Detached family home in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire

Calming, stylish and homely

Rooms designed: kitchen, utility, living room and hall.

With four children and a love for cooking and entertaining, the owners knew their home needed a complete overhaul. But the family wanted more than just space. They wanted to create something that would suit their lifestyle.

The kitchen needed to be a space where they could cook together, entertain, hang out with each other and friends and on a practical level, it had to be easy to clean and maintain plus withstand the rigours of family life.

A light palette was selected for throughout the large kitchen extension. The cabinets were kept deliberately simple in a combination of white and warm cashmere. To enhance the feeling of space, open shelving was introduced instead of bulky wall cabinets. This gave the opportunity to display decorative finds, which had previously been hidden in other areas of the home.

Vintage touches in the form of vases, artwork and furniture were given centre stage, to help balance the modern look and feel of the kitchen cabinets and create a welcoming and relaxed feel.

Client review

“We always knew that above everything we wanted a kitchen that would stand the test of time but also one that we could be proud of and enjoy spending time in. We are not disappointed. Working with Alison Anderson Interiors felt like an extension of us, they understood the dynamics of the family and it felt like they worked with us, not for us.

I was hesitant about asking an interior designer to help me as I have clear ideas of my own, but they weren’t trying to change my ideas, they just helped me realise them and complemented them in a very clever way.”

Maria H

Letchworth kitchen design by Alison Anderson Interiors antique brass splashback behind blue range cooker.
Letchworth kitchen design Alison Anderson Interiors white slab kitchen with brass handles and styled shelf.
Kitchen interior design styling by Alison Anderson Interiors with coffee pot, mugs on a metal tray, white vase with faux flowers
Kitchen interior design shelf styling by Alison Anderson Interiors with wooden chopping boards, vintage picture and plants.
Letchworth kitchen design by Alison Anderson Interiors white kitchen with waterfall island made from vintage wooden cupboard, brass splashback, wooden flooring, wooden vintage bar stools and vintage wooden kitchen table
Letchworth kitchen design by Alison Anderson Interiors with quartz waterfall island and vintage bar stools.
Kitchen design with vintage cupboard upcycled into an island with a waterfall worktop by Alison Anderson Interiors.
Blue range cooker with unlacquered brass splashback in Letchworth family home kitchen design by Alison Anderson Interiors.
Antique brass splashback close up with white vase and faux flowers.
White vintage shelves styled by kitchen designer Fiona Rosowsky with wooden chopping board, cookbook and pink linen napkin.
Kitchen vintage wall mounted shelves styled with mugs, pictures, faux plants and old ceramic pots.
White slab kitchen drawers with brass handles styled with a white vase and faux flowers, a coffee pot and vintage stool and picture.
Blue chest of drawers with wall mounted wooden shelf above styled with candles, pictures, faux branches and ceramic pots.
Beige lounge chair with jute rug, rattan lightshade and vintage desk in front of window in Letchworth family home.
Old wooden desk and chair for home office in living room in a Letchworth family home.
Vintage wooden desk and chair styles with books and wooden lamp.
View into hallway from living room, featuring patterned floor tiles, and blue painted tongue and groove under stairs storage cupboard.
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Grade II listed Arts and Crafts home, Letchworth Garden City