‘The Secret Kitchen’ – a bespoke design by kitchen company, Mowlem & Co
A lack of space does not have to preclude a stylish kitchen. Now, busy urbanites (who eschew Nigella in favour of the multiple metropolitan dining options) need make do no longer with a pokey, ill-equipped, embarrassment of a galley.
The best dressed homes, however spacially challenged, can avail themselves of the award-winning skills of British modern bespoke specialists, Mowlem & Co to get the ultimate in hidden glamour. A covetable compact kitchen design can be fitted behind fold-away, floor-to-ceiling doors and positioned subtly against any wall, through a hallway, under the stairs, or in any part of an open plan living space, as desired. And when revealed, this gem of a bespoke kitchen is no wallflower!
Mowlem & Co created this ‘Secret’ kitchen for a classic London mews house and a time-poor family that needed only the fundamentals from a kitchen which would not dominate their open-plan living space. Positioned along one wall of a connecting corridor between the dining and living area on the ground floor, the kitchen sits neatly behind cleverly constructed folding doors with a flush, handle-less finish.
These full height units have been hand-painted in white to match the walls of the space, but when they are smoothly opened – and neatly slid back via a special mechanism into waiting ‘door docks’ – they reveal a bright, bold and glamorous run of kitchen units and appliances. The rich red laminate of the furniture is matched by a custom painted glass splashback and complemented by quartz worktops in a chic ‘Osprey’ colour.
Not a centimetre of space is wasted, customised storage – with the interiors as beautifully finished as the exteriors – is designed into every available area. Appliance specification also reflects this attention to detail and optimal functionality. There’s a Gaggenau fridge with a small ice maker, a Miele single oven and induction hob, a microwave, a Quooker boiling water tap (dispensing with a space and energy guzzling kettle) and a smart KWC tap over the stainless steel sink. There’s even a dishwasher fitted in below the fridge.
This ‘Secret’ kitchen was designed and built by Mowlem & Co to meet the precise specifications, space and style of this particular home … But the beauty of genuinely bespoke design means that something similar – or suitably different – could be created along the same principles for whoever would most appreciate such a smart solution. A similar design would cost from approx £20,000.
Award-winning Mowlem & Co design and build bespoke kitchens, creating uniquely tailored, finely crafted furniture. While at the leading edge of trends, their designs translate the best of contemporary innovation into timelessly elegant and functional designs that are a pleasure to live with. Offering full service from start to finish, with a wealth of experience and expertise, Mowlem & Co create furniture for the kitchen and other special commissions in the UK and internationally. There are Mowlem & Co showrooms in London, Newcastle and Knutsford and distributors in Edinburgh and Belfast. Mowlem & Co have a dedicated 25,000 sq.ft workshop in Tyneside.
