Architectural Dishrack
by Majjie | Thu, 29/10/2009 - 10:54I like the look of this drainage rack. It's from London-based design partnership Black&Blum and was inspired by modern architectural design. The spikes are there to hold your wine glasses and champagne flutes ... for which standard drainers are not well suited ... but these are the items that you're most likely to wash by hand, in these days of the dishwasher.
Grand Designs Kitchens 1
by Majjie | Fri, 23/10/2009 - 17:04I said I'd tell you about the smaller kitchen suppliers, whose displays impressed me ... at the Grand Designs Live show at the NEC. So here's the first one.
Imagine 3d The Aldridge Bros ... is a small family run joinery business, based in Macclesfield. It's run by brothers Richard and Gareth Aldridge and they do all the traditional, high class joinery you need for your house, like windows, doors, stairs and conservatories.
Grand Kitchens
by Majjie | Sat, 17/10/2009 - 14:28I went to the Grand Designs Live show at the NEC last Sunday; the last day that it was on. There was lots of lovely stuff there, but I restricted myself to looking mostly at the kitchens.
There were a few big name stands, notably: Poggenpohl, Mark Wilkinson and Edwin Loxley. And a few more, like Charles York and Rational were represented by retailers. It was the smaller independent companies I was more interested in, though.
Kitchens and Climate Change
by Majjie | Thu, 15/10/2009 - 15:50It's Blog Action Day today ... when the world's bloggers are supposed to talk about climate change and saving the environment. So I thought it was time I said some more about kitchen design and the environment. I have already talked about the environmental impact of timber worktops and the same principles would obviously also apply to real timber doors in a kitchen.
Want a Kitchen for Your Penthouse Suite or Loft Apartment?
by Majjie | Sun, 04/10/2009 - 18:23If you do have a big open plan apartment, then you can choose from any number of expensive, high profile, cutting edge kitchen designs. If you don't have such a space, though, most of these designs are unlikely to be for you, even if you have the money to buy them.