Homes and Gardens October 2010

We have had one of our kitchens featured in October's Homes and Gardens Magazine on page 160.  They are doing a feature on Kitchen storage and liked the larder we made for Amy and Andrew Lindsay in West London.   Our kitchen is stuck between a Mark Wilkinson and Clive Christian kitchen.  Our style is somewhat less ornate than theirs and our prices are somewhat more competitive too.

If you want to see it then please buy the magazine or click below or click here. PS: Moben and Mr Llewelyn-Bowen are nothing to do with us.:

Magnetic Door Catches

Above is a photo which shows how we incorporate our magnetic door catches into the design of our units. These are a more subtle alternative to our twin roller catches and are proving to be popular with our clients. With just a small, shaped, block of wood visible on the base and top of the units, the magnets are embedded into the wooden blocks and the corresponding magnets embedded in the doors close against them. We are currently exploring alternatives to the aesthetics of this design, such as using leather discs to cover the magnets. Will keep you posted on any new variations we might introduce.

Filtered and steaming water taps

We are seeing much more interest in the steaming / boiling water taps.  There are a number on the market now although we have not had experience of all of them yet.

Grohe: Grohe Red - Hot tap and boiler in two sizes

Blanco: Blancofiltra - Filtered water tap

Carron Phoenix: Dante - Filtered water tap

Insinkerator: HC1100 - Steaming water and filtered cold water tap

Astracast: Triom Springflow - Filtered and normal hot and cold water tap

Brita: V2O Tap - Chilled, sparkling and boiling water dispenser

Quooker: Boiling water tap - Boiling water tap

Bespoke, wooden trays for cutlery & utensils

A lot of our clients opt for one or two of our bespoke, wooden trays to be included in the drawers of their new kitchen. With the ability to specify the layout of the compartments and their dimensions, the removable trays provide a practical solution to the clutter that can sometimes take over inside drawers. Having an assigned location for everything from your knives and forks to spatulas and whisks can only help with efficiency when working in the kitchen.

A highly recommended, functional accessory!

Larder pullout with custom oil and spice rack

This customer in Wimbledon wanted to have a custom made oil and spice rack made on the side of her larder pullout so that they were close to hand when she was cooking.  Painted in the kitchen colour and with the worktop butting up to it we think it is a clever way of having them somewhat hidden away but also to hand.


The larder pullout is chrome with four baskets and can hold lots of items but generally these are used to store dry goods.


Below the pullout larder is a cupboard.  This customer wanted a place for cereals at a height her children could help themselves in the morning.


The paint is Paint Library Ice IV.

Thick solid oak shelf

Sometimes customers prefer not to have extraction over their cooker.


We made this solid oak shelf to go up over their AGA.


The metal bars are useful for holding the utensils and keeping them handy for cooking with.


The shelf was used mainly ornamentally as a feature for the wall.

Furniture door or house door?

Quite often when we are asked to design kitchens there will be an existing cupboard, space or even a new area that needs to have a door on it.  For example a walk in larder.  Often this does not require us to make a cabinet but the customer would like the front to match the cabinet frame and door style.


In this circumstance we will make a frame and door which can be attached to the aperture so it matches the kitchen units.


There is nothing wrong in using a standard internal house door for this purpose, but we think that matching the externals of these cupboards with the kitchen can bring the whole package together.


We of course can also include shelving and racking for the insides of the cupboards too.


Do remember to ask the builder to nicely plaster and paint the internals so that we do not get a fright when we open the cupboard doors.


The kitchen shown had a couple of these door sets hiding both a pantry and a meter cupboard.