Ligneous Kitchens | RETAILER PROFILE
This Eggersmann display is at the front of the showroom
“So in 2017, I decided the time was right for me to put down the tools and stop aching so much. We always knew we were a good fit business- wise and our skill sets overlapped and complemented each other. When we talked about the German kitchens and Colin put forward that idea, it seemed like a very natural progression.” They found the showroom in late 2019 and took tenancy in January 2020 but
the enforced lockdowns
Prickett may have graduated with a computer science degree in the late Nineties, but he soon decided he didn’t want to “sit in front of a computer screen for the rest of my life” and teamed up with a friend who was running a small furniture workshop, which did a few kitchens, some furniture, a bit of “jobbing carpentry” and theatre sets. “I loved it right from the off,” he recalls.
Prickett then decided to do some general building work and got a plastering qualification, all of which stood him in good stead for the work that faced him in turning the empty shell of a showroom into a backdrop worthy of the stylish German kitchens they would be selling. Prickett had met Morrell in around 2007 when he asked him to produce a Japanese sliding wardrobe for a project he was working on. Prickett remembers: “We got on straight away.” And he continued to work with him, fitting for his Fine Edge business.
November 2021 ·
meant work on the refit ground to a halt. So Morrell and Prickett decided that, as they both had the skills, they would press ahead and do it them- selves. At the time of kbbreview’s visit midway through August, all but one display is in and complete. So what do they each bring to the Ligneous Kitchens business and how do they complement each other?
Morrell answers: “I can do all of
kitchen installation side
management. Adam knows more on the building things.”
the and project side of
Prickett adds: “I have a passion for
The plan was always German kitchens and the brands they chose allowed them to offer a variety of prices, styles and finishes.
Almost limitless
Prickett elaborates: “Bax is quite a unique German supplier and offers a real bespoke attitude with its veneering capabilities, plus we have ceramics from an Italian company called Laminam, which means you can clad whole kitchens in ceramics – it gives them an almost limitless range of possibilities.
“And so we can say to clients that if they can’t afford the incredible products from Eggersmann, the true heart and soul of luxury, you can get a kitchen from Bax that looks very similar but for less.
Home offices is an area where we feel there is a big market – and outdoor living too. These are areas where we could really
offer something Adam Prickett, sales director, Ligneous Kitchens
design – interior design, too. Colin is excellent at the technical side, so we complement each other very well. I get out there and I am client-facing, but with a pretty good knowledge of not only the building side of things, but also kitchen design and specification. So when I am taking a client through to that moment that I can hand over to Colin, hopefully they know that they are in good hands.”
“Eggersmann starts at £70,000 and the sky is the limit up to £250,000. Bax comes in at £50,000, but you can still spend over £100k.
“Eggersmann have an aphorism they stick to, which is ‘design without com pro- mise’ – if you have bold ideas,
let’s see if we can do it with some bold engineering solutions. Bax are similar.” Morrell adds about Bax: “And they are very bespoke. You can get veneered carcasses, solid wood carcasses and door fronts in different oiled finishes, so they add a bit more ‘craftiness’ into the mix. “We also do Störmer and then we have our own brand KH made for us in Germany. They are a good quality,
solid German kitchen on the same kind of level as Störmer. KH do cutouts and mitred doors at the end. It is all about the ability to get [different] design features in.” With their own workshop, they can also produce bespoke shelving, media units, room dividers, wardrobes, as well as staircases, windows and doors. As Prickett says: “We can do everything, if they want us to.” In terms of appliances, Ligneous deals with Küppersbusch, Miele, Novy, Bora, De Dietrich and V-Zug with worktops from Caesarstone, Laminam, Neolith, Corian and Spekva. Originally slated for an April opening, Ligneous has had “a steady stream of business” through the door. As Prickett says: “We have been very pleased with the number of enquiries and the response. There has been a pent-up demand that has been released
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