Jamie explained to redesign the kitchen with photographer Malcolm, who has a great eye and a head full of ideas, as pleasure. 'Malcolm is very on trend, "said Jamie, and always wanted to do something different and crazy. He never wanted the kitchen to look like a kitchen! It just had to be, space to socialize very stylish."
To begin with Malcolm took Jamie to the appearance of brain designs are hot right now. "I told him carrara marble, textures, dark colors and contrasting white," said Jamie. With this list to hand, the pair then worked together to remodel the space, combining contemporary materials. Now, a large room that could easily feel impersonal has become the hub of the family for Malcolm, and their young son Fi, Mya, and socializing space for friends to enjoy, too.
The key to success is the variety of materials and surfaces used here. 'There are six different textures in this kitchen, "said Jamie.' Floors, walls, brick, wood, metro tiles and marble carrara. ' Each carrying heaps of character and, with a white background and black accents, creating a room that looks attractive and impressive. The pair is regularly used for parties (when the island on wheels can be pushed out of the way to make space for decks), meals with friends and sessions of dance impromptu in the open floor with Mya.
Kitchen Overview
who lives here Malcolm Menzies, a photographer, his wife, Fi, and their daughter, Mya
Designer Blakes London
Location London South East
Size 60 sq m
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with a large footprint, one of the challenges of this project is to give the kitchen a few characters. One clever idea is to install a mock roof beams to feel attic. 'The white ceiling is flat before it just feels too big, "said Jamie." We wanted to pull it down a little bit and also made some visual closure at the top of the room, framing it so it does not look as though it rises forever. '
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One features black kitchen wall cabinets, painted with real fence eggshells from Farrow & Ball. They are combined with metro tiles in glass cabinets, worktops and splashbacks carrara marble, and wood looks rough on the base unit for multi-texture effects Jamie and Malcolm wanted.
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Check greater way to use the tiles metro
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rustic wooden base unit is a bespoke design, created by Jamie. He uses wood flooring that can be treated and sawed for the design to the front of the unit. 'Wood may cross sawn, heavy ribbed, white painted or burned to make it softer, "he explains." I can get to see anything I want. 'The work on the wood takes place in the Netherlands, then Jamie mounts wooden cupboard door. 'Malcolm asked for grain runs vertically, "he said," so we then matched everything to get the best results in all units. "
Inspired by over a wooden closet light in this kitchen.
Inspired by over a wooden closet light in this kitchen.
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Although Jamie has put a wealth of materials and textures to the kitchen, the color scheme is actually quite simple, white walls, tiled floors pale and mixture of raw wood and painted black. "Using black, but contrasting with crisp white, so right now, "said Jamie. Malcolm designed a pendant lamp that individual, purchased from LASSCO, can be withdrawn or reduced. They hang from a simple copper pipe.
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While some of the walls plastered and painted white, Jamie also designed tongue and groove panel walls on marble splashback and Aga. Again, it serves to create a large surface feel more characterful and help to provide a texture on the upstream side of the room, so that they are included in the overall scheme and not stretching off to infinity. EBay find of black lights, imported from the United States.
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Malcolm viewed pictures closet in an old store that had tiles in the closet. "It was the inspiration for the closet," said Jamie. 'In fact, their metro tiles in the back has been the biggest success and the basis for the design of the whole kitchen.' Simple copper pipes used to make the tap cool but cheap.
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Discover this copper faucet on Houzz and choose some for your kitchen.
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island kitchen has designed on wheels, so it can be pushed out of the way if the floor space required for a party. "It was made with a steel frame is really strong because it weighs about two tons!" Said Jamie. worktop has trough herb cut it in the middle, too, creating the green features in the center of all the cold marble, while preserving herbal comfortable for hands while cooking.
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Find other ways to make herb indoor garden
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the floor, of Texfield, is a ceramic tile that looks like wood. It is very durable, ideal for spaces that see a lot of parties, but the texture is Malcolm loves. Malcolm find t he E rcol sofa on eBay and has been re-covered pillows.
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Malcolm and Fi love to entertain, and this chunky table at the end of the kitchen provides space for about 10 people to sit together and enjoy the food. Malcolm sourced many seats on eBay or in second-hand stores, and has created a bespoke table in 08 for the first home he and Fi together.
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Bricks salvaged from bedrooms upstairs, when the wall was knocked down, are used to create texture features in the kitchen. They contribute to the industrial, warehouse-style feel of the room, but they finished whitewashed to make them wise.
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'door- door types in the wrong place in this kitchen! "Said Jamie." Typically, they will be in the back of the room, so you can have a unit in the second run. "He coped with the central door is only by building units in the vicinity, expanding design glass-fronted over the door and out to the top of tall, pantry-style.
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