In a relatively small space, compromises have to be made, but in the right hands that needn’t result in a lesser design. With this eat-in kitchen in London there wasn’t room for everything initially requested, such as a breakfast bar on the island, but the resulting space feels open, elegant and highly functional.
After extending the original tiny kitchen, the owners asked Nick Street of Sylvarna Kitchen Design to create Shaker-style cabinetry. He used several tricks to make the space feel bigger, including raising the island on legs, opening up the area above the range cooker, and installing white countertops to reflect the light. “We came out of it with something that was actually better than what they were originally looking for,” Street says.
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