KITCHEN PROJECT: Spacious & relaxed

BY RECONFIGURING THE GROUND FLOOR, JANE PITT HAS TURNED AN AWKWARD KITCHEN INTO A SPACE TO COOK, ENTERTAIN AND RELAX

- MAXINE BRADY

‘Sebastian Cox’s hand-painted units were perfect for our new kitchen scheme.’ Island unit, from £4,020, Sebastian Cox at deVol

PROJECT DETAILS

WHO LIVES HERE?

Jane Pitt, her husband Steve and their daughter Anya, 15.

THE PROJECT

A five-bedroomed detached Edwardian house in Woodford Green, east London.

TOTAL COST £85,000

Previously we had an L-shaped kitchen and you had to walk a long way from the sink to the fridge! We now have room for a central kitchen island and doors that open out onto the garden.’ Shaker units in Damask, £540 for 330mm base cupboard, deVol. Gemini quartz Arabescato, from £480sq m, Gemini Worktops, has this look. Walls painted in Wevet estate emulsion, £53 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball

THE PROBLEM

We had outgrown the higgledypiggledy layout of our old kitchen

THE SOLUTION