Kitchen of the week: A kitchen in a Mews House in 1850

Kitchen of the week: A kitchen in a Mews House in 1850 - off-street parking can be an asset if you live in London, but the loss of a garage to win a beautiful kitchen was a no-brainer for the owner of that three-bedroom mews house. "The garage was where the kitchen is now," says Charlie Borthwick, founder of the kitchen design company Cue & Co in London. "There was a room on the other side and a spiral staircase in the center. The layout was everywhere!

architect Nick Farnell NFA Architects redesigned the space and Charlie sat with the owner to design a new kitchen. "To cook really works, it was essential flow into the living room," says Charlie. To do this, he designed floor to ceiling units that flow into the living space next door, then hid the island to the side to create a discrete cooking zone. "The space was something of a premium, so we wanted to make use of every inch," said Charlie, 'while adding some industrial touches and some accent color to give a unique feel and character.

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Cooking a blow eye
Who lives here a professional woman, her daughter (when home from college) and their dog
Location West London
property a converted mews house, built around 1850
Size The kitchen is about 3m x 2.5m open in a large family room
designer Charlie Borthwick, founder of Cue & Co London

Located in what was a garage, the kitchen has been designed to maximize space. "We always like to build up to the ceiling," Charlie said. "It costs a lot more to do, but there are many advantages. You get more storage, there is no trap dust above the cabinets and they look like furniture rather than lobed units on the wall!

open plan design of the ground floor newly reconfigured meant the necessary kitchen to appear as a seamless continuation of the living room. "I designed the units that look like cabinets over kitchen cabinets, Charlie said. These run right along a wall, morphing to the kitchen to the general storage as they go.

'Then you come around and see the island with pendant lights above and space begins to feel more like a kitchen,' says Charlie, but with its own personality.

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contains a large larder pull-out storage, while the refrigerator, freezer and even the hood are concealed in this elegant bank units.

Table lamp, Cue & Co in London.

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The cabinets are designed by Charlie and then modified according to each client. "We generally use a mixture of MDF moisture resistant, which is very stable, and the wood, Charlie said. The cabinets were then spray painted in a soft gray eggshell. T he walls were painted in a very similar shade to help the kitchen blend and feel a part of the entire ground floor , "he added.

Ladbroke kitchen, Cue & Co of London; spray-painted in french Grey estate Eggshell, Farrow & Ball

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The backsplash is made of polished plaster. "It is mixed on site at the specified and hard color as a rock," says Charlie. "It is then polished to create a very smooth washable finish.

the pink used here is picked up around the regime, on island stools, lanterns of the box and cushions in the living space. "Hav ing gone for such seamless design, we wanted to take a little color," Charlie said. "You come around the corner and it is obvious."

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Charlie made the pendant box recovered wooden lanterns. "They are painted in the same pink as the backsplash accents continue these roses around the space, he said.

Memoria Collection box lanterns, Cue & Co in London.

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Charlie and his team have built new sliding doors at the front, which can be opened to allow direct access to the street. "It is also a central entry door, Charlie said," but they are a nice feature that reminds you of the past of the property as a garage and, before that, stables.

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'I love mixing clean lines and elegant finish with industrial touches, "says Charlie. He chose the polished concrete work plan. "It gives a bit more character than granite or marble, he said.

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the polished concrete work plan was designed. "I wanted to be able to see as much of the aggregate in it as possible," said Charlie, "for a very earthy, stony sensation - it is real!

Finger handles cut in the cabinet doors are replacing traditional handles, keeping this storage wall in search of light and color.