White Shaker cabinetry, butcher-block countertops and a professional range, made to fit a 1900s farmhouse without a single straight wall.
The brief
Ruth and Graham had restored almost every room of their farmhouse, and the kitchen was the last one left. They wanted it to feel as though it had always been there, while cooking like a modern kitchen.
The design
We centered the room on a professional range beneath a stainless chimney hood, with tall Shaker wall cabinets on either side and a wide island in solid maple facing the garden doors. Butcher-block countertops keep the palette warm against the white subway tile.
The build
Nothing in a house this old is square, so every cabinet was scribed on site to follow the walls and floor. The maple tops were oiled by hand in our workshop and again after installation, which took four weeks including new plumbing and electrics.
Our farmhouse doesn't have a straight wall in it, and they scribed every cabinet to fit. Friends assume the kitchen is original to the house, which is exactly what we hoped for.
Ruth and Graham Ellis
Millbrook
