efficiently insulated.  wood burning stove and underfloor heating ensure that the ground floor is kept to a pleasant, ambient temperature. While the couple were happy to take on


Fermín’s ideas about the location of the rooms, David and Suzanne had clear ideas about how their new open plan kitchen and dining space would come together, as Suzanne explains: “In our house in London (a three storey townhouse) the kitchen and dining room were separate. David does all the cooking, and I would drag a chair through to the kitchen and get in his way.” Suzanne’s vision for the new space was for a large dining table where she could sit and keep David company while he cooked and with lots of space for entertaining. “This is exactly what I envisaged. The living room is a more formal space, but the dining area is where everyone comes and sits around the table.” The dining table is also a rather special focal point as the wood to make it came from The Smuggler’s Inn in Anstruther. A friend’s son who is a furniture maker made the table out of it.


As head chef, David took the opportunity to design a generously proportioned kitchen, with a large cooker, lots of workspace and low-level storage. “Initially, I worried there wouldn’t be enough storage without wall units, but we also have a walk-in larder with sliding


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doors along with a utility room, so space hasn’t been an issue.” Before David even made it to Anstruther he had started planning and researching his kitchen and he was keen to try a plywood version. “I discovered there were many companies that work with IKEA kitchen carcasses and customise plywood doors to fit them. David narrowed his search to ThreeFourFive Furniture in Glasgow which comprised a group of former art students who were now building their own kitchens. “We visited their workshop and chatted to them for a couple of hours, and we came away knowing that we were going to get our kitchen hand-built.”


he finished kitchen is a combination of oak veneer and ply with laminate and composite worktops. hreeourive were so fleible. They bought the orange pieces when they were doing another kitchen and said we’ll just build yours when you’re ready and that’s exactly what they did.” With an aversion to traditional corner cupboards and a large collection of ceramic dishes that deserve to be on display, the quirky corner detailing and shelving is the perfect solution. Surprisingly, this hand-crafted design didn’t break the bank either, as Suzanne explains. “It was very competitively priced – and


CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS


ARCHITECT Fife Architects fifearchitects.com


BUILDER


RM Contractors rm-contractors.com


FLOORING Porcelanosa porcelanosa.com


KITCHEN ThreeFourFive Furniture threefourfivefurniture.co.uk


SOLAR/AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP


MB Services Group mbservicesgroup.com


TILES (SHOWER) Mandarin Stone mandarinstone.com


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