How to plan your kitchen
Where do you start designing your kitchen? Here's Raynes Architecture's guide to getting started.
Where to look for Inspiration
Magazines: grand designs, living etc, Elle Dec, Kitchens bedrooms and bathrooms, Beautiful Kitchens, good homes, house and garden,
On line: Pinterest, Houzz
Trade shows: worth making an effort Grand designs, 100% design
Magazines: grand designs, living etc, Elle Dec, Kitchens bedrooms and bathrooms, Beautiful Kitchens, good homes, house and garden,
On line: Pinterest, Houzz
Trade shows: worth making an effort Grand designs, 100% design
Where to shop
Hi end: Style Matters showroom in Pickmere, Earle and ginger Didsbury. Handmade british: Tom Hooley, Jamie Robbins, Mark Wilkinson. Imported german: poggenpohl
Medium: In toto, John Lewis
Budget: Magnet, B and Q, Howdens , ikea
Styles
What Style takes your fancy? Art deco, Farmhouse kitchen: Only a handmade system will give you an in-frame look. Shaker, High gloss, Industrial: stainless steel, Mid century: English Rose kitchens salvage off ebay
Hi end: Style Matters showroom in Pickmere, Earle and ginger Didsbury. Handmade british: Tom Hooley, Jamie Robbins, Mark Wilkinson. Imported german: poggenpohl
Medium: In toto, John Lewis
Budget: Magnet, B and Q, Howdens , ikea
Styles
What Style takes your fancy? Art deco, Farmhouse kitchen: Only a handmade system will give you an in-frame look. Shaker, High gloss, Industrial: stainless steel, Mid century: English Rose kitchens salvage off ebay
Mid century: English Rose kitchens salvage off ebay
Layout
Raynes Architecture can work with you to provide an indicative kitchen layout. Work with suppliers to choose the look and arrangement
Materials
Things to think about are: Flooring, Cabinets: plinth, undercounter doors, overcounterdoors, in frame, internal finish, Cornice or bulkhead, Worktop: thickness, edge-detail, material, Splashbacks and tiling, Lighting: plinth under worktop, in units, under units, cornice, recessed ceiling lighting, behind splashback, spots, pendants over island/dining, Cooker hood: intergrated or feature, White goods: integral or freestanding, Handles, Brassware-taps, Radiators or underfloor heating
Raynes Architecture can work with you to provide an indicative kitchen layout. Work with suppliers to choose the look and arrangement
Materials
Things to think about are: Flooring, Cabinets: plinth, undercounter doors, overcounterdoors, in frame, internal finish, Cornice or bulkhead, Worktop: thickness, edge-detail, material, Splashbacks and tiling, Lighting: plinth under worktop, in units, under units, cornice, recessed ceiling lighting, behind splashback, spots, pendants over island/dining, Cooker hood: intergrated or feature, White goods: integral or freestanding, Handles, Brassware-taps, Radiators or underfloor heating
Further reading
Here’s some great online blogs
http://www.houzz.co.uk/ideabooks/11789593/list/your-guide-to-choosing-kitchen-cabinets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/interiors/10015238/How-to-design-a-perfect-kitchen-on-a-budget.html
http://islandkitchens.co.uk/blog/
http://www.glasskitchensplashbacks.com/
Email Raynes Architecture for our handy Kitchen Room Data sheet. lisa@raynesarchitecture.co.uk
Here’s some great online blogs
http://www.houzz.co.uk/ideabooks/11789593/list/your-guide-to-choosing-kitchen-cabinets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/interiors/10015238/How-to-design-a-perfect-kitchen-on-a-budget.html
http://islandkitchens.co.uk/blog/
http://www.glasskitchensplashbacks.com/
Email Raynes Architecture for our handy Kitchen Room Data sheet. lisa@raynesarchitecture.co.uk