SMART STORAGE
Clever storage is at the heart of every well-designed space. We highlight four inventive solutions
1Shown here within Tikari Works’ London-based Pocket House design scheme, this minimalist kitchen by Uncommon Projects will really cut the mustard for cooks with an unruly collection of oils and spices. Ingredients can still be kept close at hand, yet are cleverly hidden away when not in use. Low, counter-level cupboards with space-saving sliding doors free up the wall above. From £25,000 (uncommonprojects.co.uk).
2 For those who dream of a larder but lack space, Jack Trench’s ‘Hidden Pantry’, part of its ‘JT Classic’ kitchen, is not merely a solution for storing all your kitchen essentials, it also provides a prep station for breakfast, tea and coffee – or even mixing cocktails. Complete with a worktop, drawers and shelving above, it’s the best-kept kitchen secret. Available in an array of materials, from oak to corian. From £70,000 ( jacktrench.co.uk).
3 Arclinea’s sleek, concealed kitchen featuring the New Pocket Prep Zone is ideal for open-plan spaces that juggle multiple functions. Clutter can be magicked away behind luxe teak doors that glide into recesses either side of the work station. The inside is just as elegant, with black anodised ‘Mensolinea’ shelves, a lacquered granite worktop and built-in lights. From £45,000 (arclinea.com).
4 Lastly, this open-plan kitchen, part of a refurbishment project by London-based architecture and design studio Proctor & Shaw, conceals essential appliances in easily accessible yet invisible storage – elegantly shuttered behind Dinesen Douglas fir interior lists (a form of strutted cladding) that have been used across an entire wall in this Marylebone apartment. From £4.80 per metre (dinesen.com; proctorandshaw.com).