Kitchen coming along nicely.

The kitchen is getting close, and we're really happy with how it's coming together. The objective for this room, apart from making it very cool!, was to add more storage, but make the room feel bigger. It's a pretty small room with little natural light, and it previously felt very cramped.

In a moment of pure genius (in our opinion) we had the brainwave to remove the worktop, base units and wall units on the left side of the room (where the fridge is) and replace it with floor to ceiling shelves - creating an open larder-type setup. We thought the open shelves would make the room feel bigger (as the room full of wall units felt really claustrophobic) - and we absolutely love them!

The tiles are really cool, retro style white bricks with a neat bevel and were laid in a brick-wall formation. We have some more open stainless steel shelves near the oven, which I am dubbing industrial-chic.

But it doesn't end there. We've added a belfast sink, which has been sunken into the worktop, so it kinda sits above the work surface. We love belfast sinks, and had one in Tooting, but this installation is a little different from the usual exposed approach. We think it works well in the small available space.

So, almost there with this room. Only things left to come are doors for the kitchen units and a cooker hood from above the cooker hob (setting the smoke alarm off is getting a little tedious). We think it's going to be one of the coolest small kitchens ever (modesty, innit).