Kitchen of the Week: Perfection in a small homestay London

Kitchen of the Week: Perfection in a small homestay London - If you think kitchen design stops and starts in the kitchen, think again. When Paul Brivati ​​ of architecture Kitchen was asked to design the kitchen of the terraced house near Richmond, it quickly became involved in rethinking the entire ground floor. "There are four bedrooms upstairs, but downstairs was terrible," he says. "It was cramped and does not flow well. We wanted to give the owners and their two children over an open house, family by extending to create a kitchen and dining room leading into the garden.

Paul casts his eye design of the garden and into the hallway, too, where he and his team recommended moving wall and stylish storage facility to help its inflow in the house . This attention to the global space means the finished kitchen is not only a beautiful room, sitting in the back of the house, but is fully integrated into a connected, flowing and family ground floor.

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Who lives here a couple (he is a designer, it is a personal trainer) and their two children.
Location East Sheen, London
Size 5.5mx 3.4m
designer Paul Brivati ​​architecture kitchen

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a modern extension at the rear of the house is home to the kitchen. "It's a small space, but not tiny," says Paul Brivati. By the end of the island to the doors measure 1100mm. We could have largest island and was less than a 900mm gap between the two, but there was no need. The room is big enough for a really generous island with lots of floor space, too.


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The kitchen has a soft feel Scandi. "We s pecified the oak floors, whitewashed and then mounted an island in a clay color and wall units, a pale chalky hue, said Paul.

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a walnut table and bench gives the structure specific to the dining room. "Using a bench allows you to push the table closer to the wall, to create a more fluid space," said Paul. You can comfortably seat six people at the table and still pass.

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the ceiling height is 2400mm cooking, but Paul has deliberately designed the cabinets extend to a height of only 2180mm. "In a small room like this, if you plan to ceiling, it brings all the space and makes it feel smaller, he said said. "Leaving a visible wall above the units makes the room feel a little wider.

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the side of the island facing the furnace contains drawers for pots, utensils and other kit. "It is the kitchen work aside, said Paul," and allows you to face the table while you cook, so it's sociable. "The island worktop is made of Silestone and is 10 mm thick. "The cutting board has a lip on it which is 10 mm thick, said Paul. "You can push the board against the work plan and it fits snugly, so it is easy to use, but you can always open the drawers.

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the island is the workspace chef in the kitchen, but it also provides lots of storage. On the side of the dining room, not smooth handles cabinets hold glassware and porcelain. Rather than a chunky gas stove, induction hob state-of-the-art is mounted flush into the worktop. "You can drag the cutting board on it and work. This means that the hob becomes part of a large work space, "said Paul.

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to keep the wall units with neat and discreet research, Paul used the same layered clay tones that the units are made of the credenza and work plan. A door between the island and the units slides across to reveal a laundry room with washing machine, storage larder and small appliances, including kettle and toaster.

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by positioning the kitchen and dining space in the new extension, the rest of the ground floor could be devoted to the reception area. Wide openings ensure that all streams in the region and feels connected, and oak flooring provides any cohesion.

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