The Kitchen Warehouse UK blog is filled with inspirational and practical advice for kitchens of all budgets, shapes, and sizes.
If you’ve been pricing up a new kitchen, you’ll have come across the words “flat pack” and “rigid” more than once. If you’re anything like most of the people who ring us at the showroom, you’ll have a rough idea of what they mean but not much beyond that. Is a rigid kitchen...
A U-shaped kitchen is one of the classic kitchen layouts. The name comes from the literal shape it creates: two opposing runs of cabinets with an adjoining run at one end, and the opposite end open. In smaller spaces, essentially, the layout resembles a traditional galley kitchen, albeit with an end closed off. For larger...
When space is tight in your kitchen, it can sometimes feel like you are fighting a never-ending battle. On one hand, you are trying to make the tiny kitchen appear bigger. On the other hand, you are desperately trying to fit everything you need into such a tight space. And you don’t need to be...
Texture is quietly taking over kitchen design. After years of flat fronts and high-gloss everything, the rooms catching the eye now are the ones with something to touch, and fluted glass is leading that shift. Those soft vertical ridges, lit from within or simply catching the morning light, add a sense of depth...
A modern kitchen is much more than just a place to prepare meals and cook. So, how do you make sure that your modern kitchen design hits the spot? How do you create a welcoming kitchen space where function meets form perfectly? And how to do you make sure that your kitchen organised and order...
Okay, so here’s the thing… At a quick glance, there doesn’t seem to be a great deal of difference between cream and beige, does there? After all, they are both neutral, warm and comforting colours. If you delve deeper into the actual composition of the hues, you’ll find that both blend brown, yellow and white...
So, you are taking the plunge and getting a new kitchen, right? And you want to choose a colour that is on trend now but that won’t date quickly, yes? Well, we may just have the perfect colour for you. Green has emerged as perhaps the colour for kitchens over the last few years. And...
Ask most people if you should put dark cabinets in a small kitchen, the answer you’ll get back is most likely to be, ‘No!’ After all, it’s common knowledge that a dark colour can dominate a space and make the room look smaller than it actually is. So, it seems sensible to assume that dark...
Most kitchen design advice focuses mainly on style and looks. Of course, that’s understandable – but we’re here to take a different angle. Kitchens can be much more than the place we cook in the home – social and entertaining spaces, or a busy family hub, for example. However, while we often design a kitchen...
Ivory is a popular choice as a colour for kitchen cabinets. So much so, that ivory cabinets really deserve a blog of their very own! It’s time to talk about why ivory kitchen cabinets are a great choice for a new kitchen and to explain what the best colours are to match with ivory kitchen...
Questions, questions, questions… There are a lot of questions to ask when it comes to choosing a new kitchen. Colour? Size, number, and positioning of cabinetry? Kitchen island? Countertops? And then we come to the style of the design. So, should you choose a Shaker kitchen or a slab kitchen? Read on to help you...
Kitchen Warehouse Named as Stori Excellence Awards 2026 Finalist We’re proud to announce that Kitchen Warehouse has won a Real Story Award at the Stori Excellence Awards 2026 — recognition that reflects exactly what these projects were created to achieve. The Real Story Award celebrates something the industry too often overlooks: the quality of what’s...