Modular Kitchens & Wardrobes
Kitchens and wardrobes are where interiors are won or lost. We plan them around your actual routine, then build to the millimetre.
A kitchen is the most heavily engineered room in a house and the one most often bought like furniture. The catalogue shows a finish; what determines whether you like the room in five years is the height of the counter, whether the drawers take the weight of your vessels, how far you walk between the hob and the sink, and whether the hardware still closes softly after ten thousand cycles.
So we plan kitchens around use before appearance. How many people cook at once, and do they get in each other's way? Do you cook Indian food daily, with the ventilation and cleaning that implies, or is the hob mostly for weekends? Do you buy groceries monthly or every few days — because that changes how much dry storage you need. Wardrobes get the same treatment: hanging versus folding ratios, whether you actually use the top shelf, and where the ironing happens.
Once the plan is agreed, fabrication and installation typically take six to eight weeks. Because the units are built to the measured site rather than assembled from stock sizes, there are no filler panels covering the gaps where the room was not square.
What's included
- Detailed site measurement, including levels, plumb and service positions
- Work-triangle and ergonomic planning around how the household cooks
- Appliance schedule agreed before carcass fabrication begins
- Internal storage design — drawer stacks, pull-outs, corner solutions
- Carcass, shutter, finish and hardware specification with samples
- 3D walkthrough of the kitchen or wardrobe before anything is cut
- Worktop templating and fabrication coordination
- Electrical and plumbing point drawings issued to site
- Installation by our own carpentry team
- Post-installation alignment and a hardware adjustment visit
How it runs
The studio's four phases, applied to this service specifically.
- 01Discover
How you actually cook
We start with routine, not layout. What gets cooked daily, who cooks it, which appliances earn their counter space and which live in a cupboard. We measure the people as well as the room — counter height should suit whoever spends most time at it, not a standard drawn for someone else.
- 02Define
Specification and budget
Carcass material, shutter finish, hardware brand and worktop are all separable decisions with very different cost consequences. We present them as a menu with the trade-offs stated plainly, so the money goes where you will feel it. Our default carcass is 710-grade boiling-water-proof ply, because a kitchen carcass that meets water is a kitchen carcass that fails.
- 03Design
Resolving it in 3D
Every drawer, pull-out and shutter swing is modelled before fabrication. This is where clashes surface — the dishwasher door that fouls the corner unit, the tall unit that blocks a window reveal, the handle that hits the adjacent run. Counter heights are set in this stage, usually somewhere in the 850–900mm range, and wardrobes are drawn at 600mm deep so a hanger sits square rather than at an angle.
- 04Deliver
Fabrication and installation
Units are built to the measured site, delivered and installed by our own team, then aligned. Hardware is adjusted after installation and again once the kitchen has been used, because shutters settle. Carcasses carry a ten years warranty.
Worth knowing
Drawers beat shutters almost every time
A base cabinet with a shutter is a cave: you kneel, you reach, you pull everything out to find the thing at the back. The same volume as a drawer stack presents its entire contents when you open it. Drawers cost more per unit because the hardware carries the load, and they are the single upgrade most people say they would repeat.
Ventilation is not an afterthought
Indian cooking produces oil-laden vapour that will find every surface in an open-plan kitchen. Chimney capacity, duct routing and duct length matter more than the chimney's appearance, and a duct that turns too many corners moves very little air. Where the chimney cannot be ducted out, that constraint should shape the layout, not be discovered after the false ceiling is closed.
Where finishes are worth the money
Shutter finish is the most visible decision and the easiest to overspend on. Laminate is durable and forgiving; acrylic reads seamless and shows every fingerprint; lacquered glass is striking and unrepairable if chipped. Worktops are the opposite — quartz costs more than granite and earns it in a kitchen that gets used hard, because it does not stain and does not need sealing.
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Questions about modular kitchens & wardrobes
Modular units are built in controlled conditions to measured dimensions, which gives better tolerances, better hardware integration and a cleaner finish. Site-built carpentry can be excellent but depends entirely on the individual carpenter. We build modular for kitchens and wardrobes, and site-build where a piece has to negotiate an awkward existing condition.
We specify and coordinate them, and we need the exact models agreed before carcasses are cut, because appliance dimensions drive the cabinetry. Most clients buy the appliances themselves; we make sure what arrives fits what was built.
If the carcasses are sound and dimensionally sensible, yes — new shutters, hardware and a worktop can transform a kitchen for a fraction of a rebuild. If the carcasses have swollen at the base, which is common where there has been a leak, replacing them is the only honest option.
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