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The Beton range from Kuhl Kitchens offering the Ultra Kuhl System Line handleless in Light Concrete


This greater understanding of the benefits that an enhanced specification can bring demands a similarly re-tuned approach to the developer-supplier relationship. Chris Hellaby, Senior Design Consultant at ALNO Contracts, said: “Developers are bringing us into the process a lot earlier, before a main contractor is appointed. This allows us to become more involved in the design process, contributing and sharing with developers our expert design solutions and best practices from our first-hand experience of the contract kitchen industry.


“Interior designers and architects are now openly discussing their ideas with us, allowing us to form a partnership. We are being brought far more overall concepts for buildings where every room, and every piece of furniture, is related to the next. Gone are the days of blanket


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installations of endless white kitchens – now it’s much more about a creating an overall vision for the property and selling a complete design experience.”


For kitchen specialists working on contract business, the kitchen has to viewed from the developers perspective of course, and their focus is not solely on one room. Jason Grinton, UK & Ireland Business Manager at Pronorm, said: “Designing kitchens for the contract market requires a ‘whole dwelling’ approach, working out what will appeal to a broad church of purchasers, because there is no hard and fast rule of who buys what these days.


“The top end kitchen trend at the moment is for deep colours and dark woodgrains and this certainly gives high end developers something to differentiate their product with.


However, mid brown/grey colours and woodgrains combine fashion and longevity and will appeal to a more diverse range of customers.”


Graeme Smith, Senior Designer at PWS, added: “A key trend in the contract market, with regard to kitchen furniture, continues to be the rise and rise of linear design, with a strong leaning towards heritage and honesty in terms of the style of the door and the materials used. The fusion between contemporary and classic is becoming more evident, with a move to mix different styles and materials to achieve a customized look. Colours vary from neutral greys, both warm and cool, through to richer, deeper tones with vibrant accent colours often used in either the soft furnishings, worktops or accessorisation.”


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