If your kitchen is open, the house has already been muddled. Put the house back into classic 20s Tudor by closing the kitchen back up. Then you can put in the seek kitchen of your dreams without it fighting with the rest of the house.

It would be great if we could see your space. Do you have any photos?

1928 Tudors are wonderful historic homes, built by quality craftsmen with sturdy materials. Putting in a contemporary kitchen just won't work, and I'm not sure why you'd want to.

Here are some ideas for up-to-date kitchens that work beautifully in a historic home:

Those of us who are lucky enough to own an historic house have a responsibility to the careful renovations true to the house. I spent a year planning my kitchen. Cabinets and colors I wanted wouldn’t have been true to the period of my home. In the end the house told me what it wanted—and it was right! When the period details are missing, the house is devalued. Think about ninety year old grandma with tight jeans, red lipstick, and pink hair....

Totally agree with remodeling 1840!

When I think of Tudor I think of; everything in grand scale, tall coffered ceilings, large cooking area grand decorative hood, apron sinks, leaded glass, dark wood tones, oak, columns, flat panels with a little detail or even raised panels. exposed beams, the black & white facades, tall peaks and the Four-Centred Arch.

I'd look at a wide-frame, flat panel door such as this one or this one.

Your kitchen should feel like it honors your house and it’s history. Adding some wood beams in the ceiling, iron cabinet pulls and a range hood with the right shape will make a new kitchen feel like it belongs in a Tudor. If there is an abrupt change in style when one walks into the kitchen, it won’t feel right. Search Houzz for ideas and don’t do anything until you’re sure of what you’ve picked. The right designer can help you as well.

Here is a beautiful update to a Tudor kitchen that has been circulating around Gardenweb for years (username Sayde) - https://www.atticmag.com/2011/09/vintagel-gumwood-cabinet-kitchen/

Folks have been mixing design styles for years. I think you can do that here as well. Are you planning on staying in the home for a long time? How much contemporary detailing would satisfy your design style ( handles, lighting, backsplash, seating)? Those sorts of elements that can easily be changed do alot to help define the style of a space. Create the bones of the kitchens to honor the house, then add your personality to the things that could easily be changed.

Post some photos when you have a chance!

To everyone who suggests we should honor the original kitchen, we wish we could. Unfortunately the original kitchen was replaced around 1970 by the most bizarre and impractical layout that was oddly divided. So, at the moment, the kitchen and the maid's room next to it (which became a tv room in 1970) have become one large space that is currently under construction. One end wall has 5 multipaned side by side windows with what will be about 15 feet of base cabinets with a clean up sink. The side walls will have upper and lower cabinets containing cooktop, ovens, microwave, and refrigerator. The island will have a prep sink and room for 2-3 stools. This opens into the "great room" which has two walls of windows replicating the kitchen windows. with the exception of the3 full and 2 half- bathrooms which scream 1970, the rest of the house is in decent shape and is being restored in its original form. The challenge for us is not how to maintain the original in the kitchen and baths, but how to overcome the 1970 renovation. And as much as I appreciate the suggestions for a Tudor kitchen, we both like simple and streamlined, so the busyness of most of the suggested photos doesn't work for us. The key will be to find a blend. (Our furniture is a mixture of some traditional, Art Deco, and Beidermeier. oh, and some Japanese art. Yes, we are not purists.) We want to honor the period of the house without being preservationists. Debby's suggestions are therefore most useful for us. So the question is how do we honor the house without creating a pure Tudor kitchen. Thanks for all your suggestions.