Anyone seen a similar kitchen?

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I really want this Sebastian Cox deVol kitchen:
www.devolkitchens.co.uk/kitchens/sebastian-cox-kitchen-by-devol

But it’s a bit pricey. Anyone seen anything similar? Even in the same price range actually - it would be good to compare.

I wish there were a similar kitchen to that one! It's my fantasy kitchen The closest might be to get unpainted tongue and groove doors and stain them?

Just because I'm looking at them myself at the moment (DeVol well out of my price range and apparently booking up to April now anyway), Naked Kitchens do both a Tongue and Groove style and a cut-out door but unfortunately don't seem to do them together! I'm sure there are others though.

I was looking for something like this a few years ago. You could have them made but they are very cleverly done with just the right amount of roughness and irregular widths.
Schuller do tongue and groove style doors but they are not as rustic looking (Domus).
Ikea also do one "Hittarp" if that's not the opposite extreme.
Google for "V-groove" and there are some ideas.

I would contact a good carpenter and ask them to make them, even half of the cabinets in that style,could.be an option if you mixed them with normal shaker style

apparently booking up to April now anyway

Yikes! I better get a decision made. The builders are booked in for April.

V-groove you say. Thanks for that tip.

I quite like the IKEA one actually, but Dh wasn’t keen unfortunately. Which is ironic, because he’s the one who wants IKEA prices.

Will look up the others mentioned.

I do know a good carpenter, but pinning him down is a total pain. I could end up waiting years.

Have a look at Semi Handmade here Haven't used them personally but have thought they've very Devol - esque.

I think it looks horrible. Obviously I have no taste.

Just different taste! That’s all.

That’s a very raw basic kitchen, a good carpenter could knock that up for you.

I second a carpenter - they live for this kind of work and the actual material cost is low.

My kitchen is very similar but shaker doors rather than the tongue and groove and no legs. It cost no more than a cheap B and Q.

If you buy the cabinets from DIYkitchens.com and source or make the doors, then get the whole thing spray painted professionally I think you can do it very reasonably.

Interior. A version could be done with pine planks and a semi coloured stain like sadolin or osmo.
You do realise it has zero practicality. Copper will need constant polishing and rough sawn wood can't be wiped or cleaned in the normal way.

Copper will need constant polishing

We have copper taps and fittings and haven't polished once. It's supposed to look tarnished- if that isn't the look you want you just buy cheap 'copper' fittings instead- they don't tarnish.

A version could be done with pine planks and a semi coloured stain like sadolin or osmo.

I really would buy the cabinets (if decent quality). You do not want real wood for structure in a kitchen. If you get them made use marine MDF.

MDF is compressively strong and dimensionally stable. Marine treatment stops it rotting. That's why it's hard (and daft) to buy real wood kitchen cabinets.

The fronts could be made but I'd use a good ply rather than pine. Better to buy proper, if possible though little in it. If you didn't mind smooth planks then MDF is cheap.

Looking again, is the whole worktop copper?

If so, I'd consider iroko instead. Similar colour, cheap and practical.

I'm sure some coated copper or 'copper' worktop exists but uncommon is always more.

True copper needs polishing only if needed to stay shiny. If its to naturally tarnish, will it get a nice artistic patina or will it just look dirty and blotchy? I'm all for a natural finish but you are always getting people on here "eek my kitchen doesn't look pristine any more".

A good carpenter could make you something very similar.

@donquixotedelamancha I haven't got an axe to grind (as it were) but I'm interested in how they use materials and the trends.

The doors in the OP's devol kitchen are slightly rough sawn planks of actual wood. The cabinet interiors are probably ply, I know about stabilised sheet materials. The picture was off Devol website.

from Devol website:
"We chose to launch the kitchen in a beautiful inky blue/black dye, which stains the wood rather than laying on top of it like a paint. We love how this allows the texture of the wood to stay visible and gives the furniture a tactile finish."

OP have you looked at Plykea?

britishstandardcupboards.co.uk/
Won't a copper worktop make you food taste like 2p's?

I'm all for a natural finish but you are always getting people on here "eek my kitchen doesn't look pristine any more".

Sure, I think it's very reasonable to point out the issues. I'm always bemused by the people who buy a wood counter top and then whine that after 5 years it looks like aged wood.

The rough-sawn thing is a bit impractical, even for my taste.

I think ply cabinets would be worse than hardwood in a kitchen (unless marine ply). Posh companies upsell real wood or ply because MDF is 'cheap' but boxy indoor furniture which doesn't move is the perfect use for it- nothing is as good.

With ply planks for the doors (or veneered MDF if solid) you'd still get the grain of the wood.

I suggested spraying the whole lot rather than a stain because I think it will be hard to get the uniform appearance in different materials and personally I'd rather have that sealed surface to keep moisture out.

You could make the whole lot from rough sawn pine with a stain (very cheaply) and if your kitchen is dry enough it will last a good long while.

Problem is you can't use treated pine because you aren't sealing the surface and the treatment is carcinogenic. This is true of the MDF or ply I suggested above.

So if it has to be that rough look and you wanted it to last 20 years I think it would have to be expensive hardwood; though I recoil at the idea of doing that to it.

Thanks for all the advice and comments.

I’m not going for copper surfaces! It’s the kitchen cabinets of the deVol kitchen that I like, not the copper.

I’m not completely wedded to the rough hewn look, or tongue and groove. I’m looking for similar style kitchens, not identical ones. Sort of Scandi, industrial type look.

I know I don’t want shaker, or painted, or glossy doors.

I do want wooden doors. But not wooden counter tops.

Pinterest is not my friend; it’s just feeding me pictures of beautiful bespoke Swedish architect’s kitchens in Stockholm...

Plykea looks interesting, thanks for that.

Very interesting post @donquixotedelamancha thank you

I'm veering easy from the ply look (though love a lot of what Plykea do) but still very seduced by the aesthetic. A friend is going with British Standard Cupboards (which is the slightly cheaper offshoot of Plain English) and if we can run to BSC I'd be very tempted.

There's also these people, though it's a slicker look https://madebyhusk.com/

*veering away...

Zinnia

You are welcome. There is nothing wrong with ply- I like that look too and have ply shelves. It's just that structurally if you were doing it yourself you'd need to seal it with a clear finish, which didn't seem to be what OP wanted.

I imagine that's what plykea do and readymade should be fit for purpose.

I think plykea are mostly adding end wood and doors etc to ikea cabinets aren't they? Depending on their price it might be much cheaper to hire a good carpenter and a good sprayer.