In a relatively small space, compromises have to be made, but in the right hands that needn’t result in a lesser design. With this eat-in kitchen in London there wasn’t room for everything initially requested, such as a breakfast bar on the island, but the resulting space feels open, elegant and highly functional.
After extending the original tiny kitchen, the owners asked Nick Street of Sylvarna Kitchen Design to create Shaker-style cabinetry. He used several tricks to make the space feel bigger, including raising the island on legs, opening up the area above the range cooker, and installing white countertops to reflect the light. “We came out of it with something that was actually better than what they were originally looking for,” Street says.
Kitchen at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple and their dog
Location: Wandsworth, South London
Size: 517 square feet (about 48 square meters)
Designer: Nick Street of Sylvarna Kitchen Design
The owners of the Victorian row house wanted their new eat-in kitchen to feel airy and be able to accommodate a crowd.
Before: The old kitchen certainly couldn’t accommodate a crowd. The previous occupant had lived in the house for 50 years and managed with this tiny setup. “It was the smallest kitchen I’ve ever seen,” Street says. There was one oven, a short countertop and a sink.
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