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The Naked Kitchens blog is the place where we celebrate all the highs, lows, and beautiful chaos of kitchen life.
Come on in for style ideas, expert guides, lighting, plants, recipes, and plenty besides, all from some truly fabulous and exciting guest authors.
Kitchens Unbound: The Ancient Roman Kitchen
What did the Romans ever do for our kitchens? The answer is, a surprising amount…
Splashback statements - an expert guide to choosing and using kitchen splashbacks
Here’s everything you need to know about kitchen splashbacks, and how to use them to style up your space…
Built For An Artist’s Life - Behind The Scenes
Discover how we crafted a kitchen with Mondrian-inspired cabinetry and Jackson Pollock-inspired doors, why we did it and how we found out there’s not enough supermarkets in Norfolk to satisfy our mustard needs….
Kitchens Unpacked: the story of Colman’s Mustard
No kitchen store cupboard looks complete without a dash of mustard. From Norfolk to the South Pole via Nigella’s handbag, here’s the story of that brilliant, beautiful yellow…
Kitchen Ergonomics - Make your Kitchen More Efficient
How to apply some science to your kitchen layout and make it a more convenient, efficient and enjoyable space…
‘Kitchens Fit for Heroes’: The surprising brilliance of Britain’s post-war prefabs
They might not be anyone’s idea of a dream kitchen now, but these ingenious prefabs transformed lives, sometimes with remarkable consequences…
Kitchen cabinets: what is a wood veneer?
All you need to know about the craft – and art – of beautiful wood veneers…
Henry VIII’s 55-room kitchen at Hampton Court Palace
This is the concept of a ‘kitchen’ taken to the extreme – but look closely and there are some surprisingly lovely design touches…
Design for Life: Cottage kitchen by Sarah Spencer Ashworth
Professional interior designer Sarah Spencer Ashworth explains how she created a beautiful, practical family kitchen in a small period cottage…