FINALISTS | kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2024
KITCHEN DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
PROJECT COST OVER £50,000
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Project cost: £54,619 Cost includes: VAT, appliances Brief: The client wanted real, contemporary details – but different with a wow factor. The island sits on the top tread of the stepped dining area, supported at the other end with a gabion wall detail with rocks from the garden. The louvres reflect other details around the property.
KITCHEN DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
PROJECT COST £30,000-£50,000
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Project cost: £48,000 Cost includes: VAT, installation, appliances Brief: The clients wanted this kitchen to be kosher compliant, elegant, yet minimalist. The cabinets were made in Oliver Talbot’s workshop. The worktop was a combination of Dekton and the marble for the island was hand selected. Doors are solid bamboo.
KITCHEN DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
PROJECT COST UP TO £30,000
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Project cost: £29,823 Cost includes: VAT, appliances Brief: The client wanted a kitchen with easy-to-access units that looked like part of her living and dining room. To make the space look bigger, the whole kitchen area was designed using drawers. Solid oak plinths helped the crisp white kitchen feel more bespoke.
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Project cost: £29,648 Cost includes: VAT, appliances Brief: To create the minimal - ist yet playful, cottage-like feel the client requested, the designer used limed oak for the cabi netry to provide a neutral background for plenty of colour. Open shelving above the worktops created sleek lines that made the kitchen feel more spacious.
Project cost: £28,648 Cost includes: Installation, appliances Brief: The clients wanted a kitchen that fitted within their calm Scandinavian looking home. The doors were made with solid oak routed handles. The 22mm doors and panels are all veneered in quarter-cut lacquered European Oak. The island is one 30mm jumbo slab.
Project cost: £23,209 Cost includes: VAT, installation, appliances Brief: The clients were undertaking a full home renovation to create a kitchen where the chef is visible while cooking. The design seamlessly blends a modern extension with timeless classic shaker with industrial features. The colour palette uses a custom dark grey.
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Martin Baptie Baptie Design, Lasswade, Midlothian
Project cost: £48,600 Cost includes: VAT, installation, appliances Brief: The clients were moving the kitchen to the living room. The designer kept the original ceiling coving and picture rail and planned the kitchen around the central island. They wanted a scheme that stood out. Red doors really popped against the green worktop.
Jayne Everett Naked Kitchens, Fakenham, Norfolk
Project cost: £48,000 Cost includes: VAT, appliances Brief: The clients wanted to convert an old office building into three apart ments. The designer combined rich materials and textures to deliver depth and drama. With clean lines and a soft monochromatic colour palette, the design provides a sleek, minimalistic aesthetic.
Joshua Magin Meadows Kitchens, Penzance
Project cost: £41,720 Cost includes: Installation, appliances Brief: The brief was for a kitchen that made the most of a new extension. The designer used two tall units and a bifold breakfast dresser for glassware and small appli- ances and added character with a butler sink and range cooker. Snippets of colour were used throughout.
Peter Nolan Callerton Kitchens, Newcastle
Omar Akhtar Oliver Talbot, London
Project cost: £109,696 Cost includes: Installation, building work, appliances Brief: The clients wanted a sociable, but workable space without compromising style with the right blend of mascu- linity. Davonport gave the kitchen a New England style with different materials and textures that included smooth concrete, sandblasted timber and hand-stitched fabric.
Alan Drumm Uncommon Projects, London
Project cost: £137,480 Cost includes: VAT, installation, appliances Brief: The clients wanted an Art Deco kitchen to go with the rest of their home. The designer used oak, syca- more, walnut and burr walnut and created hidden storage cabinets for spices. They also created a panel to hide the desk with veneers linking it to the rest of the space.
Hayley Robson Day True, London
Project cost: £93,000 Cost includes: VAT, installation, appliances Brief: As part of the renovation of their clients’ Georgian manor, the kitchen needed to bridge the gap between old and new, rustic and sleek, natural and sophisticated. Sawn oak cladding, Black Richlite and Airy Concrete created an eclectic mix.
Nicolle Whyte Olive & Barr, London
Martin Baptie Baptie Design, Lasswade, Midlothian
Richard Davonport Davonport, Colchester
Ashley Jay Ashley Jay Kitchens, Findon, West Sussex
Jay Powell Inglis Hall, Lewes, East Sussex
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