Three creative kitchen designs that you can shop now
Gabby Deeming and Ruth Sleightholme create three one-of-a-kind kitchens using a characterful mix of bespoke, vintage and reclaimed elements
Every month House & Garden's decoration editors curate a fictional, shoppable home, using a painstakingly researched selection of beautiful objects old and new. This month Gabby Deeming and Ruth Sleightholme got creative in the kitchen, resulting in these three bespoke, unique designs that bring vintage, reclaimed and new materials together with style. And if you're looking for more inspiration, find it in our big gallery of kitchen ideas.
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- ‘Duck Egg’ paint, £49.50 for 2.5 litres emulsion, from Edward Bulmer Natural Paint.
Floor
- ‘Versailles’ laminate tiles (white oiled oak), £37.99 a square metre, from Quick-Step.
Furniture
- MDF cupboard doors cut to a bespoke design, from £100 a door, from CNC Projects; painted in ‘Verdigris’, £41 for 1 litre water based eggshell, from Edward Bulmer Natural Paint; with fabric panels in ‘Cove’ (008), linen, £130 a metre, from Fermoie.
- Base unit drawer pulls, brass ‘El Toro’, €340 each; wall unit door pulls, brass ‘William & Mary Drop Pulls’, €62 each; both from Van Cronenburg.
- Sink curtain, ‘Vita’ (ivory), by Lisa Fine Textiles, cotton, £339.60 a metre, from Tissus d’Hélène.
- Brass-wrapped MDF worktop (natural finish), from £40 a square foot, from UKAA.
- Beech ‘Avery’ armchair, £8,760 excluding fabric; covered in ‘Squiggle’ (aqua), linen, from £113.40 a metre (minimum order 20 metres); both from Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler.
Accessories
- Vintage willow and wicker baskets, from £45 each, from Straw London.
- Hand-painted ceramic ‘Summer Flower’ and ‘Palm Tree’ plates (blue, pink, green), from £21.99 each, from Penny Morrison.
- Recycled glass ‘Mouthblown Syrian Goblets’, £20 each, from Cutter Brooks.
- ‘Mayan’ crosshead pillar taps (aged brass), £360 a pair, from DeVol.
- ‘Inset 600’ ceramic sink (white), £437, from Shaws of Darwen.
- Regency-style lined wicker oval basket (verdigris), £624, from Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler
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- ‘Checkmate’ cement tiles, 20cm square, $6.89 each, from Clé.
- Iron wall-mounted ‘20mm Classic Poles’ (matt black), from 18p a centimetre; ‘20mm Sleeve Brackets’ (matt black), £7.80 each; and ‘Large S Hooks’ (matt black), £2.90 each; all from Jim Lawrence.
- Woodwork and splashback painted in ‘Off-Black’, £64 for 2.5 litres estate eggshell, from Farrow & Ball.
Floor
- ‘Shoji’ wool rug, £2,770 for 220 x 318cm, from Sinclair Till.
Furniture
- Similar poured concrete worktop, from £4,500 a square metre, from Blakes London.
- Unit doors painted to match, from £75 a square metre, by Annie Millar.
- 'Rigitule’ Fifties painted sheet brass and glass gin trolley, by Mathieu Matégot, £7,500, from Rose Uniacke.
Accessories
- For similar dried flowers, try The Artisan Dried Flower Co.
- Iron pan, £32; enamel gratin dishes, from £22 each; small enamel skillet, £22; enamel colander, £30; ‘Enamel Ladle Set’, £56; small beech chopping board, £32; all from Labour & Wait.
- Brass and zinc ‘Tinkisso Contemporary Kitchen Tap’ (black), £89.99, from Dowsing & Reynolds.
- Concrete ‘Kitchen Sink – Cube’ (wrought iron), £1,300, from The Poured Project.
- ‘Elliot’ glazed earthenware oven dishes, from £12 each, from Habitat.
- Vintage wooden spice spoon, £96, from Larusi.
- ‘Glass Tumbler Set’ (amber), £45 for 4, from Polkra.
- Cushions, ‘Wes’, linen, £26 a metre, from Merchant & Mills; and ‘Summer Blooms’, Tana Lawn cotton, £30 a metre, from Liberty.
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- ‘Creami Colour’ paint, £49.50 for 2.5 litres emulsion, from Edward Bulmer Natural Paint.
- ‘Teak Lattice Screens Wide’, 199 x 95cm, £714 each, from Retrouvius.
- ‘Bouquet’ cement tiles (terracotta), €136 a square metre, from Céleste Mogador.
- Cotton ‘Applique Organza Throw’ (used as curtain), 265 x 225cm, £135, from Cologne & Cotton.
Furniture
- Wall unit doors made from ‘Rectangular Thick Wooden Framed Mirrors’, £40 each, from Argos Home; stained with ‘10-Year Woodstain’ (dark oak gloss), £19.99 for 750ml, by Ronseal, from Screwfix.
- ‘Large Cast Bronze Pull Handles’, by Mark Lewis Interior Design, £22 each, from Lassco.
- Base unit fronts made from reclaimed ‘Panelled Mahogany Doors’, £114 each, from Retrouvius.
- Kickplates painted in ‘Red Ochre’ paint, £41 for 1 litre water based eggshell, from Edward Bulmer Natural Paint.
- Worktop in Rosso Levanto marble, £263 a square metre, from Lapicida.
- Porcelain finished enamelled steel ‘Smalto Table’ (grey green), by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Knoll, £3,888, from Knoll.
- ‘Model #156’ teak plywood and oak chairs, by Børge Mogensen, £2,800 for 8, from Sigmar.
Accessories
- ‘Dorsey’ oiled oak, nickel-plated brass and aluminium lamp, £600, from Nocturne Workshop.
- ‘Rainbow’ stoneware tableware (light yellow, warm yellow): plates, £12 each; bowls, £9 each; all by Hay, from Liberty.
- Tin-glazed stoneware ‘Large Paintbrush Vase’, by Astier de Villatte x John Derian, £300, from Choosing Keeping.
- Ceramic ‘Slipware Bottle No. 36’, £280; and ‘Slipware Bottle No. 35’, £380; both by Dylan Bowen, from The New Craftsmen.
- Sixties steel and glass ‘Vintage Czech Glass Chandelier (V1)’, £1,650, from Skinflint.
