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

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

Stone Age, the stone specialists, have confirmed that the demand for darker coloured worktops for fitted kitchens continues to be higher than the demand for paler ones.

Stone Age use their state of the art facilities combined with their talent for traditional craftsmanship and hand finishing to provide the worktops in the best shades to meet this demand.

Jo O’Grady, director of Stone Age, says “When choosing a material for a worktop you can’t beat natural stone for its elegance and practicality. It is almost impermeable when treated, wasy to look after and immensely hardwearing.”

Stone Age have a large range of stones in varying shades from which to make your worktop. The stones include Granite, Basalt and Limestone, as well as 15 new marbles, which have not been seen before in the UK market.

The Basalt worktop featured here casts from £381 per square metre.

web: http://www.estone.co.uk
tel: (020) 7384 9090

QM Natural Stone and Design Company use their expertise in working with unusual stone to search for new and exciting additions to their range of kitchen work tops. Their latest find is this striking green granite called Verde Lapponia.

The work unit pictured here has a chunky 60mm granite worktop, and a unit with stainless steel inlays and an under mounted sink with recessed draining area. The use of steel adds a contemporary feel to an otherwise classic natural stone worktop.

A Verde Lapponia granite workstation was on display at the Grand Designs Live 2005 exhibition, and took centre stage, creating a striking display.

web: http://www.qualitymarble.co.uk
tel: (020) 8805 6600