A kitchen made well takes time. Here is how I work — and why.

02 — Showroom consultation

My showroom is small and focused entirely on the work. The cabinets on display are there to be opened, examined, and compared — the end grain on every edge, the smooth action of a drawer, the quiet, soft close of a Blum runner. These are details that photographs simply can’t do justice to. Coming to see them in person makes all the difference.

Over proper coffee and something to eat, we’ll have an unhurried conversation about your kitchen — your space, your style, how you use your kitchen, what you’ve always wished your kitchen could do. Bring whatever you have: a rough sketch, architect’s plans, a folder of inspiration images. There’s no agenda and no sales pitch. Just a relaxed conversation about what’s possible.

At the end of our meeting, I’ll take away your dimensions and thoughts and put together a rough 3D sketch along with an initial price estimate — sent over within a few days, and completely free of charge.

03 — The site visit

If the estimate feels right and you’d like to proceed, I’ll visit your home for the first time. This is one of my favourite parts of the process. I want to see the space properly — not just measure it, but understand it. How it connects to the rest of the house. Whether the architecture suggests anything about the design. Whether there are details in the existing decor worth responding to. I take my own measurements and make my own notes. This visit is where the design stops being abstract and starts becoming real.

04 — Design development

This is the heart of the process — and the part I take most seriously.

We begin with the big picture: the overall layout, the location of each cabinet, the flow of the space. Once we’re both happy with the form of the kitchen, we start to layer in the details — door styles, handle profiles, material choices, surface combinations. Then finer still: drawer interior layouts, bespoke storage elements, the details that make a kitchen genuinely yours.

This staged approach means everyone is always on the same page. There are no surprises, no wasted designs, no moments where we’ve gone deep into the detail only to realise the layout isn’t right. We get there slowly and surely — together.

I don’t put a number on revisions. A kitchen is one of the most significant decisions you’ll make about your home, and I have no interest in rushing you through it. We will keep refining until we’re both entirely satisfied. Only then do we sign off and move forward.

This stage typically involves a few further meetings — at the showroom, at your home, or both — as the design develops and the detail deepens.

05 — The build

Once the design is signed off, I begin making your kitchen in my workshop in Perranporth.

Every cabinet, drawer box, and door is made by hand — by me, from scratch. No flat-pack components, no factory carcasses, no outsourced elements. Just birch plywood, precision machinery, and time.

Here’s something I offer that almost nobody else can: you are welcome to come and visit the workshop while your kitchen is being built. Most customers take me up on this, and I’m glad they do. There is something genuinely special about seeing your own kitchen taking shape — watching the carcasses come together, the drawers fitted, the details you chose rendered in real materials by real hands. Not in a factory somewhere. Here, in Cornwall, by me.

06 — Delivery & fitting

When your kitchen is ready, I deliver it personally. I don’t hand it over to a courier and wish you luck — I bring it to your home myself, walk my fitter through the plans in detail, and make sure the handover is thorough and unhurried.

My fitter has worked with me on every project I’ve taken on. He knows my product inside out, understands exactly how I build, and is simply the best at what he does. The quality of the fitting elevates the quality of the kitchen — a beautifully made cabinet fitted badly is a disappointment. Fitted by someone who genuinely knows what they’re doing, it becomes something exceptional.

Throughout the fitting process I visit regularly to check on progress, answer any questions you may have and make sure the install is going smoothly. Inevitably, every installation presents its own challenges — for example a waste pipe not quite where it should be or an isolation switch needing a home . I don’t tell clients that’s their problem. Between myself, my fitter, and you, we find the right solution. Always.

07 — Sign off

When fitting is complete, I carry out a full and thorough inspection of the finished kitchen alongside you. Only when we’re both satisfied that every detail is exactly as it should be do I consider the project complete.

This is the moment I love most. Seeing a client walk into their finished kitchen — the space they imagined, now real — never gets old.

staged payments

I structure payments in stages that reflect the progress of your project.

FOC: Initial rough 3D sketch for quote purposes, based on customer provided dimensions.

20% – Site visit to measure room and commencement of final drawings.

50% – For commencement of cabinet construction on drawing sign off / approval.

20% – 24hrs prior to delivery of cabinets to property.

10% – After final inspection and sign off of fitted cabinets.