Erica Davies Kitchen

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The Design

We completed this open plan kitchen for Erica Davies and her lovely family! This gorgeous project includes a large cockpit shaped kitchen run and a contrasting kitchen island with a large overhang on the end. The bespoke cabinetry in our Rye range, hugs the walls of the open plan kitchen, looking into the family dining and living space, with the back wall leaving ample space for lots of worktop area.

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A tall, double unit sits on the left hand side of the kitchen sink, one side housing the family’s larder and spice rack and the other a 70-30 fridge freezer. Adding major cool factors to this kitchen, is the integrated coffee machine next to the larder; a wonderful addition for coffee lovers or, let’s face it, parents!

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The Details: Colours, Hardware Etc

Erica chose gorgeous burnished brass hardware with cup handles on the integrated dishwasher door and pull out bin unit, and small, rounded bun knobs on the cupboards and drawers; these beautifully match the brass swan neck tap over the double Belfast sink and the boiling water tap further over, also in a brass finish.

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It’s no secret that Ms. Erica has impeccable style, and this definitely shows in her kitchen as well as throughout her house. For her kitchen cabinetry, our lovely client chose the much loved ‘Bond Street’ by Mylands; a deep, denim blue colour that never goes out of style. For the kitchen island, a lighter colour was considered to contrast the dark units, in a colour similar to ‘Blackened’ by Farrow & Ball. The worktops are a stunning white, natural Carrara marble.

We use Mylands paint as they are a water-based, low VOC paint company from London and we felt them true to our ethos. We have worked tirelessly to come up with a method that makes using water-based paint both practical for the kitchen and eco-friendly.

Behind the range oven, is a darling pink, tiled splashback arranged in a herringbone pattern. These ceramic decorative tiles add texture and colour to the kitchen and are extremely easy to wipe down any splashes of food that may find themselves there day to day. Either side of the oven, sit two dresser units with plain glass doors. Here, the glass doors open up the space making it feel larger as well as reflecting a little light into the kitchen. Glass units, be it plain, reeded or wired are an excellent way to make a long run of cabinetry feel a little lighter and display your favourite crockery.

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On Using Herringbone

"We spoke on the phone and I knew William and Elly could create the kitchen we dreamed of. There were no issues with things that had caused problems on previous kitchen design chats, such as pesky corner units having to be a certain size. Getting a hold of gold taps was no problem and the kitchen could be painted any colour I wanted. Nothing was too much of an issue, even when I suddenly remembered something and emailed on a Sunday. They really wanted me to be happy with the details.

-Erica Davies, Colchester, Essex

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