Willow Place – Christchurch

The aim was to create a bright and open kitchen and living room for our client to enjoy the river views of the river Avon and to celebrate the property’s family history.

This job was very different from most of our previous completed jobs. We had the pleasure of being introduced to the client from a recommendation by a local design and build company. Their client had commissioned them to completely renovate this quaint and quirky cottage that sits directly on the river bank of the river Avon. The client inherited this property and has now been in the family since the late 1980s.

The Brief:

To create a homely kitchen and open-plan living area that celebrates the property’s heritage and beautiful views. Incorporate similar cabinets in the kitchen area to what the client has in their home town Melbourne Australia, using mid and dark grey units but with light oak interior cabinets and drawer boxes to compliment the solid wood herringbone floors and exposed bespoke oak beams. They wanted to replicate elements from their farmhouse in Australia.

The Task:  

During the creation stage, we organised several Zoom meetings which had its challenges straight away due to the clients living in Australia and the different time zones, It was either very early in the morning or the later part of the evening GMT. Our director Matthew had a complete set of samples boxed and shipped to Australia to help the client choose what colours and textures they preferred and we also had our area rep for Caesarstone organise an appointment for the client with their division in Melbourne to choose the worktops to compliment the kitchen finishes. Once we had everything set in place we had their new kitchen delivered and set up a live stream for the installation so they could oversee the complete installation in their own time.

Kitchen, Price & Finish

• 5-piece contemporary shaker kitchen
• Caesarstone 30mm palm shade worktop
• Bespoke 40mm block white oak pastry block
• Samsung S5 dual cook pyro oven with steam
• Samsung 60 cm flex touch induction
• Samsung 70:30 fridge freezer – twin cooling plus
• Samsung 60cm dishwasher
• Novy crystal extractor
• Franke sink & tap
• £27,000 – £32,000

Client Review

“Matt was fantastic and easy to work with. He has great design flair and a really good range of products on offer. With us being located in Australia he showed great patience as he helped us to develop a new kitchen for our Dorset project. He is an excellent communicator and as he is both the designer and creative director, it’s very reassuring and efficient to deal directly with the person who makes it all happen. We would definitely recommend him to anyone looking for an innovative and high-quality kitchen design.”