The Kitchen

The Heart of the Modern Home

Initially, this whole process started with us wanting a new kitchen as the one we currently have is, as one contractor so eloquently put it, "a bit of a cave".
As it's located in the middle of a hallway, utility room, and dining room it has very little natural daylight coming in and even worse, very little worktop space essential for food preparation. My wife and I are constantly getting in each others way when we're preparing meals so the kitchen was one area we would definitely not compromise on.

Whilst we weren't going for a top of the range, all singing, all dancing, bespoke showroom kitchen (initial quotes came in at upwards of £25,000) we weren't going to make do with an off the shelf DIY store special either. We had a unique space that we wanted to fill with a unique kitchen that would work for us now and in the future. So after doing a fair bit of research online, we decided to go for a modern, minimalist look in sleek, white lacquered gloss offered by a local kitchen company called Optiplan after visiting their showroom in Twyford.

Scanned image from the Caple brochure (Soraya White)

The design consultant understood our brief from the very start and her input was invaluable in designing the kitchen to suit our needs. She knew we had a fixed budget and did all she could to knock off a bit here and a bit there in order to deliver our dream kitchen. A far cry from some companies which try to sell you what you don't want for more than you can afford.

I'll be posting photos of the installation and the finished article on the Gallery section of this blog. You can also see the plan and rendered images below

Floorplan Design by Optiplan

White gloss units with composite worktops, fitted double oven and 1000mm induction hob

Different view showing bi-fold doors and seating area. Ignore the decor!!