Free yourself from the restraints of fully-fitted kitchen cabinetry and enjoy a more flexible, laidback cooking space. For those seeking a more relaxed approach to kitchen design, the option of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 1977, the cookery writer Elizabeth David wrote an article in which she described her ideal kitchen. Her ...

A modern all-white kitchen with stainless appliances. - Photos By The Owl/Shutterstock After decades of the fitted kitchen's supremacy, trends are turning back to a more traditional configuration, ...

Reading Deborah Sugg Ryan’s whistle-stop tour of kitchen history (House & Home, FT Weekend, August 28), I recall my grandfather, John Henry Boothman, was one of the pioneers of fitted units in British ...

Granite worktops come in a range of colours including black, cream and pink. It's a non-renewable natural stone, so it requires a significant amount of energy and generates a lot of pollutants during ...

Forget boring wall-to-wall cabinets and fitted appliances; creativity and astute flea-market purchases are redefining the modern kitchen Jessica Doyle is a senior editor and journalist at The ...