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Kitchens with curves

James Emerson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:12:11 +0300

It’s been an ever-increasing trend since open plan living became popular, to create a kitchen area that somehow doesn’t look too kitchen-like. This can be done in a few ways. One is to hide appliances and all things ‘kitchen-like’ behind doors and dividers.

Hidden Kitchen Extraction

James Emerson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:35:08 +0300

Over the last five years the trend for either hiding or sexing up the humble kitchen extractor has grown and grown.

Hiding the extractor has been a favorite and is easily achieved with the unit concealed within a wall cabinet and this can be done quite cheaply with a simple canopy hood from any of the major appli

Aga in a Contemporary Kitchen?

James Emerson — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:45:31 +0300

A client posed me this question recently and my answer is yes (and no!)

A bit vague perhaps but there are many ways a contemporary kitchen can be interpreted these days.

Gone are the days when contemporary or modern simply means all-white, minimal, stark or clinical and in a kitchen like this an Aga would

Bums on kitchen bars stools

James Emerson — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:13:43 +0300

Much as I hate to admit it, my wife is sometimes right... :(

It all started when we were designing our kitchen and we came to the island unit. Jo was adamant we should have three bar stools at the unit for the kids or friends to sit at and chat to her while she worked in the kitchen.

Strawberries on sunny days

James Emerson — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:12:43 +0300

There's nothing like it is there? A sunny day in the back garden, kids playing happily in the paddling pool, birds singing, flowers blooming, Pimms flowing and warm, juicy strawberries melting in your mouth.

But with our favourite red summer fruit comes the perennial problem of how to separate the strawberry from the

Not just a bar keepers friend

James Emerson — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:11:51 +0300

Now, I realise that getting excited about cleaning products is a sure sign of middle age (or of having no life) but I've decided to throw off any last remaining shred of cool and tell you about an amazing product that I recommend to all my clients.

Solid surface kitchen worktops

James Emerson — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:08:17 +0300

I was recently asked by a friend of ours, who is planning her new kitchen, whether there was a cheaper option to the increasingly expensive Corian solid surface kitchen worktops.

The pop-up plug socket

James Emerson — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:00:00 +0400

So here's a question or two - why do kitchens play such a significant role in family life and why can they either be places of abject chaos or elegant, calm simplicity? Perhaps it’s because poorly thought through kitchens are a recipe for domestic bedlam and if your household is anything like mine you are probably often

The joy of the self cleaning oven

James Emerson — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:00:00 +0400

When choosing their new kitchen appliances a client recently asked me about self-cleaning ovens and whether they are really worth the extra £100-150.