Lewisham Bespoke Kitchen

The Design

We recently completed this beautiful kitchen for a family in Lewisham and we are smitten! Our lovely clients chose their bespoke cabinetry from our Westminster range, our most traditional Shaker style design and modernised them with the Sparkbrook range cabinetry handles.

We asked our clients why they wanted a bespoke kitchen and what their vision was from the very beginning. They said:

“We were overhauling our whole house and wanted to make the kitchen the centrepiece. We have a young child and needed to ensure that the design was practical. We envisaged our kitchen as a light, restful place where we could spend a lot of time. We were keen from the start on an island, off of which the rest of the kitchen could pivot. We also wanted part of the room to
be used for dining, and for it to have a different feel from the cooking area.”

The Details

This kitchen features quite a serene colour palette of white, light blue and warm yellow toned accents. The main cabinetry runs are painted in ‘Belgravia’ while the island is ‘Maritime’ both by Mylands.

A combination of the Sparkbrook Pull Handles and Sparkbrook knobs were used to dress the bespoke cabinetry, all in a gorgeous satin brass finish. The Sparkbrook range is a rounded, more modern handle than our usual Bakes Pull and features a beautiful knurled effect on the edges, adding texture to the space.

Further leaning into the brassy colour palette are the yellow splashback tiles behind the sink. The intricate white pattern keeps from the vivid yellow colour of the tiles from becoming heavy, while the decision to carry the tiles from the worktop all the way up to the wall units is pleasing to the eye and adds a certain grandness.

We asked our clients about their process of choosing colours and hardware and they said:

“We probably spent more time on colour than anything else. We chose light, muted tones for the cabinets, with a view to achieving our objective of restfulness but then added maritime blue to the island to provide an elegant contrast. So as not to make the room too monochrome, we went for a daring splashback and made a feature out of brass handles. We spent lots of time working out where best to place the hob, oven and sink so as to making cooking as easy as possible.”

When asked what their favourite thing about their new kitchen was, our clients said:

“More than anything, the flow of the kitchen. Everything works really well practically and, from the start, felt like it was in exactly the right place.”

Making Your Dream Kitchen In The Workshop

In 2019 we opened our very own workshop in Canterbury! It’s based less than 10 minutes away from the studio and is surrounded by farmland. It’s open to all, and somewhere we hope clients want to pop in to watch their kitchen be made. This is where you kitchen is made by the most hard working ad dedicated team of carpenters and painters and each aspect of your design comes to life.

A lovely, quirky little detail of contrasting spice racks was considered, painting them in the same light blue as their island ‘Maritime’ by Mylands.

On Using Herringbone

We always feel so lucky and humbled to receive the lovely feedback from our clients. This time they had this to say:

“Nothing was too much trouble for Herringbone. They really understand how a kitchen really works in practice, were sensitive to our needs and helpful on the look of the kitchen,. We are delighted with our new kitchen and love spending time in it.”

- Mark & Briony, Lewisham