Smarter Kitchens - A slection of our Shaker style kitchens

Bright and light. Cheerful and crisp. The cream colouring combined with a silk waxy finish creates a delicate appearence. A traditional look for a modern kitchen.

If you're the kind of person who appreciates simplicity, you'll find Avillon refreshingly free of fanciness and frills. This simple, one-panel design is anything but bland - there's character here of the understated sort, a whisper of good taste. And it forms a perfect neutral backdrop for you to make your mark. Choose Avilon and strike a blow for individuality.

Our natural world is based on symmetry, so it's no surprise that the designs we tend to find most pleasing are those with firm foundations in balance and harmony. The fundamental principles behind Baltic Maple satisfy the need for order: the broad perimeter and centrally recessed panel creating regular patterns wherever the eye might land - regular, but not regimented.

Your'd have to go out of your way to find anything as versatile as wood. picture it dark and solid in a centuries-old church-and then look at the ultra-modern contrast in this Broadoak Golden kitchen.It combines the natural beauty of the gain with the sharp internal angles of contemporary design, all with a warm, golden, lacquered finish.

Off the top of your head, you'd probably have oak marked down as a sturdy, heavy wood. But when oak becomes Broadoak, there's a much lighter feel. O course, the beaty of the grain still comes though, and that's what most people choose wood for. But there's also a simplicity to this design that will give your kitchen a spacious, light-filled air.

The functional personality of shaker design creates an extremely practical, modern kitchen. This smooth waxy finish in beech complements stainless steel appliences and accessories.

This traditional Shaker design feature quality solid wood frames. The highly polished natural maple is particularly welcoming and the wide choice of personalise features and accessories mean that you can stamp your own pesonality on an exciting, stylish kitchen

We think of Columbus as an exercise in restraint: making the most of the beauty of the wood by allowing just the minimum of detail to add interest. The result is a kitchen that's neither ultra-modern nor old-style traditional-it just sits beautifully between the two. So if bold statements are not your style, shoose Columbus: the epitome of quiet good taste.

Embraceing the Shaker theme with unfussy styling, this warm Beech foil door lends itself to both traditional or modern design, as featured with deep pan drawers, midi housing and display units.

This cream foil door with lacquered overlays has a warm beauty, portrayed here with clean modern lines and a mix 'n' match of unit chapes giving function and eye appeal. Equally Decor Cream foil doors could be pleasingly designed with a beech knob handle and thus returned to the formal simplicity of its Shaker roots.

A Maple wood grain foil door suiting both the simplistic clean lines of the Shaker style, and the functional high-tech aluminium and stainless vogue.

The special qualities of natural solid Oaks and fine veneers brings total refinement to this kitchen, The timeless cathedral design with its subtle profile on all doors and drawers offer a kitchen of quality and feel of real furniture.

Flexibility is key with Ellmau Beech. Fopr many, the beautifully simple wide surround and plain insert doors will be enough. But for those who want a sharper, more modern edge, ther's the option of adding a frosted glazed or steel mesh door. Enjoying the best of both worlds has never been easier.

The subtle, soft shading of Freestyle Grey gives you a cool kitchen in more ways than one. it ads definition to a room all by itself where light and shadow play across it, but also leaves you free to add you own higlights with appliances,fitting and accessories. Think of it as a canvas waiting for you to create the perfect blend of the practical and the personal.

Freestyle Ivory is for you if it's subtle styling you appreciate. Ther's nothing bold on offer, no particular feature demanding to be focuse on. There's just a little ine detailling here, an extra touch there, that will give you a warm glow of satisfaction knowing you made the right decision.

Havana Birch pulls off a remarkable trick: the prominent design feature is its chunky, wide frame but the overall effect is streamlined and sleek. The theme here is a simple one. Havana Birch is ready for added character - and that's down to you.

Havana Oak takes the unclutterd route to give you a kitchen with class. panels sit in substantial frames, but ther's never a danger of things looking too heavy. Woodgrain showing though is a feature you'll never tire of - all the more reason to choose this as the kitchen you can happyly live with for years.

The painted lacquered semi gloss finish. The clean line. The alabaster colour. They all contribute to the simple elegance of this traditional Shaker offering - clean and inviting.

A traditional Shaker style in maple with a smooth waxy finish. The pale wood matches the simple elegant Shaker style beautifully and enhances the size of any kitchen.

How do we achieve this unique, distinctive milky look? Solid wood frames in swiss pear with a hint of birch is the answer. The contemporary broad shaker panels add to the light airy feel.A wide choice of personalised featture and accessories are available.

The solid wood frame in alder gives a new, rich look to the traditional Shaker design and the matt finish gives the wood an auburn. A classic yet contemporary look.

Scope Beech brings a little sharp-edged angularity into your kitchen. And ther's something very appealing about the nonsense geomety of the door and drawer fronts. Juxtapose this with the gentle curve of the radius corner ands and you have the ingredients for a very satisfying combination.

What a diffefence a shade makes. A warm whash of amber hue gives Scope Calvados a golden glow that emphasises the true heart of the home. It echoes the light of a sunny day and makes you feel welcome in the depths of winter. And that makes the busiest romm in the house one you'll enjoy being in all year round.

Irts's the role of Scope Maple to bring a little light into your life - something it achieves effortlessly with its blonde colour palette. This kitchen will stand a little coutrifying, but feels equally at home if you add a contemporary touch. And wherever it stands, its design will always breeze through like a breath of fresh air, bringing that little something to your home.

The pale tones of Scope Montana Oak can't help but give off an air of peace and tranquillity. And if your kitchen is something of a haven (even when it's at the centre of household activities) this is a stly that reflects it beautifully. Contemplate life over a capuccino or meditate with a glass of wine and congratulate yoursel on achieving a calming kitchen space

Beech veneered timber styles enclosing a veneerd centre panel affords fine craftsmanship and classic lines reinforcing its rich appeal.

The rich tone of this Cherry stained timber door are dramatically mixed with steel effect to creat a stunning kitchen. A traditional approach could creat warm around ambience.

Rich european oak enhances the wid styles and veneered centre panel of this robust door whose dominance can be suppressed with a traditional handle

The subtle tones and grain add to this inspirational design to create the purest form of shaker door. The solid frame with veneered centre panel will warm to your lifestyle.

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Bright and light. Cheerful and crisp. The cream colouring combined with a silk waxy finish creates a delicate appearence. A traditional look for a modern kitchen.