Which kitchen do you like?

[MaryMotherOfCheeses]

I'm just curious really. And I'm having kitchen design dilemmas as well.

We're about to get a kitchen from magnet

I like the Urban Calico or Urban Creme, but I get the impression they're not that popular.

Which style do you like?

Personally I prefer the Creme one - Calico looks a little bland. Do you live in a modern house / flat? It is pretty contemporary so could date quickly (lights in shelves and so forth). Curved cabinet doors are cool and very "now" I believe.

Why do you think they're not popular and would you care?

Can we help with design dilemmas? (am mid kitchen revamp myself but have done it all on my own ... hope it works as it's happening next week and I don't even have a plan on paper!! Good job I trust my builders.)

No, I don't care really, I just want to talk about kitchens

We live in a 1930s semi, but I've just had a wall knocked down so I've now got a lovely big kitchen / conservatory / dining room area (I'm so chuffed) which is very open plan and I think a contemporary kitchen would look good.

What sort of thing have you gone for????

creme one here

I think the problem with this pic is the grey floor, which makes it look really cold. And I'd have some kind of curved cupboard arrangement on the end instead of that walnut board, which looks a bit blunt.

I like

the Linton
and
The shaker cream

Out of the two you like I prefer the Urban creme

Actually, I prefer the calico from the website pictures. the creme looks a little stark to me.

i've gone for a freestanding kitchen, mainly. got a couple of dressers, having the wooden floor stripped and painted, rest of the kitchen will be fitted, with oak worktops, white wood units (sort of shaker I suppose), ceramic sink etc. got a retro fridge and did want an Aga but couldn't justify the expense so having a range cooker instead, which will look a bit modern but no matter. kitchen has huge windows looking out onto (tiny) garden so wanted to keep it light and natural. live in Edwardian terrace with lots of period features. very excited and nervous now it's all actually happening in RL and not just in my head. Really struggling with wall lighting though ... no idea what to get.

your place sounds great - fab when you can open up a room and really see the space - makes it much more exciting! contemporary definitely sounds the way to go for you.

That sounds nice and a bit different. I do like the white unit / wood top thing.

I think I'm not a shaker kind of person though. It's quite traditional isn't it.

Oh gawd, I haven't got as far as thinking about lighting...

this tatton one is about as traditional as I get... i'm tempted but I like the really flat doors with the glossy ones.

like the tatton one but it's possibly a bit half-way house - quite traditional but not very. I'm an all or nothing type, love contemporary stuff too and agonised over which way to go, but decided that the character of the house required the traditional route. All the glossy cabinets, walnut wood etc is gorgeous. Def think you're going the right way with the urban ranges.

one word of warning - last kitchen I got was from Magnet (about 11 years ago now). Kitchen was great but fitting was a nightmare because they subcontracted to a fitter, who subcontracted, and I think it was subcontracted again ... so when delays occurred the chain of information when we complained took forever to relay information. Needless to say we didn't know it had been sub-sub-sub contracted!! Worth questioning exactly how they manage the fitting process when you order.

it depends on what you are going with for worktops.

I would never have wooden worktops. I think they look beautiful to begin with but for me they are a PITA to look after. I have granite and it is brilliant.

What a mare about the fitting! We've got someone we know doing it, I'd be wary of trusting any of those big companies to do a decent job.

Thank you, I think you're right about the half way house thing.

Wooden worktops Sausage. Well, that's the plan, anyway.

I've had them before and found them ok if the bit around the sink is done properly, and we're having a dishwasher so there shouldn't be too much damp there this time.

though I did see a rather gorgeous pale blue thing in the shop today...

I've got this theory that worktop and floor should match. Is that right?

Dunno, mine don't - I have black sparkly granite tops and huge italian gloss crema porcelain tiles on the floor. I have a big kitchen (20ft x 37ft) so it would look really icky all in black sparkly ! More like a nightclub than a family kitchen !

i think you could be right MMOC (love your name by the way), if you're going down the wood route that is. I was going to have a paler floor colour but am hoping to make them more oak-y colour to match the worktops now (you see I don't even know what colour the floor will be until they start and show me a few options!).

only danger is making things too dark - but with high gloss cabinets and good lighting you should be ok. pale blue sounds interesting though. I bought my cooker yesterday and saw that you can now paint match your cooker to any shade you want. how's that for matchy-matchy?!

pale blue what ? worktop ? Like Corian type stuff ? My only worry with going for a colour is that I would go off it too quickly, same with the colour matched cooker (!).

I like the Lieaire one.

I really like Ikeas orange one

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/kitchen/11479/

Sorry for delay in responding, yes, I think it was Corian.

I quite like that stuff, though if I had it as a worktop (not necessarily blue) I wouldn't go for the high gloss units. Would all be a bit too much together!

I like corian. I like the way you can have the sink moulded into the worktop so no little nooks and crannies for yuck to get stuck

Ah yes, the lineaire one

V nice. I like the orange one too, especially the shiny splash back.

Hmm, neither,[biscuit.
To be honest these are exactly the type of kitchens I'd rip out asap. Dullllllllll, soulless and boring.
However, each their own and if the design goes with the rest of your house, fantastic!

That biscuit looks lovely