This calm, light-filled family kitchen in Peckham pairs matte black cabinetry with tactile raked oak and a dramatic green quartzite that wraps the curved island in a waterfall edge. Rooflights and full-height sliding doors draw the garden in, creating effortless indoor–outdoor flow and generous natural light across the work surfaces. The layout is organised into clear zones to keep the space intuitive and clutter-free: a cooking run with tall appliance bank in black, a generous prep island with seating, and a breakfast/coffee area. Storage is carefully planned—an illuminated oak display cabinet with ribbed glass, a full larder, open oak end shelving and a neatly organised spice drawer keep everyday items visible or hidden as needed. Curved oak cladding softens the circulation around the island, while the veined quartzite provides a biophilic connection and a durable working surface. Long black bar handles on the tall units add a refined linear detail; elsewhere, discreet detailing keeps visual noise low. A small butcher’s-block station and a banquette breakfast nook under a rooflight complete the room’s daily rituals.

This kitchen was designed for clients that live in a five-bedroom 20th Century timber-cladded country house, a style that is particular to properties in Hampshire. Wanting to keep with the organic timber theme within the home, their brief for was for a pale wood in frame Scandi-style kitchen. Located in a long rectangular room at the rear of the house, the kitchen has panelled doors leading directly to the garden. This room benefits from having dark oak-framed leaded windows so it was agreed that black accents would be incorporated within the design to complement this feature, except for the worktops which are off-white to maintain a light and airy feel to space. The clients chose to appoint Searle & Taylor because the company specialises in Scandi Bespoke kitchens and, together with two displays in its Winchester showroom, there are numerous images of Scandi and Modern Bespoke kitchens on its website. In addition to the kitchen, they also commissioned a utility room and a home bar for the rooms adjacent to the kitchen, and a separate corner bar in an outhouse which is used as a games room. The 6.4m x 4.4m kitchen was designed by Searle & Taylor’s owner, Darren Taylor. He suggested using blond oak for the in frame cabinetry, which includes blond oak veneered carcases and a mix of 30mm thick panelled door fronts or vertical slatted blond oak veneered door fronts, and end panels, set within 8mm cock bead frames. The same materials are repeated on the fronts of the solid oak dovetailed drawer boxes. There is one long run of cabinetry to the left-hand side of the room, and to the right is a run of tall cabinetry set within a recessed area. Beyond the recess is a short run of shallow base cabinets. At the centre of the room is a 3.2 metre x 1.4 metre island. The left-hand cabinetry run features a tall cabinet that houses a stainless steel Vario 400 single pyrolytic oven at the centre, with a combination microwave above and a 29cm warming drawer beneath, all by Gaggenau. A top box sits above the bank of ovens and a tray drawer is underneath. Next to this is one of two breakfront dresser cabinets on either side of the sink run. Mounted on the 30mm thick Lucern Lake quartz worktop, with a set of three drawers beneath, these double door dressers feature fluted glass door fronts with painted surrounds and black butt hinges with internal LED lighting. The sink run sits in front of the leaded feature window, with a black Quooker Flex PRO3 Tap with Cube function above a Villeroy & Boch Farmhouse 80 ceramic double Sink. Within base cabinetry are pull-out bins alongside one of two integrated 60cm dishwashers by Miele that flank a shallow depth cabinet directly beneath the sink. The tall cabinetry within the recess on the right-hand side of the room features blond oak panelled door fronts in two double-door configurations with long black vertical handles. The left-hand double doors open to a fully integrated larder fridge and an integrated tall freezer with icemaker, both by Gaggenau. The right-hand set of double doors open to a double pantry cabinet with bottle racks and integrated shelving. On the task side of the island are cutlery and storage drawers on either side of two deep pan drawers at the centre, all with long black handles that are horizontally placed. There is a 3.2 metre worktop on the island with an L-shaped extended overhang at one end to accommodate a seating space for four counter stools. Flush mounted within the worktop is a Novy Panorama Pro 120, a 120cm five-zone vented downdraft induction hob with a concealed ventilation tower set at the back of the hob’s surface. When in use, the tinted glass tower rises by up to 30cm to quietly extract cooking vapours. It then retracts back into the surface when cooking has ended. Because no overhead extraction is needed, there are three decorative pendant lights above the island instead Beyond the tall cooling run is a further run of shallow-depth cabinetry to house items used for entertaining, with a shelf made from the same worktop material for decorative items. In the adjacent dining room is the home bar, designed with matching dresser cabinets with black-framed fluted glass fronts to mirror those in the kitchen. The upper section of the bar features two fluted glass decorative doors with painted surrounds on either side of antique mirrored glass open shelving with a 30mm thick Lucern Lake quartz worktop above two further enclosed cabinets with a Liebherr wine cabinet at the centre.

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La cuisine s’ouvre sur le séjour à travers une structure en bois brut, vestige de l’ancienne cloison. Les poutres centenaires contrastent avec les lignes épurées du mobilier sur mesure, créant un dialogue subtil entre passé et présent.

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The kitchen was all designed to be integrated to the garden. The client made great emphasis to have the sink facing the garden so an L shaped kitchen was designed which also serves as kitchen bar. An enormous rooflight brings lots of light into the space.

Die Küche bekommt eine glanzvolle Hauptrolle in diesem relativ kleinen Wohnhaus in Delft (NL). Die Fronten dieser Contur-Küche sind samtmatt Kristallgrau, die Arbeitsplatte ist aus 5 mm massivem Edelstahl und die Barplatte und die Fronten der Design-Oberschrank sind aus Asteiche und stammen aus unserer Manufaktur-Werkstatt. Die Insel ist mit einem Kombi-Dampfgarer von Siemens und einer Induktionsplatte mit integriertem Plasma-Abzug ausgestattet. Wir freuen uns sehr über den guten Geschmack unserer Kunden, denn diese wunderschön entworfene Wohnung hat uns schon wieder solch fantastische Fotos gebracht. Fotos: Franz Frieling

The result of a close collaboration between designer and client, this stylish kitchen maximises the varying heights and shapes of the space to create a blend of relaxed, open-plan charm and functionally distinct working and living zones. The thoughtful updating of classic aesthetics lends the room a timeless beauty, while a tonal range of warm greys creates a subtle counterpoint to distinctive accents such as brass fittings and sliding ladders. An abundance of light graces the space as it flows between the needs of chic entertaining, informal family gatherings and culinary proficiency. Plentiful – and occasionally quirky – storage also forms a key design detail, while the finest in materials and equipment make this kitchen a place to truly enjoy. Photo by Jake Fitzjones

Exklusive, schwarze Wohnküche mit Holzakzenten für die ganze Familie in Erlangen. Zu einer gelungenen Küchenplanung tragen nicht nur hochwertige Materialien, sondern auch eine durchdachte Linienführung bei den Fronten und ein Beleuchtungskonzept bei.

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