Hooe, near Battle
Bespoke Kitchen & Whole-House Cabinetry, Hooe
The brief
The client had a clear vision: three distinct pieces of kitchen cabinetry, each designed to look as if it had been added at a different point in the house’s long history.
Kitchen: wall-to-wall run
- Square in-frame shaker cabinetry with oak-veneered carcasses
- Sprayed in a limewash paint, hung on butt hinges
- A slightly more modern look, as if added in a later period of the house
Kitchen: breakfront dresser
- Freestanding, made entirely from solid oak
- Oiled inside and sprayed outside, with the wood grain still showing through
Kitchen: island
- Freestanding, built from solid beech
- 70mm solid oak worktop with breadboard ends, machined in-house with mortise and tenon joints. The ends stop the boards cupping and support the seating overhang
- Top run of drawers (approx. 200mm) over two tiers of slatted solid oak shelving
- Heavily hand-distressed to the client’s “driftwood” brief: whipped with chains, scored with flap discs, corners eased and knots gouged out
Traditional drawer action
- No modern runners or soft-close, at the client’s request
- Drawers rebated onto waxed wooden slides for an authentic, old-fashioned feel
Further work throughout the house
- Bespoke cabinetry for the downstairs cloakroom, with a black WC
- Black and oak freestanding vanity unit for a bathroom
- High-gloss, sapele-stained freestanding vanity unit for the master bathroom
- All three topped with black marble