I am not a fan of American Style Fridges so of course my opinion is tainted...... How about having European style fridge and freezers integrated? This will give you more fridge space, avoid the usual unattractive gap needed between cabinets and the fridge to allow the doors to open and give a more expensive finish to your kitchen. As far as the range goes- I have a pale one in a kitchen with anthracite base units and I think that looks better compared to a friend who has a black range in a wood kitchen. In my opinion the light colour future proofs the choice and should I or a future occupant of the house want to paint the cabinets they have more options.

Just to weigh in on the Howdens comments, the key is to make sure you know someone in the trade who can put you forward to them, that way you just get dealt with as a trade using their account. They do have sales on but generally speaking the price doesn't fluctuate much through the year, except when they have their big sale on which is usually October time. I do use Howdens and no, they're not perfect but most of the grumbles I hear are more to with customer service which don't fall in line with the glossy showroom kitchen providers. The quality of the kitchens is very good (25 year warranty iirc) so if you have access to them then do get a quote from them. I think what I would say is that if you go to Howdens, expect a slightly tradesman type relationship (the showrooms are far from impressive) but a key thing is that they hold stock on most items. If you get a damaged door for example, it can be replaced next day, try getting that out of Homebase....... With regard to appliances, we have SMEG in our kitchen and I'd never buy it again. Hobbs been fine, but three new ovens on warranty and whilst it now works fine, the previous two didn't. Previously we had Bosch for everything and it all worked faultlessly, so I can't recommend them enough.

I like that John Lewis blind Dawn. I’m a real fan of colourful blinds. Have a look at blinds2go too - made to measure but at a great price. Heres my very colourful kitchen blind lol!

Hi Holly, the colour scheme is very trendy at the moment and I like the large island. Personally, I would like to add a bit more interest / focal point which is lacking at the moment. This may be due to the style of the pendants (change it to a warm colour such as mustard or even gold / brass). Maybe you would like to keep your existing American Fridge/Freezer? In my experience this type of fridge doesn't really go with the flat matt handless kitchen look that i see in the visualisation. Make sure you have a surface to put things on when you take them out of the fridge, there doesn't seem to be one at the moment, so I think you need to reconsider where the fridge goes. I like the linear design but you need to make sure you have plenty of deep drawers. Nothing wrong with the stools as long as you have 20cm gap to the worktop (in any case, it may be this is a CGI mistake). However, it is very worrying that the designer has chosen to show such a high oven, or indeed two extractor fans and a fridge miles away from your surfaces... Not very professional, even if it was made in a rush... Also, you may want to add some interest to the splashback and go for a marble look-alike quartz if it fits your budget. Have fun!