A bespoke sage-green kitchen dresser with glazed display doors, lit glass shelves holding glassware, and a solid oak worktop, made by Nick Archibold for a cottage kitchen in Great Somerford.

Dresser · Great Somerford

A cottage kitchen in Great Somerford

New fitted cabinetry and a bespoke dresser added storage while retaining the cottage’s character.

Photographed after fitting in Great Somerford.

This Great Somerford cottage kitchen needed replacing, with plenty of storage to accommodate without losing its charm. Rather than extending fitted cabinetry throughout, a bespoke dresser was designed as a centrepiece alongside the new fitted cabinetry.

Designing, building and installing the dresser

A dresser alongside fitted cabinetry: The bespoke dresser was designed, built and installed to complement the new fitted cabinetry, rather than extending fitted units throughout the kitchen. The half-width upper section prevented blocking in front of the window.
Six doors and two drawers: The dresser incorporated 6 doors and 2 drawers, addressing the need for plenty of storage.
Glazed doors and display lighting: Glazed upper doors and LED spotlights allowed decorative glassware to be displayed as part of the dresser.
Cost and time: The cost range was £3,000 to £5,000. The work took several weeks in the workshop and 1 day on site.

Storage and a natural centrepiece

The completed dresser complemented the new fitted cabinetry, providing storage without relying on fitted units throughout the kitchen.
The glazed upper section provided a place to display decorative glassware, illuminated by LED spotlights.

For this Great Somerford kitchen, the bespoke dresser brought storage and display together in a design shaped around the cottage’s character.

“I thoroughly recommend Nick Archibold. His standard of work is excellent and he is a pleasure to work with. He patiently talked through each stage of our kitchen renovation, suggested good ideas for how to make the kitchen work well for us and communicated well with us at all times. A really good find for us and we have no reservations in recommending him.”
Clare Eaton

Before and after

The same kitchen, carefully renewed

A Great Somerford cottage kitchen before the work, with dated pine furniture against the wall where the bespoke sage-green dresser would later stand. — Before: the corner that needed more storage.

The Great Somerford cottage kitchen after the work, with the new bespoke sage-green dresser fitted against the wall where old pine furniture used to stand. — After: the new dresser in place.

The project

In pictures

The finished bespoke sage-green kitchen dresser in Great Somerford, with lit glazed display cabinets showing glassware above a solid oak worktop, beside the kitchen window. — The finished dresser, looking right at home.

A close-up of the glazed display doors of a bespoke sage-green kitchen dresser in Great Somerford, with adjustable glass shelves, LED spotlights and antiqued brass knobs. — Glazed doors, adjustable shelves and LED spotlights.

An open drawer in the bespoke Great Somerford kitchen dresser showing solid oak dovetailed drawer boxes, a detail of the cabinet-making. — Solid oak dovetailed drawer boxes.

Tall sage-green larder cupboards and a shallow stack of drawers beside the window in the refreshed Great Somerford kitchen, with a solid oak worktop running along the run. — The dresser sits comfortably with the fitted cabinetry.

Antiqued cup handles and matching knobs on the painted sage-green doors and drawers of a bespoke kitchen dresser in Great Somerford. — Antiqued handles add to its character.

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WHAT THIS KIND OF PROJECT INVOLVES

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