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KI TCHEN PROjECT

CABINETRY
Signature Bespoke kitchen, painted
in Little Greene’s Slaked Lime and
French Grey Intelligent Eggshell (both
£64 for 2.5L), from £30,000, Searle &
Taylor. Utility room cabinetry, painted
in Blue Vein architects eggshell,
£68 for 2.5L, Paint & Paper Library.

SURFACES
Quartzite worktops in White Macaubas,
from £350sq m, Sensa at Cosentino.
Walls painted in Slaked Lime deep
intelligent matt emulsion, £50 for 2.5L,
Little Greene. Vintage splashback tiles
in Silk, £99.44sq m, Marlborough Tiles.
Tumbled limestone flooring, from
£38.40sq m, Beswick Stone.
APPLIANCES
Five-oven Aga Total Control in
Dartmouth Blue, from £13,825, Aga
Living. G 6660 SCVi dishwashers,
£1,299 each, Miele. ICBN3386
integrated fridge-freezer, £2,099,
Liebherr. N53TD40N0 induction hob,
£729; C17MR02NOB compact combi
microwave oven, £1,129, both Neff.
SINKS & TAPS
6625-0 Iron/Tones Smart Divide sink
in White, £1,022, Kohler. 1537 Parthian
sink mixer tap with filtration and rinse
in chrome, £963.12, Perrin & Rowe.
Classic Pro3 boiling water tap in
chrome, £799, Quooker.

ACCESSORIES
A small glazed top
Curtain in Stepping Stone Paisley
panel in the dresser in Mineral, £75m, Ralph Lauren at
emits pink-tinted Designers Guild. Weathered Oak bar
ambient lighting stools, £160 each, Notonthehighstreet.
in the evenings com. Large Lansdown glass pendant
lights, £305 each, Jim Lawrence.
Similar dining table, £1,995, Oka

2 Having bifold doors on a dresser means that
it can be left open when in use, without open doors
getting in the way. The built-in oven is a combination
microwave that’s put to good use in warmer weather
when the Aga is switched off. The other dresser, in
the dining area, stores both decorative glassware and
logs for the fire. The idea of painting the interior of the
dressers in Paint & Paper Library’s Temple shade came
to Claire in the middle of the night. ‘I was trying to think
of a way to add a bit of softness and realised bringing
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in a touch of pink would work,’ she says.

3 The blank black screen of a television isn’t the
most attractive decorative feature and can feel like
a technological intrusion, especially when enjoying
relaxed family meals or entertaining. Seen only
when in use, the Brooks’ TV is tucked inside a reduced-
depth cabinet, and rises up on an electrically powered
The television drops
lift at the touch of a button. ‘It’s strategically placed down, out of sight,
so that I can see it while I am busy at the kitchen sink, when not in use
but guests don’t need to know it’s there,’ says Claire.

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