The kitchen is the heart of our home. It’s where we gather as a family, where everyday life happens, packed lunches are made, ‘you wash and I’ll dry’. It’s where we socialise with friends over a coffee or make the perfect Gin and Tonic in the summer. I love our family kitchen but your ‘Kitchen Culture’ may be quite different. One thing that all of us do in the kitchen is cook. We all do things differently, and have our ways, but it often leads a kitchen design. And it’s funny

When you invest in a high value product you do your research. You look at magasines, read reviews, ask your friends. You take advice, but ultimately your choice has to work for you. If you are buying a new car you would select a make or model that you know and trust, you would sit in it, open the doors, check the boot capacity to see if you can fit your shopping in. You go for a test drive to see how it handles. But it’s a bit trickier with a new kitchen. It is more personal

We had an interesting job recently where we designed and installed a fitted kitchen in an unconvential shape room with limited space. I love a challenge and needed to think creatively about how to get the most from the room, without making it feel overcrowded. We started to talk through these options with the customer and it really prompted some great discussions which led to the final design choices. I think it is safe to say that we have more 'stuff' these days and while ha