Cabinets, worktop and splashback are chosen separately and seen together.
A kitchen is the one remodel where three or four expensive decisions have to agree with each other, and each is chosen from a sample smaller than a book. Seeing them combined on your own kitchen is the only real test.
Open the StudioWhat usually goes wrong
- Worktop veining that looks subtle on an offcut and loud across four metres
- Door colour chosen against a showroom floor, not yours
- Splashback picked before the worktop is decided
- Hardware finish underestimated entirely
The workflow
- 1Whole Kitchen RemodelSettle the direction with everything changing at once.
- 2Refinish the CabinetsThen vary the door style and colour against a fixed worktop.
- 3Change the CountertopsAnd vary the worktop against fixed doors, so each decision is isolated.
Questions
- Can I keep my current layout?
- Yes, and by default it does. Sink and appliance positions are held unless you ask otherwise.
- Can I test a specific stone?
- Name it. Recognised quartz and marble products render close to the real material.
Rooms that come up most
Styles that tend to suit