Chalon UK Ltd, a market leader in handmade kitchens, bathrooms and classically styled furniture, has launched their latest bespoke kitchen range, the Chalon ‘Designer’ Collection at their London and Harrogate Showrooms.

The company’s distinctive kitchens are a blend of inspired design, solid timber and quality construction, rounded off with a unique finishing style.

The new Chalon Designer Collection provides the classical look and feel of its Original furniture, whilst the fitted style means it is well suited to any space and budget

Remaining handmade throughout, it has a flexible style that allows the company’s designers to choose elements from their Original range – such as the unique finishes or signature Worktables (islands) – and combine them with this new cabinetry to suit customers requirements.

Some special offers on the new range are available to all showroom visitors during May and June 2008, with a £1,000 discount offered on this new collection of furniture.

To see the quality and beauty of Chalon furniture and enjoy a first class design service, call at the showroom - The Plaza, 535 King’s Road, London SW10, or Harrogate outside the Victoria Shopping Centre in Station Parade; or online:

Web: http://www.chalon.com.

Tel: (01458) 254610

Quantum fitted furniture supply high quality bespoke furniture for kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, home offices and home cinema.

The Company’s philosophy is to fashion supremely comfortable, functional and aesthetically pleasing living spaces for their clients, utilising a room’s individual features and dimensions in imaginative and innovative ways.

Experts in the craft of fine furniture making, they are also skilled in Interior and Architectural Design; creating in both traditional and contemporary styles, classical timeless designs from detailed drawings, through to manufacture and installation.

Featured here is a striking new kitchen Quantum has recently completed for a customer, made from high gloss spray lacquered macassar veneer, individually selected by Quantum in consultation with the customer:

• The veneer was then expertly book matched, so that the chosen grain appears to flow seamlessly around the whole kitchen.
• The appliances are all stainless steel and the sink was specially moulded from 5mm thick stainless steel, giving a professional sleek finish.
• Soft close drawers provide plenty of space for all those awkward packets, boxes and tins.
• Plate racks and cutlery drawers are expertly concealed; jars and bottles are safely nestled inside cupboard doors with Blum pull out systems and hinges.

The latest flat screen TV’s can also be included, making sure you never miss your favourite soap whilst preparing the evening meal; it then folds neatly away, maintaining a clutter-free style.

• Even your Vino has its own chiller cabinet, so once the work is done you can enjoy a well-deserved glass at the perfect temperature.

Tel: (020) 8892 6430

The new coastal inspired Steamer Bay bespoke kitchen range from John Lewis of Hungerford, will bring a sense of blue-sky and sea breeze into your kitchen; ideal in a country home or seaside cottage setting.

Conjuring thoughts of fresh air and lazy-hazy summer days, distressed finish and cute candy striped wooden doors and oak work tops, combine with the relaxed summer and autumn colour palettes, to create a welcoming, homely and warm feel:

• The Steamer Bay range is available fully fitted or freestanding and the units are set upon a chassis frame that can be moved from room to room, and even house to house.
  The pine ledged doors of the cabinets are available with solid painted tongue grove and bead, framed pierced tin, blackboard or glazed door combinations.
  The design incorporates the popular butler style sink over-laid with an oiled rustic oak, solid work surface.
• Other features include traditional brass butt hinges or rustic over painted hinges, optional plinth for a more fitted feel, and a variety of handles including the tarnished brass drawer cup-handles.

Steamer Bay freestanding kitchen furniture options include, rustic oak surfaced distressed tables, chairs and benches, dressers and larders that can also be colour matched to fit the palette of every room.

All the cabinetry and furniture pieces are hand-made just for you by skilled craftsmen, allowing individual preferences to be incorporated at the design stage.

The Steamer Bay kitchen is priced from £8,000.

Web: http://www.john-lewis.co.uk

Tel:   (0700) 278 4726.

Cotteswood of Oxfordshire has created beautifully crafted tailor made furniture for over 24 years and seen many trends during that time.

The company’s bespoke kitchen designs, are inspired by classical English furniture and every element of the furniture is designed and made exclusively for you; appreciating that their ideas and designs have to be sympathetic to your architectural style and meet your requirements of colour, texture and space.

The latest must have for a kitchen is combining traditional wood finishes with contemporary materials and up to the minute appliances.

Revival and Renaissance cabinets feature painted cabinetry, with granite and walnut work surfaces and wood veneer interiors; the deeper frames below the wall and base cabinets are hallmarks of the Renaissance designs:

• The extra strong dovetail jointed drawers are made in a range of timbers to complement the exterior finish of the cabinets and every door is constructed with mortice and tenoned frames.
• Cabinets can be painted to any colour of your choice.
• Whether freestanding or fitted, all furniture is built to last.

Cotteswood Kitchens are proud to have won the House Beautiful Kitchen Range of the Year Award 2007; the Renaissance Range caught the judge’s eye, in what was one of the toughest categories.

A downloadable price guide is available on the Cotteswood website.

Web: www.cotteswood.co.uk

Tel: (01608) 641858 / 644620

Bespoke kitchens are a matter of principle for Nolte Küchen; the company is renowned for its ability to design high quality kitchens in such a way as to take into account individual requirements, budgets and the available space.

Versatility describes not only the planning, but also the inspiring range, from classical and romantically stylish to timelessly modern, it includes many variations of fronts materials and programmes.

New from Nolte-Kuechen for 2008, is the Noce Amador finish for their Manhattan Range:

The striking 19mm thick door has a rich horizontal grain and a matt finish.

It is featured here with Manhattan wall units in mellow magnolia and an aluminium- glass look worktop, which is also new for 2008.

Matching splash backs, plinths, shelving and 40mm/50mm worktops are also available in the Noce Amador finish.

A 600mm base unit is priced around £225.

Web: http://www.nolte-kuechen.com

Tel: (01279) 868500

Nolte Kuechen has become more and more successful the world over from year-to-year; as innovation leaders, they are repeatedly a source of new inspiration for the market.

In recognition of the current trend towards open plan living, Nolte Kitchens have introduced the Manhattan range of kitchen furniture, designed to help create an open plan flexible kitchen/living space.

The collection offers a selection of units in addition to their standard kitchen cabinets, which allow the creation of contemporary, practical living areas including, a freestanding single drawer unit that can be used for either seating or storage.

The Manhattan range is as varied as the cosmopolitan city of the same name, with a matt finish in a choice of: Metallic Kubanit, Italian Walnut, African Wenge or off white.

The Manhattan kitchen/living space featured here has been created with a combination of Metallic Kubanit and off white units.

The worktop is Nolte’s Canadian Apple finish and the large wall panel and shelves have been fashioned in the same material to create continuity in the design.

A standard Manhattan 600mm base unit is priced around £220.

Nolte manufacture their products using only environmentally sound processes and the latest technologies.

Web: http://www.nolte-kuechen.com

Tel: (01279) 868500

Chalon UK Ltd, the well-known designers and manufacturers of hand crafted kitchens and freestanding furniture, have announced the launch of their new Ancestral kitchen range.

Constantly striving to create that ‘wow factor’ for clients, the latest kitchen range from Chalon is exclusively handcrafted from premium priced and premium quality Oak.

The Research & Development team have metaphorically turned around by 180 degrees and looked further back into the past. 

Taking inspiration for the range from National Trust / English Heritage properties and English kitchens of the past, the desire was to create a unique more traditional kitchen range than ever seen before.

“At Chalon, we strongly believe that the traditional style and appeal of our furniture will never go out of fashion,” commented Stephen Carter, Managing Director.

 “There has been so much contemporary and minimalist influence in recent years and at some point I believe there will be a widespread return to more traditional designs”

Chalon furniture has always been a blend of inspired design, solid timber, quality construction and a unique finishing style.  The new Ancestral kitchen range is another example of this and a beautifully designed addition to the company’s portfolio.

Web:  http://www.chalon.com
Tel:   (01458) 254610

John Lewis of Hungerford is one of the UK’s leading kitchen retailers, providing affordable fitted kitchens with a distinctive shaker-style.

The very popular Artisan kitchen first available in 1992 featuring colourful paint finishes, has been updated to celebrate the company’s 35th anniversary, so that for the first time, the Artisan kitchen will be available in natural solid wood.

Artisan Natural is available in the premium quality oak featured here, or a rich dark walnut, providing customers with a wider choice of materials and enabling a mix of natural and painted cabinetry, to create their unique design with the same well-loved features of the original Artisan kitchen.

Jon Rosby, Managing Director explains, “This year’s trend is for a more subtle application of colour, which is easier to live with and can be achieved mixing paint, wood and other materials such as granite and stainless steel”

The Artisan Kitchen has also been given additional performance upgrades, including full extension soft close drawers and internal drawer storage systems.

A wide selection of new kitchen worktops in 12 different solid wood options and an extensive range of 20 solid granite work surfaces can be used in conjunction with the new wood to create a bespoke design.

The European oak and American walnut used for the company’s kitchens is sourced from managed forests with high renewable and sustainable standards; for every tree forested at least one tree is planted!
 
Artisan Natural is priced from £10,000 cabinetry only.

Web: http://www.john-lewis.co.uk
Tel:   (0700) 278 4726

bulthaup, renowned for its innovative leadership in modern kitchen design, has become a pioneer in the industry for minimalist kitchens.

With the development of the bulthaup b3 monoblock, the company has laid a further milestone in the evolution of sculptural kitchen architecture.

The seamless stainless steel body represents the logical continuation of bulthaup b3’s minimalist design; the precise, high-quality finish and the lack of joints between the rear panel, side panels and worktop give the design a particularly purist appearance.

The b3 monoblock is solely a one-off item and is planned and manufactured exclusively in line with your specifications:
 
The dimensions, front materials and base unit elements can be selected at will, while functions such as hobs and water points can be integrated in line with your requirements.
 
Fronts in stainless steel with the handle-free look, round off the sculptured unit, or you can create dynamic contrasts in other bulthaup b3 surfaces such as wood, varnish, or laminate.
 
The monoblock can be planned as an island, with or without rear panel, as a peninsula or in front of a wall, depending on the architectural situation.

Visit the website for more inspiration and choices:

Web: http://www.bulthaup.com

John Lewis of Hungerford has introduced an extensive selection of new solid granite and solid wood work surfaces to their bespoke kitchen range.

The new worktops are available as part of the renowned Artisan Kitchen, or for purchase separately, to enable customers to tailor the work surface to their own specific design.

20 different types of 35mm thick granites are offered, each chosen for their extraordinary patterns and colours.

Options include: Emerald Pearl, Orissa; Blue, Kashmir, white and luxurious; Labradorite Blue, a green based granite with large attractive crystals.

Solid Granite worktops are highly durable and provide a kitchen with a contemporary and stylish look. They also provide a subtle way to introduce highlights of colour into the kitchen,with eye catching patterns such as strong red, warm orange and burgundy tones, like Golden Oak and Golden Beech.
Each of the 12 solid wood worktops is 40mm thick and options range from pale Rustic Beech to the dark and distinct Walnut; these timbers have been selected for their quality, depth of grain and resistance to stress from daily use in the kitchen.

Ecologically friendly and highly sustainable Bamboo and Rubber Wood worktops are also available.

Wood worktops are priced from £93 per linear metre.
Solid granite worktops are priced from £303.70 per square metre.

An incredible breadth of stylish design schemes can be achieved, when these worktops are combined with a John Lewis of Hungerford Artisan Kitchen painted in any Fired Earth or Artisan colour.

Visit the website for further information and stockist details:

Web: http://www.john-lewis.co.uk
Tel: (0700) 278 4726