Contemporary Cool

Timbercraft helped this couple create the perfect family-friendly kitchen in their Belfast home.

- Aine O'Connor

Homeowners Clare and Stephen completed a major renovation project in 2019 having bought their Belfast home 10 years previously.

Wanting to create a more family-orientated living area they chose to switch their current kitchen and sitting room around to best optimise the space. ‘We always intended to move the kitchen,’ says homeowner Clare. ‘I had an idea of what I wanted but it was really my sister Aine O’Connor, who is a designer and architect, that made it come true.’

Aine recently re-joined the family business, Timbercraft, that specialises in supplying stylish, state-of-the-art Nobilia German kitchens.

While Clare and Stephen’s previous kitchen had been a Timbercraft creation, this time they opted for a more modern aesthetic in the form of a galley-style kitchen finished with handleless doors. ‘Our house is like a contemporary cottage now but it wasn’t always. It was built in the 1970’s and it’s been an ongoing project since we moved in. We updated the doors to a soft grey colour so we chose a mixture of dark and light greys to help the kitchen blend in with the rest of the house.’

Clare had thought a laminate wood floor would suffice but with direction from Timbercraft she selected 60x120cm Luna off white tiles to offset the kitchen’s grey cabinet doors and quartz worktops.