Styles & worktops
The choices behind a great kitchen.
A kitchen is a set of decisions — the cabinet style, the worktop, the finishes — and the right ones depend as much on how you cook and live as on how it looks. Here's an honest, plain-English guide to the options we design and fit, and what each is genuinely best for. It's the sort of thing Sam will talk you through in person, too.
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Cabinet style
Shaker & In-Frame
Best for: Period homes · classic family kitchens
The five-piece shaker door and its in-frame cousin are the enduring British kitchen — clean lines, honest proportions and a look that ages well rather than dating. Painted in a colour of your choosing (deep navy and sage are perennial Surrey favourites), they suit period cottages and farmhouses beautifully, and sit just as happily in a modern extension.
- Timeless & repaintable
- Any colour
- Period or modern
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Cabinet style
Handleless & Flat-Slab
Best for: Extensions · open-plan · contemporary homes
For a sleeker, more architectural look, flat-slab and handleless cabinetry gives you an uninterrupted run with no hardware to catch — either a grooved rail or a slim recessed edge. It's the natural choice for open-plan and extended kitchens, and works well mixing a matte finish with warm timber to stop it feeling cold.
- Sleek & seamless
- Timber or matte
- Great for open-plan
03
Worktop
Quartz Worktops
Best for: Busy family kitchens · low maintenance
Engineered quartz is the most popular worktop we fit, and for good reason: it's non-porous, so it doesn't need sealing, shrugs off everyday spills, and comes in everything from crisp whites to deep veined marbles. Hard-wearing and easy to live with — the sensible choice for a kitchen that gets properly used.
- No sealing needed
- Stain-resistant
- Huge range of looks
04
Worktop
Granite Worktops
Best for: Character kitchens · natural stone lovers
A natural stone with real depth and movement — no two slabs are the same, so your worktop is genuinely one of a kind. Extremely hard-wearing and heat-tolerant, granite suits kitchens that want a bit of natural character. It's sealed on fitting and occasionally after, which we'll talk you through.
- One-of-a-kind slab
- Heat-tolerant
- Natural depth
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Worktop
Solid Timber Worktops
Best for: Farmhouse & country kitchens · warmth
Nothing warms a kitchen like real timber — oak, walnut and iroko bring softness and grain that stone can't. It wants oiling now and then and lives with a few honest marks over the years, which is exactly the point for a country or farmhouse kitchen. We'll advise where it works best and where a harder surface earns its place.
- Warm & tactile
- Ages beautifully
- Needs occasional oiling
06
The details
Appliances & Finishing
Best for: Tying the whole kitchen together
The details are where a kitchen feels finished: integrated ovens and fridges, the right extraction, brass or matte-black tapware and handles, splashbacks and lighting. We help you specify appliances that suit how you cook and a budget that makes sense — then coordinate them into the fit so everything lands and works together.
- Integrated appliances
- Tapware & handles
- Lighting & splashbacks
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Still torn? See it in the showroom.
A door finish or a worktop that looks perfect on a screen can feel completely different in your hand. Come and see the cabinetry and surfaces in person at our Godalming showroom — Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm — and let Sam talk you through what suits your room, with no pressure to decide on the spot.