Kitchen Diner Ideas: How to Design an Open Plan Space Around the Way You Live

Kitchen Diner Ideas: How to Design an Open Plan Space Around the Way You Live The kitchen has changed more than any other room in the house over the past twenty years. For most households it is now where people eat most of their meals, where children do homework, where someone might work from home […]
Kitchen Design for Later Life

Designing a Kitchen for Later Life: Staying Independent at Home I’ve been thinking about writing this for a while, but it took moving into our bungalow to actually do it. My wife and I are both in our late fifties. We moved into a single-storey home a couple of years ago, not because we needed […]
Kitchen Corner Storage Solutions and Ideas

Every kitchen has at least one corner that seems to swallow space rather than offer it. Good kitchen corner storage ideas turn that dead zone into some of the most useful storage in the room, but only if the right system is matched to the right corner. At Nicholas Hythe we plan corner storage as […]
How to Buy a New Kitchen: A Complete Guide for Cambridgeshire Homeowners

Is a Bespoke Kitchen Worth It? When planning a new kitchen, most homeowners find themselves facing a version of the same question: Is a bespoke kitchen actually worth it, or does a national retailer like Wren deliver enough at a lower price? It is a reasonable question, and the honest answer is that it depends […]
Kitchen Peninsula vs Island: Which Is Right for Your Space?

Peninsula or Island? It Comes Down to Your Space The island versus peninsula question comes up in almost every kitchen planning conversation, and it is one where the answer genuinely depends on the room. Both options add worktop space, storage, and a point of connection between the kitchen and the rest of the house. What […]
How to Buy a New Kitchen: A Complete Guide for Cambridgeshire Homeowners

Buying a Kitchen: Where to Start Buying a new kitchen is one of the largest decisions most people make for their home. It sits somewhere between a building project and a design project, and it tends to involve more tradespeople, more lead times, and more moving parts than it looks like on the surface. For […]