Wealden Times | WT200 | October 2018 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

Collins BESPOKE
Nick Collins, owner and lead designer
This kitchen was built in a new rear extension – if
you’ve got the space, this is what people want. It has
four different elements. There is a tall wall larder, then
there is a working wall with double ovens, a double
fridge, coffee machines, warming drawers and all the
functional items, which I put into tall cabinetry on the
side of the space with less natural light.
The third element is the elevation with the range
cooker and beautiful overmantel and the final piece is
the feature island with an oak breakfast bar.
And on top of all that, there also is the separate blue
dresser, with glazed doors.
All of them could be kitchens in their own right, so
the challenge is to bring it all together, which we did
by using two distinct palettes. The dark shade is Farrow
& Ball Railings, one of the most popular colours at the
moment, but all dark can be a bit oppressive, so in the
areas with less light, we used a pale shade, Farrow & Ball
Ammonite. We also used a light colour worktop on the
island.
This is the dream, smaller kitchens are harder to
design. My advice to people with smaller spaces is to
work out what the fundamentals are you really need in
your kitchen. Once you’ve decided what’s essential to
you and put that in the space, you can add the luxury
items and get your own reduced version of this.
Collins Bespoke, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent.
01233 822595 collinsbespoke.com
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