#Kitchen Design Ideas, Wood, Marble - Kitchen Decor Ideas - Images ()

By Emily Senior
• 20 March 2015

Soft lines and practical materials characterise this family kitchen by design company Teddy Edwards .

'The kitchen is housed in an extension built just off the dining room of this Arts and Crafts house,' says designer Martin Postle. 'It needed to be sympathetic to the existing architecture, but the owners are a stylish young family with two small children, so it also had to have a design that took into consideration practicality and their taste.'

Extractor

Designer: 'As the hob isn't against the wall, and the ceilings are so high, there was no space to fix an extractor or filter fan, an essential part of a kitchen. The solution was to use a downdraught extractor, which raises and lowers in to the island at the flick of a switch. The one we have used is the "Parsifal" by Airuno .'

Island

Designer: 'Because the room is rectangular we felt that a traditional island with a breakfast bar along the back might form an undesirable barrier to the dining area beyond. To keep a sense of flow we added this perpendicular, T-shape table. With this arrangement, four people can sit facing each other, rather than side by side at a bar, which is more conducive to conversation. Beneath are inbuilt speakers and shelves for cook books.'

Owner: 'These slats of wood are actually a "functional wall", where, if we wished, we could hang utensil hooks, shelves or even another cupboard. However, we liked how they looked so much that we couldn't bear to hang anything on them, and treat them more as if they were a section of decorative panelling.'