Category
Kitchen
Location
Bristol
Year
2025
Scope
Kitchen design, two-tone painted cabinetry, stone island, appliance integration, installation
The clients wanted a modern kitchen that did not feel cold. Warm cream upper cabinets and rich dark espresso lower units create a palette drawn from the coffee bar they had visited every morning in Milan for twenty years — precise, warm, and entirely without compromise. The stone worktop sits between the two tones like the crema on a well-pulled shot.
The cream was formulated by a studio in Florence — a warm white with a hint of yellow ochre that shifts between ivory and parchment depending on the light. The espresso lower units are painted in a deep brown-black that reads as almost black in shadow but reveals its warmth in direct light. The island top is a honed travertine: the third tone in a three-note palette.
Materials
- Warm cream painted upper cabinets, Florence formulation
- Deep espresso painted lower cabinets
- Honed travertine island worktop
- Integrated Miele appliance suite
- Large-format warm limestone floor tiles
Key Features
- Custom cream paint formulated in Florence
- Espresso lower cabinets revealing warmth in direct light
- Travertine island as tonal bridge
- Full appliance integration behind panel doors
- Concealed plinth lighting at floor level
"After twenty years in a kitchen that never felt right, this one felt right on the first morning. That is all we wanted."
Lucia & Ben Ferrara
Victorian house, Clifton, Bristol