Solid Oak Kitchen York

Renovation project we have just finished in the city of York. We were asked by our customer Meghan to build this oak kitchen to be homed in this grade 2 listed home that is under going extensive renovations. This property has a lot of character and it’s safe to say levels were not up to todays standard, but we love a challenge when it comes to designing handmade kitchens.

The room its self it quite small, and we have to fit all the more practicalities on to the space, including an ever hot cooker! The design if the kitchen I made to be free standing with all the cabinets floating on sold oak posts with a 80mm gap underneath. We wanted the look of cabinets and standard fitted kitchen. Personally I don’t like the idea up upper fitted cabinets so we kept theses to a minimum and also made a glass dresser top.

Once we have the measurements, designing the the face frames to fit the space and the solid oak shaker doors gave the the kitchen detail. all the internal cabinets are made from Burch ply wood including all the drawers on soft close undermine runners. With adjustable shelving on display also made with solid oak and a beaded detail.  An under counter fridge and slim line dish washers is also incorporated into the kitchen. Under the Belfast sink is a food disposal system as well.

The large pan drawers make a lot of the storage space with solid plan fronts to show as much grain in the oak as possible. Cornice was added to the tops to add an extra level of detail and all the trim work is also solid oak. A stunning slab of natural granite was used over the Belfast sink to allow for a wet area and we made the oak plank worktops on the other side of the room to fit with the rest of the kitchen.

Such a great project to work on in this house full of history in York, it was fantastic to see the kitchen go in and become part of the home.  If you would like a chat about the design and build of an oak kitchen, please head over to our contest page and drop us a message. Tom