Kitchens Etc | RETAILER CASE STUDY
About Kitchens Etc
Kitchens Etc was founded in 1986 by Mick and Linda Murphy in Norfolk. Originally
starting as
Furniture backboards were colour matched to the fabric of the banquette seating
dealers of
French imported kitchens, later reinventing themselves with bespoke kitchens handmade in Norfolk in the
the company in 2000 on leaving school and is
The large island was designed to help bring two separate rooms together harmoniously
1990s to offer true individuality and THE PROPERTY flexibility to clients. Daughter Natalie
joined the company in 2000 on leaving school and is now part of the father-and-daughter design team. The small business is a team of seven staff, including stonemasons who fabricate natural and manufactured stone worktops plus a team of seven cabinetmakers. The company are kitchen specialists working closely with clients from initial design through to installation and beyond.
The property is a Grade I listed townhouse in Suffolk. THE CLIENTS
A professional middle-aged couple with two children. Adventurous and individual. This was the second collaboration between Kitchens Etc and these clients when they relocated to their new home, a historic townhouse in their former hometown in Suffolk.
THE BRIEF To bring the wow factor! To create a working, glamorous ‘wow’ kitchen with a strong emphasis on socialising and entertaining. The kitchen was to be individual and cutting-edge – the complete opposite to the existing very traditional kitchen put in by the previous occupiers. The new kitchen must conceal the original layout of two separate rooms – kitchen and dining room – and bring the whole, extremely large space together as one. The clients particularly wanted the kitchen to be true bespoke both in materials and design and to express their individuality.
Soft banquette seating provides
an area that can be used for dining
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