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My photography skills aren’t the greatest but I really hope these photographs give you even a tiny taste of how very special this space is and is going to be. It just has so much character and charm and atmosphere to it already. The furniture, the colours, the chandelier and fittings all look as though they could have been here for hundreds of years, ageing beautifully and getting even lovelier as time passes.<\/p>\n
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Peeling back the protective floor sheets to unveil\u00a0the beautiful original wooden floorboards was one of the most exciting parts for us. Lovely deep, dark planks, all wobbly and knotted, that are hundreds of years old. This floor was hidden beneath a pretty nasty red carpet when we bought the shop, meaning the builders\u00a0had to give it a good old scrub, but when we saw what was underneath we were very happy. We knew\u00a0we had to restore this gorgeous floor\u00a0to its former glory, it would be\u00a0so silly to cover it up.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Some finishing touches have been added to the cupboards. Our beautiful and brand new aged brass handles and a handy little wooden plate rack inside one of the countertop cupboards,\u00a0a neat and well-arranged way to store things, it’s perfect for big plates and really easy to access.<\/p>\n
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The tiling between the pink wall and the lovely open base cupboard has been finished and it looks so smart. All that’s left in this little corner is to add the catches and handles to the cupboard doors.<\/p>\n
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We’ve chosen our ‘Ioninan’ style Aged Brass taps, which we made in collaboration with Perrin & Rowe, for the sink area. We worked so hard to create the absolute perfect shade and tone of brass for these taps and we think they look so great\u00a0against the old school green tiles and honed black granite worktops.\u00a0If there was any place I’d like to be washing up, I’d pick right here, gazing out over St. John’s Square, watching all of the Londoners go by.<\/p>\n
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We also had a very exciting delivery this week… our beautiful palm tree has arrived!\u00a0We can’t wait to get this beauty down into the showroom, it’s going to look so cool against the pink, green and blue and it’s nearly 6ft tall! In case you were wondering, this species of palm is called a ‘Dypsis Lutescens Areca’, it’s leafy and wild and just what we\u00a0wanted.<\/p>\n
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The other half of the showroom is still looking a little bare,\u00a0but in the next two weeks we will have made some beautiful pieces of furniture for this space. There’s going to be a lovely island from our Real Shaker range and a row of our handmade deVOL ceramic pendant lights hanging above. A chilled out little area to meet with customers and chat about kitchen designs.<\/p>\n
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