Mike and Julia Bennison love their old Smithy cottage on the outskirts of Leyland with its low ceilings, open fireplaces, oak beams and AGA cooker but they wanted a change from the heavy overpowering Iroko kitchen with its Belfast sink and black granite tops that they inherited when they purchased the property.
The AGA Cooker had to stay of course but around it we went on to create a very modern sleek new kitchen with gloss doors and satin finished non reflective glass worksurfaces and splashbacks.
The centre piece is an island topped with Lechner glass worktops with radiused ends of different diameters with matching ceiling detail. Fridge drawers are built into the island alongside deep pan drawers. The island has a useful breakfast bar for two at the wider end.
An integrated dishwasher and freezer are located either side of the sink unit and above the black granite sink are bi-fold glass bridging units with iluminated glass bottoms.
Preparatory work involved renewing the old ceiling to include a re-wire for LED lights. We also lifted the ceramic flooring and replaced with modern Amtico Flooring. And of course, because the old Belfast sink and dishwasher used to be under the window we needed to re-direct the plumbing.
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