We took all our pointers off that delightful Kirst Alsopp on Channel 4. In her wonderful series she informed us how we should be upcycling to create a rustic Shabby Chic effect, while still maintaining modern functunality.

We're frightfully happy with what Giles, our interior decorator achieved once we passsed on her instructions....

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Binners...... I bet that worktop is a right bugger to keep clean

On a serious note, I'm presently designing a brochure for a well known upmarket german kichen manufacturer with hints and tips on how to create your perfect kitchen. Would you like me to send you an advanced copy?

Yes please.

Email is in profile.

Thanks.

Steve

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Nothing fancy here, wood worktops and off white shaker style

Er... could you send me it too, binners?

Gloss white from ikea almost finished.

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we went with gloss white Ikea also (and same handles as above 🙂 ). It's been in for a year and no issues keeping it clean

Never had an issue with our gloss units, though they are glass fronted, rather than acryllic.

The Silestone tiops have been a bit of a pain to keep looking tidy though - water marks etc.

B&Q Cook & Lewis framed shaker (handles sourced separately), oak surfaces (couldn't afford granite/marble/concrete).

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Utility area (to the right of the first pic).

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Units from Magnet (15 yrs ago), Beech floor and worktops.

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razorrazoo - is that [b]really[/b] your kitchen, and not just a pic from a mag?

If so, cleaning frenzy!

Do you folks actually ride bikes? Complete absence of wheels, tyres and inner tubes let alone a bike!

Too bloomin' tidy for sure. 😀

I'm just putting the finishing touches to the brochure. I shall email it through when its done. It does have some genuinelly helpful advice.

Anyone else want one?

Razarrazoo that is one nice kitchen mate.

I just built enormous garage for my bikes. Bigger than the kitchen 🙂

I'd like one Binners!
Thanks,
D.

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I just though i would add this as a "how not to do a kitchen" and "what happens when you let BNQ kitchen designer cram as much units in as possible to maximise profit......." and "cheap kitchen poorly fitted by blind pew and stevie wonder falls apart"

I hate this kitchen - always have ... (its a photo from the house sale brochure when i bought it) it goes to the tip next year when i build the rear extension.

b r - Member

razorrazoo - is that really your kitchen, and not just a pic from a mag?

If so, cleaning frenzy!

Yes and yes!!

Mrs R is a (now freelance) stylist and homes writer, so naturally sold our own kitchen as a shoot when we did it a couple of years ago.

We have 2 kids so it is usually buried under piles of mess. Plus it's styled for the shoot so superfluous everyday items have been moved and replaced for the pics.

Some more from the shoot.

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Plus what it looks like when she's out for the evening. 😀

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Mine.
Was built from sheets of 18mm mdf and painted.

renton - Member

Razarrazoo that is one nice kitchen mate.

And thanks, didn't cost too much either (aside from the extension to put it in - still paying for that).

Was built from sheets of 18mm mdf and painted.

Very impressive, you'd never guess that Stainless Steel effect fridge, hob and oven were just painted MDF!

Very impressive, you'd never guess that Stainless Steel effect fridge, hob and oven were just painted MDF!

Yeah, it's amazing what you can do with a router and some humbrol enamel.

[i]Yes and yes!!

Mrs R is a (now freelance) stylist and homes writer, so naturally sold our own kitchen as a shoot when we did it a couple of years ago.
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I reckon that ours could be ok for a photoshoot in "Half-dismantled kitchens"...

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I reckon that ours could be ok for a photoshoot in "Half-dismantled kitchens"...

If that was located in Shoreditch I have no doubt it could be passed as a hipster's flat.

Ours came from Riverside in Penistone. Been fitted five years and still looks like new. Really felt for the guys who brought the granite worktops to find out the sink hole had been cut out in the wrong direction.

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Spent most of the summer using the barbeque, microwave and the garden wall

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br beat me to it....mine last weekend and present:

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Long way to go yet 🙁

Binners - yes please to the brochure!

Thanks

br and doosuck, thanks for the pics, going to show my missus and hope it puts her off wanting a new kitchen 🙂

razorrazoo

I'm presuming your wife is Astrid?

Phil says hello (Ex Ideal Home/Your Home/House Beautiful/Style at Home Art Director)

My wife is also a stylist yet my kitchen is a tip!

MM

MountainMutant - Member

razorrazoo

I'm presuming your wife is Astrid?

Phil says hello (Ex Ideal Home/Your Home/House Beautiful/Style at Home Art Director)

My wife is also a stylist yet my kitchen is a tip!

MM

Haha, yes. Seem to remember a Phil. Small world. 🙂

And most of the rest of the house is still a tip / work in progress.

Ha ha it is!

I do all my bike maintenance in the kitchen since MrsMM took over MY garage with her 'props'. That'll teach her.

I got boxes from Howdens and then got a carpenter to build the doors and the oak work surface and then F and B French Grey the woodwork. Handles came from Hafely. The overall cost was no greater than a cheapy one off the shelf.

From Wren and fitted by myself. These photos are when it was almost complete.

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Razorrazoo - those big hanging lamps are what we have been looking for - where did you get 'em, please?

Could I also have a copy please Binners. We're just in the process of designing our new kitchen. Thanks.

Yes please as well Binners. Have been [s]Putting off[/s] thinking hard about doing mine and can't really leave it any longer

Don't be put off by gloss our gloss doors don't seem to mark too badly. Anything stainless seems terrible though... Wickes cheap cabinets, but look expensive surrounded by hardwood & an Italian tile spashback. All my own work.

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Go through the brochures and lift ideas that you like from there. You can use cheaper stuff to good effect most places but don't skimp on the worktops.

Here is one i did a couple of years ago minus the worktops!
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In the process of revamping a kitchen in our new to us house!

Another copy of that brochure here please Binners 🙂

christ, we need a new kitchen 😳

ononeorange - Member
Razorrazoo - those big hanging lamps are what we have been looking for - where did you get 'em, please?

They are a sum of parts. The shades are re enamelled salvage. We got them at a shop in the Cotswolds on our travels, however I have seen to them at salvage yards and online shops. I then had to put them together with chain (DIY shop), galvanised wiring boxes (sparky supplied those so I assume easy to get hold of), bulb holder (electric parts shop) and fabric covered flex (ebay).

Just did a quick google for enamelled lamp shades, throws up places like this [url= http://coxsarchitectural.co.uk/lights.htm ]Shades[/url]

Ours. Pine, built by a local carpenter:
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Binners YGM 🙂

To everyone who's asked for a brochure: I'll have it signed off next couple of days, and I'll get it straight over to you as soon as it is.

Thanks binners.

Keep those kitchens coming gents.

Some truly nice stuff out there.

WEJ is the winner.
What a view, round of applause

WEJ - 😯

Binner... me too please!

Not that i can afford to do it anytime soon but I can dream!

WEJ...

Nice, verynice

WEJ - you keep those pics hidden from mrs_oab or we will have a problem as we move, AGAIN.... Verrrrrry nice house.

WEJ's kitchen is very nice but I think I prefer the razars on the first page.

Razor - brilliant link, thank you.

WEJ - amazing house. You clearly live in some nirvana like mcmoonter. Do you have enormous log stores all over the place?!

Some chuffin' nice kitchens here. Mine looks tattier than ever now 🙁

I have been perusing this website for ideas...
http://www.thedesignchaser.com

Binners - would appreciate a copy too, please 🙂

ononeorange - Member
Razor - brilliant link, thank you.

No probs. The mrs spends hours trawling these places for her job.

WEJ is the winner.

No extractor above either cooker?

That view is the winner through!

No extractor above either cooker?

[i]No extractor above either cooker?[/i]

You shouldn't put then over the 'proper' range cookers (looks like a Stanley?), at least I know not above an AGA.

Thanks for the kind comments!

WEJ - amazing house. You clearly live in some nirvana like mcmoonter. Do you have enormous log stores all over the place?!

It's funny you should say that, we've usually got around 10-20 tonnes of logs in store, and currently burn around 7-8 tonnes a year. We're having a log Biomass system installed this week, so will be using a bit more in future.

No extractor above either cooker?

It's a Rayburn, we were advised that it wasn't necessary. There is an extractor fan in the kitchen, although we rarely use it.

[kitchenenvy]Induction hob too. That won't do at all. You ever tried to use a wok on one of those things? Not a fan.[/kitchenenvy]

Induction hob's great so far, not tried a wok yet though!

Hey Binners hows the brochure coming along !!

And can I have a copy please?

Ours. On delivery day:
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Lived in:
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The gloss effect is only really a problem on the fridge door (and at certain angles) because we don't tend to use the handle to close it...

Kitchen came from here, no idea if they're available in the UK...
[url= http://www.haecker-kuechen.de/en/kitchens/classicart/bright-colours-uni/lumos-stratos.html ]Häcker Küchen[/url]

The website does have a pretty useful kitchen floor planner built in for free but probably no better than you can find online elsewhere..

Righty ho. Nearly there with getting this signed off. a few days later than usual. Standard.

Everyone whos asked for one, I'll get it to you over the weekend.

I thought it said kittens...I am disappoint.

Any news yet binners ??

Binners did you get my email ref the brochure??

Hows it coming along ?

Brochure here too please Binners.. The Mrs has just seen this thread 😳

Oh dear. You can't hold me responsible for that.

It is actually signed off now, so i shall sort that out over the weekend

Can I have a brochure too please.

Some really nice kitchens in this thread.

Can I have a brochure and £20k please?

Any updates yet then binners??

I'm guessing that he'll have it finished on Tuesday morning* so that he has an excuse to cry off a Monday Night Pub Ride to meet one of his "deadlines"...

*not necessarily this Tuesday morning though.

Resurrects old thread so folk can get on Binner's back again 8)

Just found this, which is fun:
https://www.howdens.com/advice-inspiration/kitchen-visualiser/

that's all

Any news from Binners ???

Binners bin in?