Kitchen design and detailing
A Kitchen, from Sketch to Finish
One kitchen followed all the way through: first sketch, material board, elevations, and the timber and stone room they turned into.
This project is shown in the order it was actually made, because the finished kitchen is hard to explain without the drawings underneath it. The sketch settled the island, the material board settled the oak and the stone, and only then was anything built.
- Scope
- Kitchen design, material specification and joinery drawings
- Drawings
- Concept sketch, island elevation and a full material board
- Materials
- Oak, stone, brass and concealed lighting
- Stage
- To be confirmed
The first sketch fixed the length of the island and the way it meets the run behind it, which is the decision everything else in the kitchen hangs on.
Oak, stone, brass and paint were laid out together beside the elevations so the combination could be approved in the hand rather than on a screen.
In the compact version of the plan the island carries the tap and the lighting hides inside the joinery, so a small kitchen still keeps a clean horizon.
The long run sets open shelving opposite the glazing, which keeps everyday things within reach without standing in front of the light.
Working sketch to board to elevation means the surprises happen on paper, where a surprise costs nothing. What arrives on site is a kitchen everyone involved has already seen.