A beautiful shaker kitchen in oceans perfection and Valspar blank canvas

A beautiful shaker kitchen in oceans perfection and Valspar blank canvas for clients in Burcot near Bromsgrove.

The existing L shaped kitchen/dining area with a utility and cloakroom off it;

didn’t really flow well or work well for a family that all enjoyed getting in on the cooking action; in what was a very sociable area.

With a peninsula that was more in the way than being of much use and not much space around the range oven for more than one or two people at a push. We needed to create more room; and hopefully create space for an island.

We looked at extending the room out slightly and put several different plans together; but in the end by just reducing the depth of the utility, moving doors into different positions (including moving the door for the cloakroom into the utility); we were able to give a much lighter and free flowing room. There was now enough space for an island that was centrally positioned housing various drawers, cabinets and an integrated pull-out bin. And importantly there was now plenty of space for the whole family to get involved in the cooking!

The main kitchen area, with a bank of units to the left; housed plenty of storage, three ovens, a warming drawer, coffee machine, an American fridge freezer and the doorway into the utility. Quartz Unistone Terrano worktops along the back and right-hand walls housed an induction hob centred within a made to measure mantle; and a Belfast sink looking out into the garden.  Angled base units were used on the end of this run to help transition into the dining area in a more flowing way.

Even though we reduced the depth of the utility it didn’t compromise it in any way.

The door to the cloakroom was also moved from the smaller L shape part of the room into the utility area. This meant that an area of the room that couldn’t really be used previously, now accommodated a stunning drinks cabinet, complete with wine cooler.  This then led through to the dining table which was positioned below a fabulous new skylight.