Renovating a kitchen in Manchester usually means working with what the house already gives you, and the city hands you plenty to work around. Chimney breasts that eat into a wall, boxed-in pipework, sockets in exactly the wrong place, worktops that meet at odd angles because the room was never square to begin with ...

A great many Birmingham kitchens have one thing in common, and it is not square footage. From the tight galley layouts in Selly Oak's student terraces to the compact second kitchens ...

A splashback is one of those upgrades that quietly changes how a whole room feels. It sits behind the hob or the sink and takes the everyday punishment of cooking, washing and splashing ...

Put a tiled wall and a glass splashback side by side and the difference shows before you have touched either. Tile breaks a wall into a grid of little squares and grout lines, whereas glass gives you one clean, unbroken sheet that reads as a single part of the room ...

Anyone who has lived in a Glasgow tenement knows the kitchen comes with its own set of quirks. Ceilings that soar well above head height, walls that have been skimmed and reskimmed by a century of tenants until nothing is quite plumb ...

Modern kitchens are no longer just practical cooking spaces. They are now one of the most important rooms in the home for entertaining, family life, and interior design ...

Kitchen design has evolved dramatically over the last decade. Today’s homeowners want kitchens that are practical, stylish, hygienic, and easy to maintain ...

Most homeowners who end up fitting glass radiator covers start in one specific room. Usually it's the one where the radiator has been bothering them for years ...

Warm metallics have been creeping back into kitchen design for a few years now. Brass taps, aged bronze handles, copper pendants, brushed gold cabinet pulls ...

Mirrored splashbacks are one of the most effective ways to open up a kitchen, but not all mirrors behave the same way in a room ...

Choosing a splashback material is one of those decisions that quietly shapes how a kitchen looks and feels for years afterwards ...