This traditional country kitchen was designed to complement the old cottage that it's in. The wide serving hatch with shutters opens onto a breakfast bar for family and friends to enjoy time together in the conservatory.
1/9 Classic cream kitchen
Bespoke units
Town & Country Interiors
Oven
HB36D575B steam oven by Siemens at John Lewis
2/9 Kitchen with warm tones
On this side of the cream-painted country kitchen, a bespoke maple worktop adds warmth and enhances the country feel. Traditional flagstone-style flooring completes the look.
Maple worktops
Town & Country Interiors
Limestone floor tiles
Mandarin Stone
3/9 Country kitchen with cream units
Shaker-style door fronts and a mix of knobs and cup handles give a traditional kitchen look. The wall units extend all the way to the ceiling for extra storage.
Tap
Ionian tap by Perrin & Rowe from Kitchen Appliance Centre
4/9 Rural kitchen with Belfast sink
The addition of a ceramic Belfast double sink brings the traditional element to the kitchen that the owner wanted. It is set in front of the original deep windowsill to make a feature of it.
Sink
Edgeworth Belfast sink from Shaws of Darwen
5/9 Kitchen with black slate worktops
On one L-shaped run of base units in the kitchen, the worktops are black slate to contrast with the wooden ones and add a more modern feel.
For similar slate worktops, try the Welsh Blue Black
Berwyn Slate Quarry
Happiness Sign
Mollie & Fred
6/9 Traditional kitchen with range cooker
Traditional kitchen with range cooker
Honed-slate worktops tie in with the black range cooker and matching hood, and look striking against the traditional kitchen's cream-painted units.
For a similar range cooker, try Stoves' Richmond 900 DFT and similar cooker hood, try the Stoves ST1199
Ao.com
7/9 Country kitchen with lowered unit
A dropped-down unit in the country kitchen was included to make it easy for children to help with the baking.
Maple worktops
Town & Country Interiors
8/9 Kitchen with utility room
One of the owner's must-haves was a separate utility room for doing washing. The ceiling-mounted clothes airer and a clean-clothes drawer for each person makes everyday tasks easier.
For similar airer
Traditional Kitchen Maid from Cast in Style
Similar worktop
Berwyn Slate Quarry
9/9 Before the kitchen makeover
The owner's previous kitchen was small and cluttered.
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