For the family, which includes an avid chef, functionality was key. This is reflected in the details, many of which can’t be appreciated from photographs alone. ‘I’d say 50% is the aesthetic and the other 50% is the unseen – what it’s like to open a door or cupboard and the sounds they make,’ Andrew explains.
Kitchen at a Glance
Who lives here A family with teenage children
Location Hampshire
Size 4.5 x 7.6m
Designer Andrew Petherick of Artichoke
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As part of an extension, there were limitations on the kitchen’s ceiling height and it had to be kept quite low. ‘We had to dispense with top cabinetry,’ says Andrew. ‘But we don’t really like wall cupboards anyway – they are often overbearing and stop you doing fun things with the walls that are more attractive.’
As a keen cook, the client has a beautiful collection of copper pans, which is used on a regular basis. Keeping the shelving open has made them part of the design, and ensures they’re easily accessible.
As a keen cook, the client has a beautiful collection of copper pans, which is used on a regular basis. Keeping the shelving open has made them part of the design, and ensures they’re easily accessible.
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The space allowed for a particularly large kitchen island, which maintained the Edwardian feel. ‘If you were to have ventured into a cook’s kitchen in an Edwardian home, you would have found a big, brutal island designed for heavy use and often up to six people working around it,’ Andrew says.
For inspiration, he picked up on the style of Edwin Lutyens, a prominent British architect famous for fusing Edwardian contemporary with older styles. ‘The whole room has an Edwardian cook’s working kitchen flavour to it,’ he adds.
For inspiration, he picked up on the style of Edwin Lutyens, a prominent British architect famous for fusing Edwardian contemporary with older styles. ‘The whole room has an Edwardian cook’s working kitchen flavour to it,’ he adds.
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The solid oak island is half topped with oak and half with Italian black basalt, a volcanic rock. The work surface is about 3.5m in total and finding a stone slab that large was incredibly difficult. Rather than placing two pieces of basalt together, Andrew decided to split the materials. This also serves a practical purpose, as oak does not fare well with water and basalt is a harder stone that can stand the wear.
Check out 10 ideas for adding an island to your work space
Check out 10 ideas for adding an island to your work space
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The designers had a La Cornue oven commissioned in copper to pick up on the family’s extensive range of copper pans. The copper detailing in the hood was also bespoke, designed and made by Artichoke. ‘La Cornue is a French company, and each oven is unique and specific to each customer, with different types of plates depending on their cooking styles,’ Andrew explains.
The tap above is a pot-filler. ‘Rather than having to carry heavy pans over to the sink, they can be filled with water in situ,’ he says.
Oven, La Cornue. Worktops, basalt. Cabinets, painted tulip wood.
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The tap above is a pot-filler. ‘Rather than having to carry heavy pans over to the sink, they can be filled with water in situ,’ he says.
Oven, La Cornue. Worktops, basalt. Cabinets, painted tulip wood.
Read expert advice on how to choose your perfect worktop
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The shelves are Italian black basalt, like the worktops, and rest on Acero limestone brackets. ‘We designed the shape of the shelf supports using historical reference – that very same detail is also seen supporting the portico of a building in Sloane Avenue in central London,’ Andrew says.
Details like this pull together all the historical influences and create a real sense of careful design and authenticity. ‘The lighting is channelled underneath those shelves,’ Andrew explains. ‘There’s a lighting strip embedded into the stone and all the electrics run through the limestone brackets to create a glow without being seen.’
Details like this pull together all the historical influences and create a real sense of careful design and authenticity. ‘The lighting is channelled underneath those shelves,’ Andrew explains. ‘There’s a lighting strip embedded into the stone and all the electrics run through the limestone brackets to create a glow without being seen.’
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The kitchen has two taps, both with different purposes and thus different designs. ‘The tap at the back needs to cover two sinks, and be quite tall to fill vases and large pots, so it has a long swan neck. The sink in the centre is for food preparation, so the tap doesn’t need to be that high,’ Andrew explains.
The white metro tiles – common in Edwardian kitchens – are grouted in grey. ‘The grout lines accentuate the brick pattern, which is very Edwardian,’ Andrew explains.
Swan neck tap, similar to mono mixer, Hornbeam Ivy. Island tap, similar to deck mount bridge mixer articulated spout, Hornbeam Ivy. Architecture tiles, Fired Earth.
The white metro tiles – common in Edwardian kitchens – are grouted in grey. ‘The grout lines accentuate the brick pattern, which is very Edwardian,’ Andrew explains.
Swan neck tap, similar to mono mixer, Hornbeam Ivy. Island tap, similar to deck mount bridge mixer articulated spout, Hornbeam Ivy. Architecture tiles, Fired Earth.
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All of the cabinetry was custom-designed and made bespoke by Artichoke. The moulding detail around the edge of the doors is based on a specific historical reference. ‘We picked those out from moulding details found in Fota House in Cork,’ says Andrew.
The cabinets are made from tulip wood, which Artichoke sources from the coolest parts of North America to ensure the timber is stable. The basalt and limestone window seats echo the shelving.
Cabinetry painted in Loft White, Little Greene.
The cabinets are made from tulip wood, which Artichoke sources from the coolest parts of North America to ensure the timber is stable. The basalt and limestone window seats echo the shelving.
Cabinetry painted in Loft White, Little Greene.
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An open shelf at the bottom of the island allows for cookware to be accessed easily and creates a lived-in, homely feel. The flooring is limestone from the same quarry as the shelf and seat brackets.
Andrew ensured the handles were authentic by looking around at kitchens from the regency cooks period. ‘They had what we like to call a “monkey-mouth” handle, which is very specific to that period,’ he explains. Artichoke had them made out of pewter.
Andrew ensured the handles were authentic by looking around at kitchens from the regency cooks period. ‘They had what we like to call a “monkey-mouth” handle, which is very specific to that period,’ he explains. Artichoke had them made out of pewter.
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The detailing within the drawers gives an idea of the care and thought that went into ensuring the kitchen adapted to the lives of the clients. The cutlery drawer is double layered, with secondary-use cutlery on the bottom layer and daily-use on top.
‘The dots are magnets that lock the top drawer onto the front, so when the drawer is opened it doesn’t slide back unless you want it to,’ Andrew explains. The cutlery is the family’s own, and was measured by Artichoke when designing the drawer.
‘The dots are magnets that lock the top drawer onto the front, so when the drawer is opened it doesn’t slide back unless you want it to,’ Andrew explains. The cutlery is the family’s own, and was measured by Artichoke when designing the drawer.
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Pegs anchor the kitchen plates to ensure they don’t slide and get damaged as the drawer shuts. The pegs can be rearranged to allow different items of crockery to be housed there. ‘The doors we use are 32mm thick, which is a very decent size, so they close with an agreeable thud,’ Andrew explains.
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The family’s beautiful Japanese knives were measured individually for this knife block, so each one has its own place. The board on top is a chopping board that can be removed and used elsewhere when necessary.
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