THE yellow bikini

The client brief was simple, sharp, bold and yellow.

This kitchen was for a tiny apartment, with only one feasible wall for the kitchen there were several limitations. At one end was the entrance to the bathroom and at the other on an adjacent wall was the entrance into the apartment. The entrance door was only 200mm off the proposed kitchen wall meaning cabinetry could not run the entire length but start at least 1000mm in leaving only 2400mm of useable space.

Backing onto part of the kitchen wall was the utility room which gave us the opportunity to recess some cabinetry and therefore utilise the full length. We got the plumber to set up the trap for the sink in the utility room which gave us the ability to reduce the base cabinet heights to an absolute minimum.

The kitchen and apartment is definitely for a single occupant so storage and appliances are minimal. We replaced the oven with the new Panasonic convection/microwave steam oven which we recessed into the utility room and open vented allowing for it to be contained in the appliance garage.

The impact of the yellow lacquer is contrasted with black and yellow of the Madagascar timber veneer. White acrylic tops and over cupboard doors sharpen up the design. The kitchen is the feature of the apartment and looks and works as intended.