The Wrens Hill Kitchen

Wrens Hill was designed to feel light and airy. The kitchen opens directly onto the garden, and much of the design works to protect that sense of light, from the pale painted cabinetry to a mirrored splashback that brings the light further into the room.

The cabinetry is painted in Farrow & Ball Ammonite, a soft, pale grey. Pale colours like this reflect more daylight than darker shades, which is one reason they suit a room that opens onto a garden.

The large island is painted in a complementary colour, Farrow & Ball Worsted. Worsted is a little deeper in tone than Ammonite, so the island has a quiet presence of its own while the two colours sit comfortably together.

Bianco Carrara quartz worktops tie it all together. Their pale finish suits both paint colours, and quartz is a practical choice for a kitchen in daily use, as it copes well with everyday cooking and cleaning.

The cooking area has a traditional focus. A LaCanche range cooker is set under a painted mantel, which frames the range and gives that wall a natural centrepiece. Open shelving keeps the room feeling lighter than a full run of wall cupboards would, and the mirrored splashback catches the daylight and returns it to the room.

Like every Sylvan kitchen, Wrens Hill was individually designed, with each component considered at the design stage, from the colour of the island to the mantel over the range. Sylvan Design, a maker of bespoke painted kitchens based in Horsham, West Sussex, designed and made the Wrens Hill kitchen, and every part of it was finished in our workshop before it was installed.