Kitchen of the Week: Colourful curved cabinets in the kitchen Sussex

Kitchen at a glance
who lives here A husband and wife, plus their two daughters when the return of the university
Location from Chichester, West Sussex
property A detached house with 5 bedrooms, built in the 1930s
Size kitchen, dining and living space is 11.2mx 5.8 m ; end kitchen work is 5.8mx 3.4m
Designer John Kirby Dovetail Workers in Wood

Owners are invited John Kirby works way to create a single life, dining and kitchen space of four rooms that were here originally. "We sat down with them to brainstorm what they want, delivered planning and hiring builders, too," he said.

Now this room is the heart of the home. 'The owners admit that they will live primarily in this area and it is designed with that in mind, "said Kirby.' The room is flooded with light and has views of the South Downs. This is a wonderful place to relax."

Initially four different rooms, kitchen-diner and living room are now one big space. 'A large number of steel going to support it, "said Kirby, who enjoyed the opportunity to make a generous kitchen.' As much work goes into designing a small kitchen as one of the great," he said. 'With a large space, though, you have the opportunity to combine everything you could want. Here, the idea is that everything one step further: food storage is a step on the island and is just behind the oven. It's all close, so you do not run around the room. "

Kirby and the team completed work in this space in June 2015, but they have worked with the previous owner." We designed the dining table circular to them about eight years ago, "he said. It's made European oak, bur oak, bur walnut and ebony veneer. "It was inspired by Hans Wegner Wishbone chair is positioned in the vicinity," the designer added.

CH24 Wishbone chairs by Hans J Wegner's Carl Hansen , ferrious.

rich forests used to create a table equipped with a rich blue cupboard behind. It comes up to the ceiling to maximize the use of space and is designed with an elegant curved corner post, with cornice flowing around them.

‘The curve create fluidity, so that the closet did not feel awkward, "said Kirby. 'curve all made as part of the cabinet; they are not panel slapped on the end. This t echnically difficult and time consuming to do this, but it was worth it. "

Cabinet painted Tempest, fired earth.

kitchen has many drawers. 'More and more people are asking for their kitchen drawer, "Kirby said." They make accessing everything so easy. Technology runners so good now and they are really strong. You can save 0kg of crockery in the drawer without any problems. "

floor is ceramic tiles that look like oak planks." Using these is the idea of ​​the owner, and we were not sure about it at first, "said Kirby," but it was brilliant! "

Rye Harbour floor at the Old Oak, fired earth.

the kitchen cabinet doors painted MDF, which is moisture-resistant and highly stable. "Some people have seen the MDF used poorly and allergic to the idea," said Kirby , 'but if Chippendale were alive today, I think he will use MDF. This is a very good material. "

end wall cabinets painted a soft gray, while the island and the rest of the wardrobe is a warm blue. "All of the colors on the unit would be too much," said Kirby. Two different granite has been used for worktops. 'Unit perimeter pale with worktop granite dark, while the unit the island is dark with granite worktop pale, "he said.

The induction hob was fitted to the island so that whoever is cooking can still facing room.

Cabinet painted Tempest (dark blue) and Skylon gray, either Fired Earth. island worktop in Duke White Satinato granite, originating in Switzerland by Gerald Culliford Ltd and cut to size by Granitewoods.

window height has been adjusted so worktops can run smoothly all the way around the bay. "There are quite a lot of work involved in getting this right," said Kirby. " If we want to run straight across the bottom shelf, it will look a little boring. Instead, steps in, creating a smooth flow. "

symmetrical design of this area makes it look very attractive and balanced." It all looks great, but the reason for this is that we are making a tremendous effort to get the exact symmetry, "the designer added.

A generous larder cupboard standing uncomfortably close to the food preparation area of ​​the island. It has LED lighting installed on the inside, with the proximity sensor so that the lights come on when the door is opened. The inside of the wardrobe is made of with varnished oak veneer durable finish.

drawers are all made of solid ash with traditional dovetail joints.

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on the side of the food preparation island, a drawer containing cooking ingredients, so they are always easy to hand. This drawer has been designed to perfectly fit a bottle of vinegar, oil and sauces.

'We design and make a wooden handle Wenge, "Kirby said." They are a unique and very individual. "

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The final preparation of food the island has a board curved form of bamboo that has been sliced ​​and jointed together, so that the end point of the grain to the top. "It's g rips the knife edge as you cut, which is useful," said Kirby. Its tone dark finish is beautiful with knobs Wenge.

cast iron sink has a white enamel finish and is under the granite work surface. "We chose ranite, which has a slightly textured g sensual nuance," said Kirby. "It's just more interesting than normal shiny black granite."

Steel gray Politanato granite, sourced in India by Gerald Culliford Ltd. and cut to size with Granitewoods.

A plug socket under the overhang on the island worktop provides space for charging a mobile phone or laptop. Tolix stool bright red to add some color contrast and provide seating at the island.

Tolix stool, available from John Lewis.

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