Author profile: Richard Eastwood

About Richard Eastwood

Richard Eastwood
From bespoke design to the very latest from the UK's KBB shows

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Top Drawer… 5 of the Best

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Down at Earls Court the first spring offerings are starting to make their way into the world. The Top Drawer and Home shows are well under way with a plethora of exciting new products destined for the high street and ultimately your home! Here are 5 of the best…

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Kitchen Before and After 2!!!

Pan drawers

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In design terms smaller kitchens can often be more of a challenge than larger ones, size does matter… especially when your client requires a host of mod cons to be fitted into a regular sized ‘U’ shaped design… Dishwasher, built in microwave, built in oven, washing machine etc.

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A kitchen before and after…

Kitchen 'after' shot 3...

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Very often when we view fabulous kitchens in glossy magazines we only see the finished results! This time I thought I would show some ‘before’ & ‘after’ pictures of the project to show how dramatic transformations can be created. This job was for a landlord of a rented house

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Kartmasters 2013

Kartmasters 2013 straight

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Earlier this month I had the pleasure of attending the British Grand Prix!! Not Formula 1 at Silverstone but the British Grand Prix of Karting at the PF International Circuit near Newark. Hear young drivers from the age of eight years upwards learn their skills & hone their race craft….

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Sometimes it’s not all about kitchens (Part 2)

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A few weeks ago I wrote about supplying a client with a large dressing room. The design included a concealed laundry shoot that passed down through two floors into the basement utility room. The design choice was a classic cream ‘shaker’ door style with a ‘hammered’ pewter knob…

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Something old, something new!

18th century cottage contemporary kitchen 2

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Designing a contemporary kitchen for an old property is always a challenge. In this 18th century cottage the challenge seemed even greater when the clients brief was to include state of the art appliances and central heating systems alongside more established products such as a Belfast sink and AGA cooker.

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