Design ideas for a medium sized farmhouse kitchen/diner in London with a belfast sink, shaker cabinets, granite worktops, blue splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances and an island.

Our client was undertaking a major renovation and extension of their large Edwardian home and wanted to create a Hamptons style kitchen, with a specific emphasis on catering for their large family and the need to be able to provide a large entertaining area for both family gatherings and as a senior executive of a major company the need to entertain guests at home. It was a real delight to have such an expansive space to work with to design this kitchen and walk-in-pantry and clients who trusted us implicitly to bring their vision to life. The design features a face-frame construction with shaker style doors made in solid English Oak and then finished in two-pack satin paint. The open grain of the oak timber, which lifts through the paint, adds a textural and visual element to the doors and panels. The kitchen is topped beautifully with natural 'Super White' granite, 4 slabs of which were required for the massive 5.7m long and 1.3m wide island bench to achieve the best grain match possible throughout the whole length of the island. The integrated Sub Zero fridge and 1500mm wide Wolf stove sit perfectly within the Hamptons style and offer a true chef's experience in the home. A pot filler over the stove offers practicality and convenience and adds to the Hamptons style along with the beautiful fireclay sink and bridge tapware. A clever wet bar was incorporated into the far end of the kitchen leading out to the pool with a built in fridge drawer and a coffee station. The walk-in pantry, which extends almost the entire length behind the kitchen, adds a secondary preparation space and unparalleled storage space for all of the kitchen gadgets, cookware and serving ware a keen home cook and avid entertainer requires. Designed By: Rex Hirst Photography By: Tim Turner

Inspiration for a scandinavian kitchen in London with orange cabinets.

A well planned family kitchen hand built in the Shaker style. Designed to meet the customers brief of an eating and cooking space which all the family could enjoy. The kitchen includes a bespoke island with a Quartz worktop and breakfast bar seating in Caesarstone's Misty Carrara. Like the base cabinets it's painted in Farrow & Ball's Stiffkey Blue whilst the wall units are painted in their complimentary Pavilion Grey. Special features include the family-friendly black board which is built into it's own frame and mounted onto the side panel of the fridge freezer and the magnetic notice board which is inset into the door panel. Special touch and wow factor goes to the Mirrored Splashback in Hand Silvered Vintage Finish!

Project completed in association with Beyond Kitchens based in Northwood. www.beyondkitchens.co.uk
This is an example of a large contemporary grey and pink kitchen/diner in London with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets and an island.

The works involved the complete refurbishment of a 1920's red brick and hanging tile detached house within a conservation area in Hampstead. The house had been in single occupation for many years, and had been extended in a 70's style not in keeping with either our clients new functional requirements or the orginal logic of the house. The client sought to subtly mix of the aesthetic of the orginal Arts and Crafts style with their passion for 1930/40's French deco and the practicality of a modern home. The existing footprint at ground floor but the more shoddy extensions were shorn and the orginal walls were tweaked to provide a better flow and circulation. The later and less durable alterations in the upper floors were completely removed as well as a dilapidated wooden pool house and crazy paving landscape of a similar era to the internal alterations were completely remodeled. The project exemplifies our approach of undertaking all aspects of the design, including the designed aspect of the design from the table linen to the architectural design and the landscape work.

Bespoke solid ash cabinetry with oak internals, dovetail drawers and subtle decorative beaded door detail – handpainted in Light Grey with Lava on the island. The cabinetry has been designed to look as though it’s part of the room’s architecture with the ceiling coving around the top of the cabinets to make it look as though the kitchen has always been there. Appliances include Fisher & Paykel freestanding fridge freezer, Prima dual zone wine cooler and Rangemaster Nexus 110cm range cooker. Work surfaces are Silestone Snowy Ibiza. Images Infinity Media

This calm, inviting kitchen space provided us with the perfect opportunity to showcase our Modular Kitchen range. The simple, square wide door pattern aligns with our clients’ choice of a soft, neutral colour scheme creating a light, bright space where the high ceilings, exposed beams and other architectural features of the property are allowed to truly shine. The use of unlipped birch ply for the shelves and cutlery inserts of our Modular range further underlines this celebration of natural features and materials. We believe this design is both beautiful in it’s simplicity and yet clever in it’s functionality. The ceiling extractor has been concealed behind one of the supporting beams, the area by the door has been turned into a boot room and utility, while the alcoves have been repurposed to provide both a walk-in pantry and some wine storage. The Modular Kitchen; quality without compromise.

The beautiful plywood lines showing in detail on the corner of the units. Altan Omer (photography@altamomer.com)
Inspiration for a contemporary kitchen in Kent.

Chris Snook
Design ideas for a classic kitchen/diner in London with shaker cabinets, composite countertops, an island, grey floors, grey cabinets and white worktops.

Another Barry Makariou commission, this woodland scene photographic wallpaper makes an incredible kitchen backdrop. Wallpapered.com
Photo of a contemporary kitchen/diner in Other with flat-panel cabinets and medium wood cabinets.

Photo of a modern house exterior in Cheshire.

Alex Griffiths
Photo of a contemporary rear extension in London.

Photo of a small country single-wall kitchen in Buckinghamshire with a double-bowl sink, shaker cabinets, beige cabinets, blue splashback, no island, beige floors and black worktops.

On this large wraparound kitchen extension we extended out into the side return, utilising a dead space, and into the rear garden. The result is a multifunctional kitchen and dining space that is open and bright. The extension roof is a gable design with a pitched roof in the side return. The benefit of this design is the height that is created, which makes the space feel so much bigger. Another feature is the angles created by the roof structure, particularly in the side return where glass is angled to give better light reach into the original space underneath the first floor. A large fixed glass panel was installed above the bifold doors on the exterior rear wall to create a feature and maximise light, whilst enhancing the connection with the outside. Most other roofs would typically create a lower ceiling, so in a large open space like this it is a real opportunity to be creative and add atmosphere.

Design ideas for a beach style u-shaped kitchen in Perth with a belfast sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white splashback, stainless steel appliances, dark hardwood flooring and an island.

Joan Bracco
This is an example of an expansive contemporary grey and pink single-wall open plan kitchen in Paris with black cabinets, marble worktops, marble splashback, flat-panel cabinets, grey splashback, medium hardwood flooring, no island, brown floors and grey worktops.

A bespoke, handmade Shaker style kitchen with ‘in-frame’ mortice and tennon jointed doors hung with traditional burnished brass butt hinges. This luxurious kitchen features Oak dovetailed and polished drawer boxes on soft-close concealed runners and rigid Birch plywood carcasses. All units have been factory painted in Basalt Blue from Little Greene Paint & Paper, to complement the worktops in Silestone Quartz Blanco Zeus extreme. All cup handles and knobs are in burnished brass. The range cooker is by Mercury, whilst all other appliances are from Bosch. The brassware is from Perrin & Rowe. Harvey Ball Photography Ltd

The Rural Building Company
Photo of a large contemporary kitchen/dining room in Perth with travertine flooring.