Custom cabinetry
Sage Green Shaker Run
Hand-painted shaker doors, aged brass cup handles and a quartz worktop, built to measure for a narrow Victorian galley.
The house had a small galley at the back and a dining room nobody used at the front, separated by a load-bearing wall. Our structural engineer specified a steel beam, and once it was in the two rooms read as one space for the first time in ninety years.
The island earns its place
With the wall gone, the island had to do three jobs at once: prep, seating and storage. It runs 2.8 metres, carries a honed marble top with a waterfall return on the dining side, and hides deep pan drawers and the recycling on the working side.
Warmth against all that stone
Marble and handleless white units on their own would have felt cold, so the tall run behind is oak veneer in a brushed finish. It picks up the floor and stops the room reading like a showroom.
Living with it
Six months on, the marble has taken a few marks around the tap, which is what honed marble does and what the owners wanted. Everything else looks the way it did on handover day.
