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A Beautiful Shaker Kitchen in Deep Blue

Project Details

Style
Shaker
Location
Harborne
Date
18 January 2023

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Project Details

A beautiful shaker kitchen in deep blue. Our clients in Harborne contacted us after a recommendation from neighbours whose kitchen we had previously fitted. 

It was part of a complete renovation of their home.  They had an open plan living space; compromising of a living room, dining and kitchen area; but they wanted the space to work better for them.

They needed more storage and worktop space and wanted to include additional appliances.  The kitchen area itself wasn’t huge and was quite a difficult space to work with, with supporting walls that needed to be worked around.

We reduced a corner cabinet to make it fit around the dividing wall.  This created extra space in the working area and created a natural line for the breakfast bar to work from.  The main kitchen area housed two ovens, a fridge, a large induction hob and a dishwasher; but we still needed to include a fridge and freezer and as much additional storage as possible.

We created an extra deep Tardis like storage unit; that fit perfectly into a space that was difficult to use in any other way and still feel like it was part of the kitchen but also didn’t over power the rest of the room.

Although it was a large unit, it was set back within the area, and didn’t feel imposing.  The front of the unit was used as a drink’s cabinet with a built under fridge and freezer with worktop area.  The rear of the cabinet had a space tower, so that the deep drawers could be easily accessed.

Mirrorstone Taj Mahal seamless worktops with a coved upstand helped the flow of the kitchen.

Karndean flooring all the way through brought the different areas together.

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  • Plywood
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