Planning

What’s hot in kitchens for 2014?

Astracast's Vantage Sio Sink

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Our thoughts may be preoccupied by the new year celebrations right now but if you’re planning to invest in a new kitchen come the New Year, or you know someone who is, here’s what trends are coming through for 2014…

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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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Choose your colour carefully…

SieMatic’s S3 kitchen

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Adding a splash of colour to your home is a great way to personalise your pad and as more of us continue to improve rather than move, it’s a trend that’s definitely on the up. Kitchens of course, offer infinite opportunities for making a statement…

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Sometimes it’s not all about kitchens…

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I recently supplied a client with a luxury kitchen, on completion I was invited to come up with a design for their generously sized dressing room. At first glance it looked like a fairly straight forward brief. However, when I looked more closely…

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Keeping up with the Joneses

Suffolk kitchen from Neptune

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We all like to show off a bit, whether it’s because we’ve splashed out on the latest gadget or simply because our little one’s football team has won the premiership, but did you know that it’s this rivalry that is helping to keep kitchen manufacturers in business?

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