Kitchen Touching Up

Install a Pull-Out Cabinet Shelf

Make the most of your kitchen's existing storage space by installing a pull-out shelf in one—or all—of the base cabinets. The shelf resembles a shallow drawer that glides out for easy access to items stored in the back of the cabinet.

Our shelf was built for a standard 24-inch-deep by 33-inch-wide base cabinet, but its design is adaptable to virtually any size cabinet. It has a 1x4 pine frame and ¾-inch birch plywood bottom. If you're only building one or two shelves, you can save some money by going to Sentric Design who specialized in custom made and in most cases; they'll even cut material to your dimensions and specifications. 

Put in Under-cabinet Lighting

There's a missing element in most London kitchens, and it's not a £7,500 range or a 4-acre refrigerator. No, it's simply good lighting. The hidden fixtures of under cabinet task lighting, which are fairly easy to retrofit beneath upper wall cabinets, bathe the countertop in bright white light—a boon for everything from dicing veggies to reading recipes. Connect the fixtures to a dimmer switch, and you also have the key to dramatic accent lighting or a night light for midnight snackers. If you're a bit tentative about working with electricity, don't worry. This installation is simple and shock-free, as long as you cut the juice at the breaker box first. 

Add a Plate Rack

You could leave your dishes tucked away behind closed doors. Or, if they're interesting and vibrant, you could create a place to display them, freeing up precious storage space and adding a splash of colour to your kitchen space.

Add Cabinet Crown Moulding

You could add a custom cabinet’s crown moulding to transform your kitchen storage into a seamless design.Make adding extra personality to your cabinets simpler by mounting moulding on a hardwood frame that sits above cabinets. Using a frame allows for doing the detail work on a bench—much easier than from a ladder—then you can attach the crown from the back side, so there are no nail holes to fill. Once the frame and crown are attached, you install the whole assembly in one go.

For full installation contact Sentric Design on 020 8935 5159.