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Larder Cupboards and Bespoke Kitchen Storage by Inglish Design
A Larder Cupboard is one of the most efficient ways of providing storage in your bespoke kitchen. Many Harrogate homes feature larder cupboards within their kitchen, whether these are modern fitted kitchens solutions of more traditional kitchen larders they are a key element to any kitchen design. Many mass manufacturered kitchens provide a larder cupboard in a modular way via standard kitchen units, however the benefit of including one into your bespoke kitchen is that it can be any size, width or depth and integrate anything you want internally. It may be used a feature in your kitchen, and also as a clever way to conceal packets and jars.
Inglish Design bespoke kitchens Harrogate often include a pantry or larder cupboard. This can be a simple pull our larder, or can be a cupboard which contains larder or pantry style integral oak fittings. Often there is a work surface in stone such as marble or granite to give that traditional kitchen pantry feeling, and also provide a “cold slab” for the kitchen. These bespoke kitchen cupboards can also include wine racks, wicker baskets, spice racks, drawers, shelves, bottle drawers, pull out trays, cutlery drawers, vegetable baskets….the list is endless. Inglish design have recently designed a pantry cupboard for a very contemporary kitchen. This design allows the client to house the kettle and toaster behind doors and also provides them with extra workspace behind a very sleek bank of tall units. This means that when the kitchen doors are closed the kitchen interior is very minimalistic with very clean lines and little to no detail.
Traditional kitchens can include a larder cupboard to complement a freestanding kitchen concept. With this it can be designed almost more like a traditional dresser, with a wooden top to separate top and bottom sections and with drawers to the bottom. Larders are particularly useful in older houses with low ceilings. If you put in a row of small wall units, it makes it obvious that the ceiling is low – because they look very short. As long as the proportions of the door panels are right, a larder won’t look especially small and it will maximise storage to. In older properties such Georgian style the high ceilings can also provide the perfect setting for a larder cupboard. Inglish design have made such cabinets for kitchens with plain shaker doors, sometimes even featuring glass panels and integral lights to visually break up large doors.
Larder Cupboards in bespoke kitchens are also a useful way to conceal boxing in and other elements of a kitchen interior which you may want to hide. For example boxing in or chimney breasts can easily be disguised or used to create a feature by building a shallow cabinet to the front which can be designed internally to provide larder storage. Inglish Design have installed kitchens with made to measure larder cabinets which have covered boilers, electrics and all sorts of unsightly room elements which left alone would spoilt the finished look of the kitchen design. So these cabinets can be custom made to any extent to enhance your bespoke kitchen.
If you wish to discuss adding a Larder Cupboard or Pantry cupboard to your kitchen, or indeed want to discuss a new kitchen design, please contact Inglish Design on 01423 864951.
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