To design, build and fit
the kitchen to replace a collection of freestanding kitchen
cabinets and furniture. Although the existing kitchen inherited
with the house was structurally OK the customer felt it was
too wasteful and inefficient in it's use of space and wanted
a more integrated design still in keeping with the traditional
style of the house. Long runs of light melamine worktop coupled
with the natural pine helped to achieve this aim along with
the concealment of a freestanding boiler and the existing slot
in fridge and dishwasher which were hidden behind false doors.
Two wall cabinets were kept from the original kitchen - the
plate rack and corner wall cabinet and a second wall cabinet
was built to match along with a small glazed dresser built to
fit the available space in one corner.
DESIGN
Raised Panel Doors
Melamine
worktops with hardwood edging and upstand finished with
Danish Oil
Freestanding Furniture Custom built to match existing
corner cabinet and plate rack.
Custom built doors and cupboards around Aga and boiler
and concealment of existing slot-in appliances behind
doors.
FINISH
Cabinets and furniture in antiqued, hand-waxed pine.
COMPARISON
SHOTS
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Before... The original sink housing
and freestanding bookcase.
After... The same corner transformed
into a far more usable and functional space
Before... The other end of the wall
from the above shot - a loose collection of freestang cabinets
and appliances
After... The corner cabinet and plate
rack remain but all the clutter is gone!
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Before... The boiler can only be maintained
by sliding forward the whole of this tall cupboard!
After... The boiler is now much more
accessable and the custom built corner cabinet gives a much
more open feel to this corner.