Open and mixed-use living spaces are the dream for many these days and this gorgeous barn conversion in rural Oxfordshire epitomises everything that is good about open plan living. The contrasts in this kitchen are beautifully striking; the traditional shaker cabinets and reclaimed timbers with the most cutting edge appliances and lighting, the light stone worktops with the dark antique oak worktops and the hand painted base units with the bleached oak wall cabinets.