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WORK OF ART

THAN A KITCHEN

Angus Mackintosh of

Kitchens International
shows how he blended

the traditional with the
modern

ADDING a kitchen to the rear of a period
property takes some skilful designing
to marry in traditional features with a
contemporary look. For Angus Mackintosh,
Senior Sales Designer at award-winning
kitchen designers and retailers Kitchens
International, this was the perfect project
as the client was looking for high-end
cabinetry and appliances and gave him
a fairly free reign to design the ‘perfect’
kitchen.
The clients were looking for a scandi-
style, high quality, luxury modern
kitchen, equipped with the latest modern
conveniences but wanted it to be
understated with an emphasis on clean
lines and symmetry, and have designated
zones for cooking, washing and breakfast.
The extension itself was to be flooded
with light with long glass windows and a
long rooflight and entered into through
glass doors so that the Georgian tiled
floor could be seen. The modernist style
had to be considered and needed to be
complementary to the old house. app. The hob itself is a free induction hob pantry area, wide hidden drawers at
Angus opted for soft matt finishes for which recognises the pan shape and size the hob with hidden internal drawers, a
the lacquered Poggenpohl cabinetry doors, and you can control the temperature by designated spice drawer kitted out with
while the wood grain island helped anchor sliding the pan itself across the hob. space saving inserts and the grouped tall
the kitchen into the space and offered Extraction proved a little more challenging appliance units gave functionality to the
ample storage and work space. High on to ensure it was unobtrusive so Angus individual areas. On the reverse of the
the clients’ wish list was smart appliances suggested a white extractor with remote island an open bookshelf provides a feature
which made cooking effortless and fun. motor which camouflaged into the ceiling, to the large island.
A Gaggenau free induction hob and two so that visually it was very subtle but The finished kitchen is a beautiful space
ovens – a combi microwave and a fully functioned as best as it could. The Quooker to live, with the elements all tying in well
plumbed steam oven – gave the client Fusion boiling tap meant that a kettle was together to make it more a work of art
plenty of cooking space while a Siemens no longer necessary freeing up yet more than a kitchen. Happy clients make for a
larder fridge and freezer provided perfect worktop space. happy designer but Angus even admits
storage. Most of these appliances can be To ensure the airy, clean look, smart he’d love this kitchen to be his, such is the
operated remotely by the clients making it hidden storage was developed, with the beauty of its creation.
a joy to cook in using the home connect pocket door unit revealing their breakfast pkitchensinternational.co.uk

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