When did you begin your kitchen design ?
After Jane and Brian found their home they realised their closest Neptune store would no longer be Neptune Tonbridge , but Neptune Canterbury . “ We hadn ’ t even exchanged contracts . But I was in Neptune Canterbury straight away , jumping into deep design conversations with Lily , our kitchen designer there . I ’ d constantly be popping to Neptune Canterbury , sitting in the Limehouse kitchen area with a coffee , picturing life with it in my home . I did it for months !” Jane remembers , laughing . So excited she was about designing her Neptune kitchen , Jane kick-started the process over a year before her kitchen was fitted . “ Lily seemed so happy that it would be a long process and totally understood our excitement to just start playing with ideas , even if we couldn ’ t do too much just yet , which we really appreciated . She seemed as happy and eager as we were .”
Tell us about your design process .
The design process involved much more than just choosing cabinetry and colours . Lily was able to show Jane and Brian a room plan with their oak trusses , their glazing and their furniture choices so that they could really see the whole space taking shape and be confident in their final selections . “ We did make a few last-minute tweaks . There was a complication with our kitchen island in that we decided we wanted it a bit narrower , which in turn affected the choice of extractor meaning we needed an integrated fan to be built into the hob . Lily just sorted everything for us . We were going on holiday and she just told us to go , enjoy ourselves and she ’ d research it all and make it happen . It was above and beyond her call of duty really . She made us feel like we were her only customers .”
What was your kitchen design brief / objective ?
Everybody has a wishlist when they set down the path of a kitchen renovation , and Jane was no different having seen Limehouse ’ s capacious larder , that became an absolute must for her , but otherwise , she was open to being flexible . She noted that she ’ d love to have an island , lots of storage and a hob that looked out onto the garden . Brian ’ s big area of focus was the lighting , being drawn to the strip LED lighting at Neptune Canterbury just above the kickboards and below the work surface . “ It makes the kitchen look like it ’ s weightless and floating at night time – it ’ s the most wonderful atmosphere ,” Jane added .
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