BUYING GUIDE

CONCEALED STORAGE

Push-to-open storage keeps herbs and spices on hand for cooking.

ABOVE ‘The breakfast cupboard is a fab design feature, as the tea, coffee, toaster and so on are all in one place. The bi-fold doors are nifty too, as they don’t protrude when open.’

Cabinetry in Lamp Room Gray modern eggshell, £73 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball

RIGHT ‘I’d had an Aga before and this new model has a timer, so it’s more controllable and flexible than my previous one – and there’s a separate induction hob, too.’

Anthracite ER7 Pewter electric Aga, £15,000, Whites Aga

“I ordered the glass splashback in a rush and the colour just didn’t work. We were able to change it, but I should have taken more time over it”

GINA WADE, HOMEOWNER

KEY SURFACES

LEFT TO RIGHT Bespoke antiqued silvered mirror splashback, £1,000, Drew Forsyth & Co Painted cabinetry, Lamp Room Gray modern eggshell, £73 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball Quartz worktop Frosty Carrina Caesarstone worktops, £9,700, Drew Forsyth & Co

KITCHEN SOURCEBOOK

Kitchen design, build and installation, Drew Forsyth & Co, drewforsyth.co.uk. Pendant lights, JG Harrison, jgharrison.co.uk. Aga, Whites Aga, whitesaga.co.uk. Bespoke blinds, Cabbages and Cushions, 01422 846688. Floor tiles, Tiles and Mosaics, tilesandmosaics.co.uk