Clean, Modern Kitchen £25k too much to ask
ncarman123
4 years ago
We are moving home and are planning a new kitchen / relaxed space. We both love the looks of clean, handleless kitchens, in particular we want a tall unit and island we really like Bulthaup but our budget wouldn't stretch to buying one off the shelf so we need some help as to style-similar manufacturers or ways to buy our ideal kitchen for less.
We have a 6.5m x 4.5m kitchen.
We have a 6.5m x 4.5m kitchen.
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4 years agoAgreed diy kitchens online are excellent. Mine is also from the Luca Matt handleless range in graphite and the low units in mussel. Worktop was LG Himacs but everything else from diy kitchens. Would heartily recommend.
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