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of a problem. Colin designed around 20
drawers in total to meet the couple’s storage
needs, each one designed to be as deep as
that bit of unit allowed, some up to 600mm
deep.
Even the wine bottles are kept in a
dedicated drawer. Colin was able to specify
a small under-counter freezer and used
Hotpoint’s 900mm-wide fridge drawers to
give sufficient chilled storage for the couple,
and his job was made easier by the client not
insisting on many of the appliance goodies
currently seen as kitchen must-haves. “In
terms of appliances they wanted an oven
and a gas hob,” he says. “I pushed towards
induction and ever since they’ve thanked
me for that. I have induction at home and
in terms of ease of cleaning and speed of
cooking it’s fantastic.”
It also offers the aesthetic bonus of
having a very low profile, perfect for a
kitchen where the flow of worktop is so
essential to its visual success. a minimum order stipulated of 2500sq m beneath the units, Colin has used mirror- Above: An unusual
The colours in the kitchen have meant a last minute compromise had to be polished laminate on plywood for the
solution to a difficult
space, the curved
also been carefully considered, in part found. “The people who make the cabinets pedestals. The effect is strikingly effective,
kitchen was a
collaborating with the interior architects Red for me used a base Alpi veneer instead – like reflecting the light grey porcelanosa floor shortlisted entry in this
Square Creative who worked on the rest of an engineered oak effect – and then stained tiles perfectly and so genuinely giving a
year’s Design Awards
the house. The client was keen on grey tones it,” Colin explains. “It actually turned out floating effect to the units, and adding to
throughout, and Colin understood this as to be much nicer because you got a bit of the overall sense of liquidity of form.
giving the kitchen a calm feel. It also helped warmth coming through the grey. We got The final detail in this largely
keep the space light but without dazzling there in the end.” unornamented kitchen is the lighting, and
the client on sunny days. A grey veneer The subtly darker tone of the worktop the extraction. both presented the same
was chosen from Italian company Alpi, but comes from Zodiac in gravel grey, and problems in this all-glass space, with ugly
“THERE ARE
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