Kitchen Finalists Designer of the Year - kbbawards.co.uk€¦ · Diane Berry Kitchens Location: Manchester Project cost: £29,600 Cost includes installation Brief: “This couple

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Diane BerryDiane Berry KitchensLocation: ManchesterProject cost: £29,600Cost includes installation

Brief: “This couple are in their early fifties with three adult children in their twenties. They wanted a real twist in the materials and design as the property is so old - and they absolutely didn’t want a cheesy shaker kitchen.”

What the judges said: “Diane is a really consistent designer in the level of thought and consideration she puts into her projects. This is a great example of a beautiful kitchen that’s real value for money and she has taken the client’s brief and run with it. What’s great is

Kitchen Designerof the Year Project cost up to £30,000

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L-R Host Miles Jupp, winner Diane Berry and Franke managing director Neil Clark

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that Diane perfectly understands the practicalities of how people actually use their kitchens and manages to use that to underpin a great aesthetic design.”

Jordan PriceDorans Kitchen & HomeLocation: County DownProject cost: £28,000Cost includes installationBrief: “Our clients are an affable couple with grown-up kids so wanted a new kitchen designed with just their needs in mind. They wanted a fair bit of storage and nothing overly cluttered, and grey and white tones were a must.”

William CrabtreeKitchen Connection of AscotLocation: BerkshireProject cost: £26,000Cost includes installation but not VATBrief: “Our client is a property developer and the brief was to create an open plan kitchen diner to suit modern, social family life with plenty of additional storage space for growing families.”

Julie OtulakowskiArtHouse Creative InteriorsLocation: Alderley EdgeProject cost: £26,736Cost includes installationBrief: “Our clients wanted a contemporary design that would work with the angled extension. The industrial style of the architecture also wanted to remain subtle features of the space with the exposed RSJ beams and structural pillars.”