Upminster Kitchen

The Design

We recently completed this stunning bespoke kitchen in Upminster! This kitchen’s design includes an L shaped run with a mixture of units in our Westminster range, our most traditional Shaker door style, as well as a medium island nestled in the middle featuring open shelving on the outer side.

We asked our clients why they wanted a bespoke a kitchen and they said:

“Russ and I were completely re-designing and reconfiguring most of the downstairs of our home - including knocking down and rebuilding on the existing footprint.  We wanted the kitchen to become the heart of this new area, and as such our building work was designed around where we wanted the kitchen area to be rather than vice versa. We had some obstacles to work around - such as steels/beams - but having a bespoke fit meant these could be overcome easily.”

The Details: Colours, Hardware & More

The units within the L shaped run were all painted in Mylands’ infamous ‘Bond Street’ and the island in a stone-like off white, grey colour similar to ‘Grosvenor Square’ by Mylands. This colour combo is truly a classic one that will never age, especially combined with the beautiful brass hardware: a mixture of the Cotswold Cup Pulls, Cotswold Bun Knobs and Bakes Pull Handles. These really highlight the gorgeous brass details on the clients’ Lacanche!

When asked about their process in choosing a colour palette and hardware, our clients said:

We like traditional and classic styles combined with contemporary. It really wasn’t difficult to achieve this with Herringbone: I feel this is their signature. With regards to colours, Russ preferred a dark kitchen, and we came to a compromise by factoring in a light coloured island to ensure we didn’t have one dark space. One think we didn’t want to compromise on was the island. We wanted this to be a continuous run of workspace, flowing nicely without any interruption of a sink or hob - enabling us to stand around any part of it to socialise and chat without anything in the way.”

Maximising on space, a narrow bespoke larder sits next to the integrated fridge, containing two deep set flat drawers in oak, three oak shelves and a cold shelf matching the rest of the kitchens worktops. This is an excellent way to keep a shelf easy to clean if choosing to place a microwave or mixer inside!

The Kitchen island features three wide drawers perfect for storing cutlery, pots & pans and those pesky tupperwear containers! Drawers allow you to view everything inside without needing to reach behind or pull everything first.

A gorgeous countertop unit sits beside the Lacanche as you enter the kitchen, with an oak back and three glass shelves, this is a perfect bar area for all the clients gorgeous glassware and collection of drinks. The reeded glass doors allow some sense of what’s inside to be viewable without giving it all away!

When we asked our clients to talk to us more about this unit, they said:

“That [the bar unit] was a fluke!  Unfortunately, We had forgotten to factor in space for spirits and the like:  we were just about to get in touch with Herringbone to see if we could reconfigure something: when Russ came up with the ingenious idea of using the glass fronted cupboard. It works perfectly as we were sick of seeing bottles where they were being stored in our office next door, and now we’re never far from a bottle when we’re entertaining. Hic !”

Making Your Dream Kitchen In The Workshop

The open plan nature of this kitchen made the choice of an island easy for the clients as it is the perfect way to create a social hub in the home .

On Using Herringbone

“It was great It was challenging overseeing the build of the house and coupled with the kitchen build, stress levels were high! In hindsight we were worrying unnecessarily - the Herringbone team worked really well together to project manage the kitchen build and navigated it really well with those involved. The service we received felt very personal.”

-Russ & Kirsty, Upminster