Design journal

Thoughts on spaces, light and homes

Guides, behind-the-scenes design notes and honest lessons from the studio — interior design and interior architecture, without the sales talk.

5 entries

Kitchen·8 April 2026·10 min read

Which kitchen worktop should I choose?

Choosing a kitchen worktop, without the taboos. Not a biased, gushing round-up of where to spend your money, but real help in finding the surface you actually need.

Open-plan kitchen and living room with modern timber cabinetry

Kitchen·16 May 2023·15 min read

Open-plan kitchen and living room: the joined-up space that actually works

An open-plan kitchen and living room is not a knocked-through wall but three co-ordinated zones. Island, extraction, materials, noise — the rules that work.

Terracotta modern kitchen cabinetry with a zellige splashback and brass accessories

Kitchen·21 February 2023·14 min read

Kitchen cabinet colours: how to choose something that still works in ten years

The kitchen front is the most expensive colour decision in the home. Orientation, material pairings, one or two tones — a system you cannot get wrong.

White framed-front kitchen with wooden worktop beneath an exposed timber-beam ceiling

Kitchen·16 November 2021·3 min read

Understated rural elegance: a white kitchen beneath timber beams

A white framed-front kitchen beneath an exposed timber-beam ceiling: glazed cabinets, a wooden worktop and warm afternoon light. A 2021 project in the spirit of rural elegance.

Modern softloft kitchen with wood-effect fronts, black appliances and a stone-effect island

Kitchen·8 November 2021·4 min read

A modern softloft kitchen: wood, black, and an appliance wall that disappears

A softloft kitchen near Debrecen: wood-effect fronts, a stone-effect worktop, black appliances — and a glass tambour unit behind which the whole appliance wall vanishes in one move.

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