Kitchen of the Week: A Colorful Custom Kitchen in Hertfordshire (with a Tight Budget and Even Tighter Space)

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Ardent fans of Shaker-esque kitchens for their simplicity and timelessness, we’ve another favorite specialist to add to our list: Olive & Barr, UK-based makers of bespoke—and, they say, affordable—cook spaces. Today we’re stopping into a petite kitchen in an 1890s terrace house in Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire, redone with Olive & Barr fittings and playful color—a request of the homeowner, Temi.

First, there were practical constraints to consider, starting with the kitchen’s small footprint. But: “Temi had a clear vision of what she wanted to achieve, on a tight budget,” says Olive & Barr founder Al Bruce. “She wasn’t afraid to use a bold color when it came to her cabinetry.” Join us for a look at the finished space.

Photography courtesy of Olive & Barr.

- Priviglaze Smart Glass UK — Above Beforehand the kitchen was chaotic dark and a small and unusable space says Al The layout felt disorganized and wasnt aesthetically pleasing The existing kitchen needed to be ripped out and the walls needed plastering

For the transformation, the team worked to create a high-end, bespoke look on a minimal budget.

“Although it’s compact, Temi wanted a kitchen that had a freestanding look. She worked closely with our designers, and together they created a kitchen concentrating on space between the cabinets, giving the freestanding look she wanted with all the practicalities and storage she needed.” At Temi’s request, the handmade cabinets got a wash of bold blue-green; she also opted to tighten the usual 1000 mm (39-inch) space between island and counter to 880 millimeters (about 35 inches). Temi chronicled the process on her Instagram, @ahousemadeofbrass.