Gibson – Daines Close, Barton on Sea

The client of this coastal chalet bungalow located at Barton-On-Sea wanted a light and contemporary kitchen but without the normal whites and grey tones. The client had a contemporary painting that held a sentimental value to them and enjoyed the colours in it, the main kitchen colour was taken from the picture as inspiration.

The Brief:

The owner of the coastal chalet bungalow came to us after being referred by a friend. The client wanted to create a bright and open space with more worktop space than she had previously with better-functioning storage, maximising drawers and interior pullouts rather than fixed shelved cupboards.

The Task:

As we had to work around an existing chimney stack we soon had to factor in several important areas of the kitchen, the locations for the boiler, ovens, fridge, and freezer all within a confined space. We decided it was best to use the height of the interior section of the chimney to utilise the fridge and ovens, leaving the remainder of the kitchen for under-counter appliances to maximise the worktop potential.

Pronorm provides expensive customisations to their kitchen cabinets so we had the option to provide specially sized units for the difficult area to create as much symmetry and to keep the design as minimal as possible. The kitchen was provided in X-LINE LM with a lacquered door that’s finished in green-grey. We then complemented this colour with a quartz worktop that was chalky off-white with mottled veins and a mirrored splashback directly under the illuminated wall units that finished the whole space off.

Kitchen Range, Price & Finish

• Pronorm X-LINE Kitchen
• Novy 1861 recirculating induction hob
• Samsung dual flex oven/microwave
• Bocsh series 4 fridge
• Bosch series 4 under-counter freezer
• Bosch series 4 45cm dishwasher
• Franke sink & tap
• Bianco marmara quartz
• Grey mirror glass Splashback
• £25,000 – £28,000

Clients Review

“I really love my new Kitchen designed by Matt of Studio 30. I love everything about it, the design, the colour, the easy to use appliances and the stone worktop. I admire Matt’s patience in dealing with my wishes to integrate the existing obsolete features of the kitchen, which now fit with the modern style perfectly.”