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A Kitchen that’s a little bit different – unique kitchen design

Donna Connolly • Jan 23, 2018

 

 

A Kitchen for a church

Our clients vary greatly.  We have worked with large scale developers for new-build residential blocks for private dwellings and student accommodations, our kitchens have also been used in safari tents, hotels, staff-rooms and even Buckingham Palace.  A very diverse mix of uses!

The common features requested by many of our clients’, to create a kitchen in which to prepare food and drinks but maybe not always a main meal and having restricted space within which to build their kitchen. 

In such situations standard configurations of kitchen cabinets will not be suitable to optimise the space.  We work with our clients to find out what they want to use the kitchen for, who will be using the kitchen and how, this we believe, is the basis of excellent kitchen design. 

We have worked with several churches to date and it’s a great challenge. 

This kitchen needed to fit in with the surrounded architecture, use of wood and not look like a kitchen when not in use, effectively, a kitchen in diguise. 

The kitchen pictured in the church below is used by lots of different groups but two of the key requirements: that it would be suitable for making hot drinks and as a preparation and work area for preparing the church’s floral display. An additional storage unit was designed with castors to create a flexible work space.

Thinking outside the box for kitchen design

It can be difficult to find the perfect kitchen when you have a limited space a particular requirement so why not give us a call to see if we can help you create your unique kitchen. 

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