THE FAMILY flexible space

If the kitchen is the heart of the home, then the dining table should be at its centre. Serving as a social hub for the family to gather around, it also doubles as a roomy workstation for rolling out large quantities of pastry or kneading dough. John Lewis of Hungerford’s Artisan dining table, £1,437, is shown here in the grey-painted Shaker kitchen, from £25,000, which is packed with cupboard space to make the most of this room’s smaller size.

Brighten up the front of your range cooker with the Flamingo double oven glove, £22, Sara Miller