Kitchen experts - where can I get a kitchen like this?

[laveinarde]

So I have completely fallen in love with this kitchen but apparently it is discontinued Fired Earth. It is the kitchen in the top right picture - can see closer if you click into that gallery and scroll on 2/3 pics.

I love that the hinges are visble and I especially love that the doors and drawers are not flush with the frame. Even if I could afford FE (which I can't!) their current ranges are not as much to my taste as they don't look as rustic. If anyone knows where I can get one like the one in the picture I'd be delighted.

The old creamery, always advertised in the back of magazines...www.oldcreameryfurniture.com/index.htm

Try the Olive Branch - not expensive and quite rustic.

Exit I just accidentally clicked on your name and it went to your profile... as your profile summary is punctuated with your picture it reads 'she lives in the NorthWest, she is old'

'Gosh' I thought - 'that's blunt, still she wrote it I suppose'...

Pic of dog

...enough to know better

Arf!!!

p.s your dog looks fab!!

- I am not very able when it comes to techy stuff -

teehee - made oi larf

I too am northwest though I claim not to be old but suspect my ds will only ever think I am (36) and one day will realise with a revelation that I haven't always been.

Sorry OP - you can have your thread back now

Hi Ginpalace

the doors, if you want identical you would prob have to get built for you as they are an in-frame where the door has a lip to close proud of the carcass/frame.
used to be the norm in the 60's. The butt hinges you can use on most doors also

Thanks for suggestions - both look lovely but not as lovely as the one in the photo! I may have to look into getting something built but imagine that may start to get to FE prices...

OP - lottery ticket for tomorrow... it could be you but hope its me as I am skint and would also like FE stuff

The Olive Branch build their own stuff, so worth talknig to them.

They do in frame similar style wood kitchens at Howdens, Wickes, B&Q and Benchmarx. Though I think most only do them in painted white or grey (that green grey type colour) though I think B&Q do blue. You can put whatever handles and worktop you like with these so may be able to recreate look without paying a fortune.

Try Handmade Kitchens of Christchurch. Kitchens come unpainted. You might be able to get the look you want.

Plain English
Devol
John Lewis of Hungerford
Chalon
Smallbone of Devize
Handmade Kitchens Direct

All do hand painted inframe kitchens

I am currently looking for a new kitchen and so far have been in contact with Plain English (£££££££!!!), DeVol (very nice indeed and reasonably priced), Higham Kitchens (beautiful. Been to their work shop and probably ordering from them shortly). They all do I frame hand built to your spec. DeVol and Higham are the reasonably priced way of doing this. I was in love with Plain English but had a rough cost based on a sketch and despite their 20% sale discount, it was eye watering.

There are others such as Kitstone and Neptune who do the same but their units are not bespoke made for you so you can only get what they have on their list and they work out more expensive than DeVol and Higham. Nice kitchens but I think you are paying for their many showrooms.

Watching to see other suggestions.

Also Yew Tree Designs in Sussex. Solid pine kitchens.

skandi hope you dont mind me asking but roughly how much is the HIgham price?
I had discounted them as they are not local but have just had an eye watering quote from a local cabinet maker and so am looking at other options.

Pannacotta. The first quote was based on a rough design and am currently awaiting the full detail of what I really want.

The first one for a large kitchen with an island inc their v v v lovely 7 drawer dresser was £17k inc installation, painting, oak cabinets etc. Of this the cabinets inc upgrades to oak and painting etc came to £13.5k and rest was installation. Their installation cost was a little higher than Devol but not much.

The one I am expecting will probably be higher as more units are added (4more).

I had same one costed by Plain English and it was £65k without installation! I nearly died. I didn't even mention it to DH as he would have a coronary.

Devol came in around £15k I think.

To be honest I did spend a lot of time looking around for cheaper kitchens but found that due to number of units needed in kitchen, even a bog standard magnet kitchen would cost me £14k without appliances.

You can find a complete price list of the Higham website (sorry can't link as on phone). And an excel quote builder so you could price your own.

DH wants to spend less but I honestly have not found anything else of better value. Yes cheaper but not in frame solid wood kitchens only mdf chipboard shrink wrapped stuff.

I am also looking for a solid wood hand painted in frame kitchen.

We moved into this house 13 years ago and I hated the kitchen, but it was perfectly functional. Over the years we have re-jigged the units, added a breakfast bar and new sink but it is totally falling to bits now.

We have decided to stay in this house and do an extension and the kitchen is the main part of that. My neighbour has had 2 or 3 kitchens (Ikea B&Q) in the time we have been here. I want this kitchen to last for 25 years at least so when you look at it like that I think they are really good value.

I am in Central Scotland and there are not too many places that do them.
Good to hear that your quotes are between 15-20k asthat it what I was hoping to pay. Not 40k plus.

I meant to add, I have always loved this type of kitchen. Over the past 20 years of being a home owner I have always wanted one.

Painted wood, a mixture of granite and wood worktop, flagstones on the floor.
Range cooker with overmantle, fancy pantry cupboard, large islands. I can't wait.

We had our kitchen made by Higham, and they were great. They helped us design exactly what we wanted, offering suggestions that made it more workable (e.g. non-standard worktop width) and cheaper (e.g. dishwasher behind a door rather than integrated). It all looks beautiful, and the fitting was perfect (despite us having an awkwardly uneven quarry tile floor!)

That was 3 years ago, and just last week I yet again spontaneously told my DH how much I love our kitchen!

btw, we used slate for our worktops, which we're really happy with. It's about the same price as granite, but I prefer the look of it. We considered wooden worktops, but I'm quite splashy around the sink (!) so it's nice not having to worry about water, and I really like being able to put a hot pan down anywhere.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Higham looks interesting and the price doesn't sound too bad really. Will look into it in more detail.

Also fizzwhirl I am delighted to hear that you are happy with slate for your worktops. This is what I want but have had so much negativity about it from various kitchen people. Where did you get yours from?

The big problem I am having is that people generally (and builders and kitchen designers especially) don't like a more rustic, random and lived in look. They like everything matching, smooth, glossy and integrated which is great if you like that asthetic, but I don't especially. I am almost at the stage of getting the building work done, having a range fitted then trying to find salvage pieces to fit around it and bunging some slate on top of them! I am so scared of spending upwards of £10k on a kitchen that is what someone else would want iykwim.

I think it's really worth sticking to your guns, and getting what you want. It's you who will be using your kitchen every day!

People warned us about slate scratching too - but in the end Tim Higham asked one of his other clients who had slate, and they said they liked it, so that gave us the courage to go ahead!

It does scratch, but the scratches fade if you rub some of the special oil on it. And I suppose I just don't really mind a few scratches! We obviously always use chopping boards, and we try not to drag heavy things across the surface. But I still think it needs much less care than wood. And it has a lovely soft feel, and looks really nice.

I got quotes from 2 companies:
Berwyn
and
Slate Worktops

We went with Slate Worktops in the end - although I can't remember now what the decision was based on! I think the prices were similar.

Higham fitted the cabinets, then once they were in place, the slate company came and made a template for the worktops. They took a few weeks to cut them, and then came back and fitted them. (We had booked the dates several months earlier though). The slate company were based in Wales, and we're in London - but they seemed to find it pretty normal to come to anywhere in the country.

Very jealous that you are going to get a range, laveinarde
We couldn't fit one in, so got <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?hl=en&biw=1680&bih=949&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=Q323QbHDwieG2M:&imgrefurl=www.idealo.co.uk/compare/877797/cannon-c60dp-professional.html&docid=RNa77RqLg7tnCM&itg=1&imgurl=cdn.idealo.com/folder/Product/877/7/877797/s3_produktbild_gross/cannon-c60dp-professional.png&w=300&h=250&ei=mSGZT-2xF-eT0QXxrIjoBQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=246&sig=104030997671071010327&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=166&start=0&ndsp=47&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:67&tx=84&ty=97" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this instead, which we thought was the same kind of aesthetic.

Try Pineland - solid, made to measure and extremely easy to fit.

www.pineland.co.uk/kitchen.htm

Thanks for all that fizzwhirl. I have a sample of slate from Berwyn. So were you unable to use your kitchen for a few weeks whilst the worktop was sorted? And just out of interest what have you got on the floor? If we go with a wooden worktop we will do slate flooring but if we do a slate worktop I think slate flooring would be too much!