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Ideal Home UK
|October 2023
THE ABUNDANT DAYLIGHT FLOWING INTO MANISSA PATEL'S NEW KITCHEN ALLOWED HER TO OPT FOR A DARING DARK GREEN
KITCHEN PROJECT
PROJECT DETAILS
WHO LIVES HERE?
Manissa Patel and her daughter Jaine, six.
THE PROJECT
Kitchen refit and extension in a four-bedroom detached 1930s house in Shenfield, Essex.
TOTAL COST
£65,000
THE PROBLEM
Light-starved, dated kitchen, awkwardly located in the middle of the house
THE SOLUTION
This story is from the October 2023 edition of Ideal Home UK.
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