THE BLUE KITCHEN

Full kitchen design to work hard yet feel lived-in from day one. Provence meets a busy family home — dusty blue cabinetry, patinated copper, rich walnut nods to old-world craft with modern appliances.

The brief came from a family of four who wanted a kitchen that worked for daily life yet still felt calm — somewhere to cook together, work and entertain, without feeling cold or sterile, and timeless enough never to need replacing. The starting point was their own: the softer, sun-warmed palette of southern France, carried through in surfaces chosen for warmth and a hand-worked quality.

A generous larder anchors the storage, with a layout that keeps everyday essentials to hand and out of the adjoining utility. A central island seats four beyond the dining table, appliances are integrated without disturbing the calm of the room, and a full lighting and electrical plan layers it for cooking, gathering and winding down — a design built to feel settled from the start and made to last.