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Welcome to Advanced Kitchen Design we specialise in designing kitchens - any kitchens - working directly for you, not for the kitchen or furniture suppliers. We also aim to make this web site one of the best resources around, for independent advice on designing and buying a kitchen.

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These Wave Ramekins are really pretty ... they're a new line from Cucina Direct.

Traditionally they're for serving creme brulee, of course, but ... if you don't get your blow torch out that often ... then have a look at our other 9 suggested uses for Wave Ramekins

 

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Highly coloured, high gloss kitchens are going from strength to strength. Colours like plum or aubergine are very up-to-the-minute, as well as reds and oranges. If I was having a high gloss kitchen, though, I think I'd plump for lime green ... and I think I'd have a mix of finishes not a startling green throughout. The kitchen in the picture, with a kidney shaped lime green island, was designed by Matthew James Kitchens, using Parapan.

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Looking forward to the Shows at the NEC

The KBB Show at the NEC is a trade show which only happens every two years. I always look forward to going - but this year it promises to be more exciting than usual. ...more >>

How Often do You Clean Your Kitchen Floor?

No - don't go away! It has to be said that my answer to that question would be "not often enough". I sweep up the crumbs and I dab at any noxious spots with the floor cloth ... ...more >>

Can Kitchen Designers be Innovative?

It's my week for being trepidatious (although I'm not sure that's a word). I've just been reading a blog by kitchen design guru Johnny Grey. I normally hang on his every word. ...more >>

Magnet Kitchens

I write about Magnet kitchens with some trepidation. About this time last year, I wrote something about B&Q's Cooke & Lewis kitchen range ... and the blog still gets comments ... ...more >>

Our Design Service Prices

The design services we provide have changed slightly over the four years that Advanced Kitchen Design has been up and running (the vast majority are now produced by CAD, rather tha ...more >>

Kitchen News Updates

I'm afraid Majjie has been neglecting her blogging duties recently ... but that's only because we've had so many kitchen designs to do. ...more >>

The New Look Belling Appliances

Belling has, in the past, always been a good, mid-market appliance brand. Not brilliant quality, not particularly well designed, but not expensive either. ...more >>