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

Tefal the leading manufacturer of non-stick cookware, electrical, cooking and other kitchen appliances, now invites you to transform breakfast time with their innovative Toast’ n’ Egg machine.

This combination wide-slot toaster and egg cooker will perform each function separately, or all at once, to provide you with a breakfast sandwich in just 4-minutes.

This original gadget will make a great addition to your kitchen and features an egg poaching tray for muffin sized cooked eggs, a steamer tray for hard boiled eggs and a double wide slot toaster, which is perfect for muffins, toast or bagels; also features a warming tray for heating pre-cooked meats.

The Toast ‘n’ Egg is available from Comet stores nationwide, priced at £39.99.(RRP)

Web: http://www.tefal.co.uk

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.

De’Longhi, a leader in design-led home and comfort products, is invoking the sleek and sophisticated glamour of the 1950s, with the launch of Icona, its new range of kettles and toasters.

Inspired by an era that saw a worldwide revolution in music, fashion, film and design, Icona captures the essence – as seen by Italy – of one of the most influential and exciting decades.

Available in five chic high gloss colours, to compliment any kitchen scheme, the Icona range includes Scarlet Red, Azure Blue, Onyx Black, Pearl White and Silver.

De’Longhi’s Icona range is on trend with the latest in kitchen design, with its patent finish and fashionable colours; its unique shape is an elegant take on the classic kettle and toaster designs, created by De’Longhi’s award winning designer, Dario De Prà.

The curved Icona kettle has many practical features such as 3Kw rapid boil with 3-level safety protection, cord storage, and a removable, washable scale filter.

In addition, the sleek toaster contains user-friendly features, such as a removable crumb tray for easy cleaning and an ‘extra lift’ position for easy removal of small slices.

Icona, is innovative, yet timeless and unforgettable; literally translated from the Italian word for ‘icon’, it will endure just like the iconic figures from 1950s film, fashion and music.
Icona kettle priced at £59.99, Icona toaster at £59.99; Silver is available now, colours available mid April.

Web: http://www.delonghi.co.uk

Tel: (0207) 479 0910

Recent research shows that we Britons are wasting £2 billion a year on bottled water and neglecting our kitchen tap; sales of mineral water have been doubling every five years and more than two billion litres are now sold each year.

However it appears that the bottled water business is rather murky - producing and delivering a litre of bottled water emits hundreds of times more greenhouse gas as a litre of tap water and there are growing fears that plastic bottles may leak carcinogenic residues into the water.

Help is at hand from Rangemaster, whose innovative ‘MySpa’ diverter system, effortlessly transforms any kitchen tap into a filtered water dispenser at the flick of a switch, supplying you with an endless source of crystal clear water.

Easy to install with simple push-fit connectors, MySpa’ works with an ‘on-off’ diverter switch built into your sink’s tap-hole stopper, or into the work surface.

When the diverter is turned to the ‘on’ position, the water mains are redirected through the filter cartridge fitted neatly under the sink, removing all additives and impurities and delivering refreshing and healthy filtered water direct to your tap.

This eco friendly alternative to bottled water will provide your kitchen tap with clear drinking water with a crisp taste, perfect for making hot or cold drinks and for cooking.

Rangemaster’s ‘MySpa’ is easy to maintain and the company will also automatically let you know when your filter cartridge is due for replacement.

The water diverter kit is priced at £110 with a standard 2-year warranty.

Web: http://www.rangemaster.co.uk

Tel: (0870) 755 6485

Falcon range cookers have asked leading personal image consultants and colour experts, Colour Me Beautiful to provide some consumer insight into the significance of the new colours in their range cooker collection.

The two new striking colours - cherry red and lime green - are likely to appeal to quite different personalities, but can it say more than that?

Colour Me Beautiful have studied what these colours say about you, if you choose them for your kitchen:

• Cherry Red
  Red is associated with passion, vitality and confidence.
  Red provokes a physical reaction that lifts the spirit, stirs the senses and is believed to stimulate the appetite.
  If you are passionate about food and you like to make an impression in the kitchen, then the Cherry Red Falcon Range Cooker in our picture will set the scene perfectly for you.
• Lime Green
  Green signifies calm, balance and healing - you are attracted to green because it gives you the calmness you need in your busy lifestyle.
  Cooking is a great way to de-stress, so you can make your kitchen a haven of calm with the Lime Green Falcon Range cooker.
  Lime green also has a hint of sunny yellow, so your kitchen will be a happy, relaxing place for you to spend time.
  Match it with black marble flooring for a dramatic look.

The new colours are available in the 1092 deluxe, the 900 Deluxe and the Continental models. Priced from £2299; featured 1092 Deluxe Induction: £3995.

Web: http://www.falconappliances.co.uk

Tel: (0845) 634 0070

If you’re looking for a more flexible and creative approach to kitchen furniture, or you have limited space; the John Lewis Freestanding kitchen range is ideal.

The Freestanding Concept brings together a collection of separate, freestanding and functional units that link to form a uniform working kitchen.

Since it isn’t a fitted kitchen, a planning or installation service is not offered; instead you have the chance to plan, design and decide on the kitchen you want, at an affordable price.

It’s easy to plan your kitchen and try out different layouts and choose from a range of individual base and wall units, in a choice of door colours; there are also other useful units, such as pull-out bins and a wine rack:

• All the units are easy to fit - and take apart - so its easy to extend or refresh your kitchen, or even move them to a new house.
• Each freestanding kitchen unit comprises an MDF core with a beech finish wrap; and an integrated grey 40mm, high-pressure laminated worktop.
• The doors and drawers have lacquered gloss painted fronts and brushed nickel-finish bar handles.

The contemporary-style kitchen featured has beech-effect cabinets and a choice of 4 gloss door colours in white, cappuccino, burgundy or black, so you can even mix and match colours.

Retail price examples - 1100mm Hob Base Freestanding Kitchen Units, Burgundy £625 - £675.

3-Drawer Base Freestanding Kitchen Units, Burgundy £450 - £700.

Hi-Line Double Base Freestanding Kitchen Unit, Burgundy £500.

Web: http://www.johnlewis.com

Tel: (08456) 049 049

LG has announced an extension to its stylish WaveDOM cooking range; the new full-glass front panel microwave, will appeal to consumers who seek both style and the latest technology in the kitchen.

With its sleek, space-efficient design, LG’s WaveDOM retains the benefits of a unique rounded interior and is available in solo, grill and combination versions; each product has a different capacity, which ranges between 23L and 30L:

• A long sleek handle, widescreen display and easy to use buttons contribute to an overall improved exterior, which will enhance any kitchen and comply with the popular trend of open space living.
• Available in black, white, silver and stainless steel.
• Perfect for families and high-flying professionals, whose hectic lives mean they need to create meals in minutes.
• The WaveDOM’s rounded interior generates better internal wave reflection, to make cooking 30% faster.
• Provides 60% more cooking space than a conventional square cavity microwave.
• Makes cleaning easier and more hygienic, by eliminating difficult to reach corners.

Zeynep Ucan, Marketing Manager, LG UK, says, “Many kitchens are now being seen as focal points of the home. Product quality is no longer only about technology but also superior design.”

LG’s new WaveDOM range has won the Good Design Award for design excellence in 2007 and is now available in Comet stores nationwide and other leading independent electrical retailers.

Web: http://www.lge.co.uk

Tel: (0870) 873 5454

Brabantia has introduced two new kitchen accessories to make waste collection and recycling simplicity itself.

Take the hassle out of sorting your household rubbish for recycling, with Brabantia’s built-in separator with two compartments for different items such as bottles, cans, packaging or organic waste.

The unit fits into a kitchen cabinet within a sliding drawer that opens smoothly and silently, giving full access to both compartments:

• Its compact size (345 x 475 x 360mm) enables the separator to be concealed inside most kitchen cabinets or even underneath the kitchen sink.
• Compartments are removable making them effortless to empty.
• The plastic inner buckets are easily cleaned and feature special clips to hold the bin liners neatly in place, or used to identify the contents of each bucket.
• Made of durable, corrosion resistant materials the separator comes with a 10 year guarantee and retails at around £75.

Another smart waste solution, is their built-in kitchen bin, which keeps rubbish out of sight leaving your kitchen or bathroom tidy and pristine; raised off the floor its particularly suited to ‘wet’ rooms or places with limited floor space:

• It has a sturdy black plastic lid, which opens and closes silently.
• It’s also easy to clean and matching Brabantia bin liners make emptying trouble free.
• Simple to install, it can be fixed inside most kitchen units using a wall-mounted bracket.
• The built-in bin retails at around £15 and comes with a 10 year guarantee.

Web: http://www.brabantia.com

Tel: (0870) 240 7641.

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