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Converted mill, Hartwell
Mill House kitchen
A cramped galley kitchen opened into the old boiler room, with sage shaker units, oak worktops and unlacquered brass.
Room
Kitchen
Budget
£25k to £50k
Timescale
16 weeks
The palette
The colours in this room.
Matched to paint, fabric and tile samples we tested on site, in daylight and lamplight.
Sage shadow
Units
Oiled oak
Worktops
Cream
Walls
Raw brass
Taps and knobs
The brief
“We cook every night and there was nowhere to put anything down. We also didn't want it to look brand new.”
How we did it
The kitchen at Mill House was a corridor: two runs of units with a metre between them and a back door at the end. Next to it sat a boiler room nobody used. Taking out that wall doubled the space and gave us a corner for a proper sink under the window.
We drew the layout around how Priya and Tom cook, with the hob between the sink and the larder and one long oak worktop for prep. The units are painted shaker in a sage that goes almost black in the evening. Brass taps and knobs are left unlacquered so they darken with use.
What we did
New layout and a wall taken out
Painted shaker units by a local joiner
Oiled oak worktops and a fireclay sink
Larder cupboard with oak shelves
Lighting under the wall cabinets and over the sink
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