LIVE 24-SEVEN MIX IT UP YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL WITH WREN
Classic or modern? Cool or cosy? Modular or bespoke? There’s no need to feel pressured into making a choice between one style or another these days because you can have it all.
The trend for mixing things up - from cuisines to fashions - has been growing and now the freedom to explore has made it into kitchen design. From styles to colours, it’s all about individual choice and having a little, or even a lot, of what you fancy and what works in your home for the way you want to live.
If monotone just isn’t your style, explore a two- or even three-tone colour scheme for your kitchen units. Combine this season’s perfect pastels for looks that make the kitchen a place that reflects your taste just as much as your bedroom or lounge. Cute combos include romantic Rose and Jellybean from Wren Kitchens’ new Macaroon Collection - and shown off in the seamless simplicity of the modern Milano Contour range.
If bolder contrasts are more you, try the bright crisp pairing of Bumblebee yellow and deep blue Baltic - or Aubergine plum with Cathedral grey and the dramatic textured effect of Ocean Cypress. Enjoy a splash of colour - dramatic or subtle - by choosing a neutral palette for your longest run of units, and introducing a coloured island, bank of floor to ceiling tower units or midway shelves as a focal point.
A Pina Colada island is a pop of tropical fusion in a Super White Contour kitchen.
Subtly accent a neutral palette with a deeper shade for a very sophisticated colour mix. Try Cathedral with Slate in a classic Shaker kitchen, or subtler still pair Dove with Cloud, or Mink with Super White. If you are choosing a handless designer style, counterpoint with contrasting profile colours to add more drama and interest.
Forget sticking to one frontal style. You don’t have to be completely contemporary or totally traditional any longer. Do it your own way and mix up different styles. Choose classic Shaker units to create a great foundation with runs of cabinets, larders and pretty glass fronted wall units and throw a cool ultra modern Milano island into the mix for an original look. Or combine complementary styles for an interesting effect that’s less radical - Milano Contour, Ultra, Autograph and Elements all work beautifully together. Critical design tip - never mix up base units within a run because they won’t fit together, however there’s nothing to stop you choosing wall units that are from a different range to the units below them.
With the launch of the Milano Shaker kitchen, Wren has taken fusion further than ever before. Combining the panel details of its most popular Shaker kitchen with the sleek styling of the ultra modern and handless Milano kitchen, the result is a warmer and cosier approach to minimalism.
Beyond styles and colours, there’s lots of other mixed up ways to create a kitchen that’s unique to you. Use feature units and open shelves to break up that fitted kitchen feel, and go for stor- age drawers as well as cupboards. Incorporate different handles, such as knobs for cupboards and handles for drawers - or vice versa - and mix materials like brass with wood or steel with porcelain. Pick appliances you like that give you the functions you need - ranges work just as well in contemporary kitchens as traditional ones and big practical belfast sinks do too.
To top it off, you don’t have to have a single uniform work surface. Whilst an uninterrupted swathe of laminate or quartz does create a feeling of space - there’s no need to stick to the same colour and material throughout. So top your island with granite and make your main prep area timber - there’s no wrong way at Wren. Only your way.
Pop down to your nearest Wren Kitchens showroom. There are 70 across the country - discover your nearest at
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