Kitchen Interiors Blog

The kitchen is the heart of the home, and is often the most used room in the house, therefore the room that needs the most cleaning and tidying too. Read our top tips to consider when designing your new kitchen, so you can spend less time cleaning, and more time enjoying the space.

29th June marks the second anniversary of the opening of our second interiors showroom on Springfield Road in Chelmsford, Essex, and what a fantastic two years it has been!! Burlanes has come a long way since its humble beginnings in an old apple packing shed in East Farleigh, and we now have two beautiful furniture showrooms, and our own furniture workshop in Historic Rochester, Kent. 

A much anticipated project that all of team Burlanes have been well invested in, we are so excited to share the photos of this beautiful period property with you!! Situated amongst acres of farmland in the heart of the Hertfordshire countryside, this beautiful 16th Century family home is everything a traditional British country home should be and more! We were delighted to be commissioned to design, handmake and install bespoke furniture for the homeowner's master bedroom, dressing room, en-suite and family bathroom.

There are so many important things to consider when designing your new kitchen. Essentially, the cabinetry style, the layout and your appliances are the most important decisions to make, but if you want to ensure your kitchen is suitable for use by all the family too, then it is worth thinking about some useful additions to your initial design ideas. We have put together our top tips for creating a kitchen design that is perfect for a busy family household...

Working on the PR and Marketing team here at Burlanes, I am lucky enough to be able to flick through lots of lovely interior magazines daily, and I regularly chat with interior photographers, journalists and magazine editors about current trends, trend predictions and of course our beautiful bespoke kitchens and furniture. Whilst discussing an upcoming feature, I had a quick chat with Devon based Interiors Journalist Linda Clayton about her current home renovation, likes and dislikes, and what Linda cannot live without in her kitchen...

They say that all the best parties take place in the kitchen, so it is no wonder that it has grown to be the heart of the family home! It is almost too hard to believe that initially, the kitchen was a room kept out of sight, used only for the cooking and the washing up. Read our top tips on how to design your kitchen to be as sociable as possible... 

In recent years, the kitchen island has grown in popularity, and is now often considered an essential design feature of any modern kitchen. Whether you want to create additional worktop and storage space, incorporate a breakfast bar and somewhere to congregate, or even to simply create zones within a large open-plan space, there are so many reasons to want an island in your new kitchen.

Traditionally, kitchens were made up of base cabinets and wall cabinets or freestanding pieces of furniture, usually with a separate walk-in pantry. In recent years however, design preferences have changed and evolved in kitchen design, and homeowners are now opting for floor-to-ceiling kitchen cabinets, maximising storage space.

Something a little different to our usual style, we injected a little glamour into our handmade  Decolane kitchen  in Upminster, Essex. We shared this  kitchen  on our  Instagram  a couple of weeks ago and we were asked lots of questions about it; so we thought we would share a blog post of all details of this beautiful room.