appears to resemble Eton Mess in a old fashioned ice-cream dish, with similar versions found on Crate and Barrel for an affordable £3 ($3.95) per cup.

According to Jordana, this kitchen space is ‘much brighter, fresher and more polished than Meghan’s actual darker kitchen, but it’s also much safer from a design point of view’.

She added: ‘It’s very classic farmhouse, with white Shaker-style cabinetry, pale worktops, a large central island and a range cooker, so it immediately feels familiar and approachable.

‘It also feels extremely on-brand for Meghan. Again, you have the serious cooker, natural timber, visible utensils and a kitchen designed around cooking and gathering rather than anything too formal. There’s a real consistency running through all of these spaces.

‘Interestingly, I think this kitchen sits somewhere between Frogmore and Meghan’s actual Montecito kitchen.

‘It has the lightness and simplicity of Frogmore, but it also has more warmth and layering. It feels more polished than her own darker kitchen, but perhaps has a little less character.’

The Rumoured Cotswolds kitchen

This week, the Duchess of Sussex shared an image on her company's Instagram page that has been speculated to be the new home she and Harry have relocated to in the Cotswolds

This week, the Duchess of Sussex shared an image on her company’s Instagram page that has been speculated to be the new home she and Harry have relocated to in the Cotswolds

This week, the Duchess of Sussex shared an image on her company’s Instagram page that has been speculated to be the new home she and Harry have relocated to in the Cotswolds.

In the new image, Meghan, 45, was seen stirring one of the Mauviel M. copper pots, with a cookware set of six retailing for £1,759.

Behind her, two wooden shelves held a large chopping board, candles and stylish cookware. Small decorative pieces were also added to complement the farmhouse-style kitchen.

The Duchess’ cooker is thought to have been from the 2017 Thermador 48” Pro Grand range, with the latest versions priced between $13,000 and $20,000.

Two small As Ever jams were also spotted on the shelves, while the brand’s Mulling Spice Kits, which retail for approximately £12 each, were placed proudly on display by the duchess.

A silver wall-mounted tap and white marble kitchen tops highlighted the chic contemporary design of the space, while a pale wooden extractor fan provided a modern touch to the luxury room.

Keeping with the fashionable style of the kitchen space, a spot of greenery and fruit were also visible, while a large chopping board and partially eaten pie were also seen on display on a Martha Stewart board.

For Jordana, this kitchen ‘feels like a much stronger evolution of Meghan’s taste’.

She added: ‘You can still see the same love of natural materials and a relaxed farmhouse influence, but this is far more pared-back and sophisticated.

‘It’s still farmhouse in spirit, but this feels much more contemporary and European than Frogmore. There’s less of the traditional English country-kitchen language and more of that understated, organic look that has become very popular in high-end interiors.

‘From this image alone, I prefer it to Frogmore. It feels more grown-up, more confident and much more design-conscious.’

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