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Kitchen & interior details · From our projects

It’s all
in the details.

The wider photograph tells you how a room feels. The closer view shows how it works.

Explore the tap, refrigeration, storage and material decisions behind our rooms, with photographs that bring the useful details into view.

The product edit · In our own projects

Little details.
A closer look.

Look at the things you touch, open and use every day. The tap, the hob, the drawer that keeps everything to hand.

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Onyx · BLANCO 4-in-1 tap & Claron sink.
01 / Water

BLANCO,
in the spotlight.

The 4-in-1 tap and Claron sink at Onyx, set against the illuminated onyx. A practical part of the kitchen, given its own place in the composition.

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Onyx · NEFF · The controls up close.
02 / Onyx

NEFF · The controls up close

The controls and handles are part of the everyday experience. This view brings them into focus.

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The Hut · Fisher & Paykel · Inside the CoolDrawer.
03 / The Hut

Fisher & Paykel · Inside the CoolDrawer

An open drawer tells the story: refrigeration tucked beneath the island, ready to reach into.

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Onyx · The hob within the island.
04 / Onyx

The hob within the island

The wider view shows how the hob, preparation space and appliance bank work together.

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The Hut · Siemens · Part of the cabinetry.
05 / The Hut

Siemens · Part of the cabinetry

A closer look at the oven and its relationship with the surrounding green cabinetry.

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Keep looking: the Quooker finish, the open CoolDrawer at Onyx and the storage behind the fronts.

The Quooker detail ↓More CoolDrawer ideas ↓
Weybridge · Image supplied by Lisa Melvin.

The bathroom edit · Weybridge

Soft curves.
Clear details.

The rounded Duravit Happy D.2 basin and floating furniture bring warmth to the pale veined surfaces. Acquabella and Matki complete the shower area, with dark fittings drawing the details together.

Furniture & basin
Duravit Happy D.2
Shower tray
Acquabella
Shower glass
Matki

Look at how the curve of the furniture sits beside the straight lines of the glass, and how light picks out the mirror and shower niche.

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Onyx · Light within the pantry shelving.

Light / Joinery / Everyday use

The shelf.
The glow.
The quiet detail.

Open the pantry door and light reveals the depth of the shelving. The timber, stored objects and illumination become one composition.

It is a small moment in the room, and part of how the space works every day.

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Ash House · A brassware and timber detail.

Brassware / Timber / Proportion

Where one material
meets another.

The close-up brings the tap, panel and reflection into view. These are the relationships we keep returning to as a specification develops.

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01 / Water at the worktop

A useful system.
A personal detail.

This bespoke Quooker Nordic Square in Jaguar Blackberry is from our showroom archive. The close-up shows how a small fitting can become part of the kitchen’s colour story.

A Quooker system combines the tap with a tank below the worktop. If chilled still and sparkling water are part of the brief, the additional CUBE system and its compatibility need to be considered too.

The finish is only one decision. The sink, tank space and access all belong in the same design conversation.

Our showroom archive · A bespoke Quooker Nordic Square in Jaguar Blackberry. This is a documented custom finish.

02 / The parts you do not see

Plan the whole sink space.

The tap is the visible part of a busy area. What sits beneath it deserves the same attention, especially when several systems share one cupboard.

The water system.

We plan room for the selected tank, any additional water components and the access needed to use and maintain them.

How Quooker works ↗

InSinkErator.

A food-waste disposer sits beneath the sink. InSinkErator uses a grinding mechanism to break down food scraps, which pass into the waste pipe with running water.

If one is part of your brief, we consider the chosen sink, waste route, cupboard space and service access together.

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Useful space.

Recycling, cleaning supplies and the things you reach for every day still need a place. We plan the storage around the equipment and your routine.

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Onyx · The Fisher & Paykel CoolDrawer open, revealing the refrigerated drawer behind its cabinet front.

03 / Refrigeration behind a drawer front

Open the drawer.
Find the drinks.

At Onyx, the Fisher & Paykel CoolDrawer is integrated into the fitted cabinetry. The open photograph shows the storage within, and its position alongside the cooking appliances.

We have also used CoolDrawer in the Silverstone kitchen’s island. Placement is part of the design: what will you store, and where will you want to reach for it?

For a new specification, the current CoolDrawer range offers selectable fridge, freezer, pantry, chill and wine modes. We check the chosen model and installation requirements with you.

04 / Behind the fronts

Give the everyday
things a place.

At Onyx, pull-out storage is integrated into the boot-room cabinetry. In Ash House’s principal bathroom, a narrow panel slides aside to reveal toiletries. Different rooms; the same care for how they are used.

Onyx · The storage inside the fitted boot-room cabinetry.
Ash House · Toiletries tucked behind the sliding timber panel.
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05 / Where the materials meet

A closer look
at the finish.

The full room gives the context. Detail photographs show the stone’s veining, the meeting of an edge or the way a handle sits within a panel.

Hannah’s signature design · The pointed stone feature echoes the island’s geometry.

Follow the pattern.

Bookmatching and the shape of the stone are considered as part of the composition.

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Ash House · A close-up of the concealed door within the panelling.

Keep the rhythm.

The doorway is part of the surface, with the handle set into the vertical lines.

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Product information & project sources
Quooker systems ↗Quooker CUBE ↗Fisher & Paykel CoolDrawer ↗How an InSinkErator works ↗Onyx project photographs ↗

Bring us your favourite details

Let’s make them work
for your home.

From one product to the whole room, we can explore the layout, specification and finishes together.

Texture, lighting & material

Maja’s Woodbridge principal suite.

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From K&B Insider · Natural materials

A lifelong love of natural stone.

Panda White sharknose edges, soapstone sink surrounds and bookmatched islands. Look closer at the worktops, compare the materials, and join Lisa as she explores stone, timber, light and the feeling of a room.

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