Friday, 21 March 2014

Maximise your Kitchen Space

Kitchen space is like most space in modern homes – at a premium these days. Unless you’re lucky enough to be living in an older property with a huge kitchen, most modern homes need a little tweaking to be able to accommodate all our accumulated gadgets, dinner sets and ‘stuff’.

That’s where SieMatic comes in. Designed to maximise the space that you already have and make it work for you, systems like the MultiMatic and others make good use of the space that you already have and seem to almost magically create extra space for all the things you absolutely can’t live without in your kitchen. MultiMatic is an individual compilation of interior accessories, which will meet all of your needs and might even give you an extra 30 per cent more storage space in your existing kitchen!

 MultiMatic can be combined, added to and modified any time, and what’s more, you don’t need to ask a professional kitchen designer to come in and make any changes once you’ve got the system, you can quite easily adapt it for your own needs. Turn your kitchen cabinets into the type of storage unit that really does have ‘a place for everything’ and eliminate the five minutes every day that you seem to spend looking for that particular utensil that nobody really knows where it should go.

It’s such a brilliant idea – and don’t just take our word for it, either, because The MultiMatic interior organisation system has won plenty of accolades; the  iF Award from the Industry Forum Design Hannover, the Red Dot award from the design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, and the Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.

If you’re curious about how it all works, why not pop into Paul James and have a chat with one of our advisers (we love explaining it to people) or just watch this video instead?



Monday, 17 March 2014

Ideal Home Show 2014



From 14th – 30th March 2014, this iconic British Home Show will return to Earls Court, London for its 106th Year!

A trusted source of inspiration for professional kitchen designers everywhere, the Ideal Home Show has been inspiring everyone from interior designers and home retailers to homeowners looking to spruce up their living areas for over 100 years now, and it’s become part of UK tradition with people flocking from all over the world to exhibit and browse.

This year’s show promises to have the very best – and newest – in stylish kitchens and bathrooms, bedrooms and more, and there will be gadgets, delicious food and even gardening and beauty exhibits so there really is something for everyone to get involved in.

Miele will be exhibiting at the show, and with their substantial range of exceptionally high-spec appliances and accessories, they are certainly one of the exhibitions we’ll be looking forward to. Miele’s fabulous range features everything from laundry equipment to microwaves, hobs and top class coffee machines, which is one of the reasons we work with them in our kitchen designs. It will be great to see their new ranges showcased at such a prestigious event.

Elsewhere, if you’re thinking of redesigning any area of your home, there will be something to help you. The Ideal Home Magazine room sets will be on hand to give visitors a mesmerising snapshot of how their kitchen, or any other room, might look with some of the most up to date and stylish additions, and with handy tips on how to bring out the best in your home, whatever its size.

If DIY is your passion, there will be a selection of experts on hand to tell you how to do it properly, a bathroom and kitchen zone with suggestions about how to improve your existing rooms, and even money saving advice from Martyn Lewis. You can even book a free 30 minute one to one consultation with an independent expert courtesy of Anglian Home Improvements.

With demonstrations, expert advice and inspirational home designs and ideas as far as the eye can see, this year’s show promises to be one of the best ever.