Category
Kitchen
Location
Cotswolds
Year
2026
Scope
Full kitchen design, in-frame cabinetry, Delft tile programme, marble island, aged brass hardware, installation
Deep burgundy red in-frame cabinetry, a hand-painted Delft tile splashback commissioned from a studio in Haarlem, and an aged oak island with a book-matched Calacatta marble top. The kitchen is rooted in English Georgian proportions but decorated with the kind of confidence that a collection of four centuries produces. It is not a period kitchen — it is a kitchen that has earned its period.
The Delft tiles were designed with the studio over six months, each motif drawn from the botanical illustrations in the client's inherited library. The burgundy paint was mixed from a recipe used by a West Country house painter in 1847 — the client discovered it in the house's archive. Aged brass hardware was individually antiqued by immersion in a solution of ammonia and salt over four weeks, giving each piece a different depth of patina.
Materials
- Burgundy in-frame cabinetry, 1847 archive paint formula
- Hand-painted Delft tiles, Haarlem studio commission
- Calacatta marble island top, book-matched
- Individually antiqued aged brass hardware
- Double Belfast sink with hand-forged taps
Key Features
- Bespoke Delft tile commission — botanical motifs from client's library
- Archive paint formula from 1847
- Four-week antiquing process for all hardware
- Overhead black iron pot rack above island
- Concealed butler's pantry behind false panel
"The tiles are the first thing every person notices. They are entirely ours — no other kitchen has them."
Henrietta & William Cavendish
Manor house, Chipping Norton