Cottage Kitchen Modernisation
The owners wanted to update their kitchen. They were keen to retain the character of their existing cosy cottage kitchen and re-use some of the old custom-made solid wood doors if possible
Phase 1 involved building a bespoke painted dresser unit, with a half-width glazed upper cabinet for display. This included touch-sensitive LED downlighters
Phase 2 took the best-condition existing solid wood doors from their old kitchen units, re-conditioned them, and built them into a “vintage-style dresser” unit with tongue-and-groove backboards and other historical detailing - as a counterpoint to their new painted dresser unit
Phase 3 addressed the remainder of the kitchen. New replacement doors were sourced from a national supplier. Where non-standard dimension doors were required, these were custom made at the workshop in a matching style to create a custom larder unit
A custom cabinet was created to hide the electrical consumer unit and to additionally provide a useful cubby for tea-making supplies
All the end panels, plinths, cornice, pelmet and doors were professionally sprayed in a custom soft green colour
The sink & tap were replaced with high-end units. These were complimented by new Mistral quartz worktops, upstands and windowsills
Simple, rustic tiles and a bespoke stained ash wooden shelf above the “Everhot” stove completed the look
“Customer testimonial:
We decided to update our kitchen and Nick was recommended to us. His first visit to our tired kitchen convinced us we had found the right person to do the work
He had so many good ideas and as we had not done any major alterations in our house for some time, it was great to have his help and advice.
We wanted to keep the traditional feel of our cottage kitchen and although most of it is new, we have kept the character while at the same time updating everything
We did the kitchen in stages and each time Nick visited and talked things through with us and then prepared drawings for us to consider. At all times he was great at communicating with us and we never felt rushed into any decision
The first stage was a bespoke unit with a glass display cabinet and LED lighting on top which looks very smart
The second stage utilised some existing solid ash wood doors and as we wanted to keep some of them, Nick worked with us to create a beautiful stained wood dresser
He also had to deal with creating cupboards to hide our boiler in such a way as to ensure we had access to it for servicing etc
Finally we replaced our sink and he kindly provided us with a temporary one while the work was completed. New worktops, mixer tap, display shelf and tiling finished off the project
His suggestions regarding storage space, sliding drawers and access have provided us with a more user friendly kitchen and, on his advice, we have eliminated the things in the kitchen which most annoyed us
His suggestions re. lighting were spot on and have made a real difference
Nick is a tidy worker, has high standards and everything is done with great attention to detail
We would highly recommend him”
