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Traditionally made alcoves were called for in this Edwardian living room. The TV is hidden on a pull out mechanism in the left hand cuboard. All solid pine hand painted with a plum red pulled out from the floral motif on the hearth. LED lights illuminating the lowermost shelves either side including the record player. Adjustable upper shelves. Tongue and groove panelled backs. 5 piece frame and panel doors. Brass hardware. Lovely.

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This was a grand designs-esque redevelopment of a site which was formerly a disused petrol station. I probably shouldn’t talk about the natural outdoor pool they created because that’s not strictly relevant to kitchen design, but it sticks in the mind. Point being they had a lovely project, and needed kitchen on par with the rest of it. We went modern plywood with expressed plywood end grain, finished with a white tinted osmo oil to keep it light and fresh and in keeping with the bright modern high ceilinged space in which it sits.

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This small corner kitchen needed to work hard in a family home, and the existing kitchen wasn’t cutting the mustard. The chief crime in my opinion was the lack of drawers (those are faux drawers you can see in the before image). This young family was living with one single solitary kitchen drawer – unacceptable! I replanned the kitchen so that there were plenty of drawers (now 8 total) below counter level including under the oven and under the sink. I also nudged the worktop height just a little bit up which meant it could form a continuous surface with the windowsill. This, combined with seamless white solid surface sink helped the room feel more spacious.