Twin Kitchenettes

[marcus]

I'm happy to have finished this one at last! I designed and made these over a year ago for a small school I was working at. They've been sitting in a damp barn since then because the building they were to go in was so far behind schedule. I finally got to fit them last week. Spent the best part of a day cleaning pigeon droppings and mould off them, and removing and polishing the hardware which had gone almost black. Not impressed!

The idea is for a place where the older students can make tea, coffee and toast, and chill out. It was fun to make kitchen units which don't have to fit standard appliances — it really opens up design options. There's a fridge in a separate alcove.

The top is Iroko, which doesn't look quite right yet. In a few months it will go much darker, which is the colour I had in mind. I think it will look better then. The black sink will also make more sense in a darker worktop (I hope). I wanted a stainless sink, but the architect thought it would look cheap, and suggested the black one. Still not sure if that was the right choice, as the black one was quite expensive, and I reckon we could have got a really posh stainless one for the same price.

I made another of these kitchenettes that is identical to the one in the picture and is in a different room, and also the stools that go with them, which have ash legs and oak seats.

Just took a snap with my phone when I finished today. Hope to do some proper pictures soon....

 

[Roughcut]

I like it. 8)
Looks much better quality than any of the run of the mill "off the shelf" stuff.
Thanks for posting.

 

[No skills]

Nice, like the support rail under the worktop - really makes it look bespoke rather than regular units with a worktop dumped on.

Good stuff.

 

[John51]

I like the black sink. My SS sink never looks clean, always a sort of tea colour around the plug holes. I've given up scrubbing it and just let it be.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The trouble with coloured sinks is that they look superb when new, but awful when they start to mark. Personally, I'd rather have the stainless discolouring a bit.

 

[rileytoolworks]

Stunning. I love the apparent simplicity, a very hard thing to achieve in my opinion.
The worktop support is fantastic.
Thank you for posting this Marcus.
Looking forward to more pictures.
All the best.
Adam

 

[heatherw]

Lucky students!

I also really like the support rail, I assume that because everything's tied into it you don't need legs in the centre of the unit, it looks so much better without them.

 

[speeder1987]

Very nice, really like that, and also like the black sink, think it works really well

John

 

[MickCheese]

I like the design, I like the symmetry but most of all it looks very well made.

The materials and colours make it look very expensive.

Well done..

Mick

 

[marcus]

Thanks for your comments, lucky students indeed heatherw, it's a very special school!

I love the apparent simplicity, a very hard thing to achieve in my opinion.

yes, there were a lot of details to work out to get the clean lines!

 

[Halo Jones]

I also really like this. Your work really complements the structure of the building too.

What kind of school can afford to have an oak frame? Must be a special place!