How to Pair Kitchen Wall Clocks with a Sideboard

Sideboards have moved well beyond the dining room, and in many UK kitchen diners the wall above one is a natural home for a clock. This guide explains how to make the two pieces read as one considered arrangement. We start with proportion, setting out clock sizes for compact, medium and long sideboards, and recommend a comfortable gap between the sideboard top and the bottom of the clock. Kitchen clock styles are compared, from station and school designs to minimal baton faces, wooden frames and metal finishes, with advice on linking them to a sideboard through shared wood tones, handles or paint colours. You will also find tips on choosing a sideboard for kitchen storage, styling the top with a lamp, bowl or greenery, connecting the arrangement to a dining table, matching the pair to Shaker, handleless, industrial and farmhouse kitchens, and practical points about steam, heat, cleaning and readability....