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Painted in-frame in color, set against unpainted oak

The Norfolk.

Painted in-frame cabinetry in a strong color, with unpainted oak left alongside it to do its own work. Two countertop materials rather than one: oiled oak on the runs, stone on the island.

Painted in-frame (inset, in American terms) cabinetry in a strong color, with unpainted oak left alongside it to do its own work. Two countertop materials rather than one: oiled oak on the runs, stone on the island. Aged brass throughout, and a mantel over the range rather than a hood.

How it is built

The same construction, whichever range

The range decides the door and the ornament. Everything behind it is built the same way, in the same building, by the same nine people — and it is built that way whether the kitchen is going to Suffolk or to Connecticut.

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Specification

Setting out Drawn in CAD, then again at full size as a rod pinned above the bench. Machining is taken from the rod, not the screen.
Carcass 18mm birch-faced plywood (a shade under 3/4 inch), glued and screwed, 9mm backs (just under 3/8 inch) housed in rather than pinned on. Adjustable feet throughout.
Face frames Solid timber, mortise and tenon, with scribed filler stiles where the joinery meets the building.
Drawer boxes Solid European oak, 16mm (just over 5/8 inch) sides, through-dovetailed front and back by hand, waxed.
Runners Full-extension soft-close, rated to 90lb.
Painted work Four coats, brushed by hand in our own finishing room, with the final coat cut in on site after installation.
Installation By the people who made it. Nothing is subcontracted and nothing arrives flat-packed.
The Norfolk seen wide, deep blue painted in-frame cabinets under oak countertops, with a stone-topped island and a tall timber larder
The Norfolk
The range wall, the cooker set into the blue run with the larder beside it
The range wall, painted against oak
The sink run close to, brass cup pulls on blue painted drawers under an oak top
Aged brass on a painted drawer front
A walkthrough of The Norfolk

Not the right one if you want one quiet color through the whole room. This one is built on contrast.

The range wall, the cooker set into the blue run with the larder beside it
The range, set into a painted mantel
A tall timber larder standing at the end of the run
The larder, built as a separate piece in oak
The room from the corner, an apron-front sink under the window and the range along the far run
Where the painted run turns the corner
The window above the run, with shelves either side of it
Open shelving, and stone by the window
The sink run close to, brass cup pulls on blue painted drawers under an oak top
Aged brass over a fireclay sink
The same room in the evening, the countertops warm under the lights
The same room, in the evening
The other ranges

If this is not the one

The Suffolk — hand-painted in-frame English kitchen, built in Suffolk and installed in the United States Hand-painted in-frameThe SuffolkA flat center panel, a plain stile and rail, a solid timber face frame, and paint.See the range → The Essex — molded in-frame English kitchen with a hand-carved chimneypiece over the range Molded in-frameThe EssexThe most decorated of the seven.See the range → The Scandi — handleless character oak kitchen with matte black cabinetry, made in Suffolk Handleless oak, solid timberThe ScandiFlat, finger-jointed fronts in character oak.See the range →

All seven ranges →

Every kitchen shown here is one we have made. The images are visualizations rather than photographs of our clients’ houses. They are built from our own workshop drawings and our own photographs of the work on site, and finished with AI, because our clients ask that their houses are not photographed or published. More on that.

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