Normanton · Making a compact kitchen work harder
White handleless kitchen with tall storage and a compact breakfast unit.
This bespoke kitchen in Normanton brings together high-gloss acrylic fronts, 1,000 mm wall cupboards and a small storage-and-dining unit. The brief was to gain useful storage and working surface while keeping the compact room visually light.
JS DECO designed, manufactured and installed the kitchen. Boston concrete-effect Egger MFC carcases and a marble-effect laminate worktop accompany the white fronts, with separate solutions for cooking appliances, boiler housing and everyday storage.
- Location
- Normanton, West Yorkshire
- Fronts
- High-gloss white acrylic
- Carcases
- Boston concrete-effect Egger MFC
- JS DECO scope
- Design, manufacture and installation
A small unit with several uses
Storage, preparation and a place for a quick meal.
The compact unit brings additional drawers and shelving together beneath a matching marble-effect worktop. The original specification records a 900 × 900 mm construction containing a broad drawer chest and two shelved units.
In the completed photograph, the unit sits against a wall with stools on either side. That image shows its dining function and how the high-gloss fronts and worktop continue the kitchen’s material palette.
For a similar small room, the useful question is how a breakfast unit will be used: food preparation, sitting down, storing equipment, or a combination. Its position needs to be planned alongside the space for stools, opening drawers and movement through the room.
Making use of height
Wall cupboards divided for everyday and occasional storage.
The wall cabinets were specified at 1,000 mm high, except for the unit above the extractor. This makes vertical storage a deliberate part of the furniture design rather than leaving the upper portion of the room unconsidered.
The lower wall-cabinet section has side-hinged, soft-close doors and two shelves. Above it, a horizontal push-to-open section is left undivided for larger items. These different compartments separate accessible everyday storage from less frequently used pieces.
The photograph shows how the upper door lines continue around the cooking area, with a small open display compartment breaking up the white elevation. This is a project-specific example of our bespoke kitchen furniture: heights and internal divisions developed around the room and its requirements.
Acrylic, MFC and laminate
Reflective white fronts with a practical laminate worktop.
The doors use high-gloss white acrylic-coated slab fronts. The carcases are Boston concrete-effect material from the Egger MFC range.
The worktop is 38 mm Egger laminate in Light Grey Valmasino Marble effect. Its pale patterned surface connects the sink and cooking areas and is repeated on the breakfast unit. White high-gloss plinths complete the lower cabinetry.
The close photograph also shows the dark woodgrain-effect splashback and black sink and hob. These visible contrasts give the white fronts a defined backdrop. Our guide to Egger furniture components provides further context for the cabinet and worktop materials.
Two different tall-cabinet jobs
Boiler concealment and integrated cooking appliances.
A shallow housing for the service area
The combi boiler on the left-hand side of the room was incorporated into a full-height cabinet. The original project describes a shallow construction that conceals the boiler and pipework while using the surrounding space for storage.
Keeping this housing shallow was part of the response to the compact room. In a new project, cabinet design around a boiler must also accommodate the appliance’s access and clearance requirements; the photograph shows the closed furniture, not its internal servicing arrangement.
Storage around the oven and microwave
The separate appliance tower houses a Bosch oven and microwave, with storage above and below. The two tall elements share the white gloss finish while serving different functions.
Blum hinges, lift mechanisms and drawer systems are listed in the original specification. The drawer arrangement combines push-to-open operation with soft closing, retaining the handleless appearance while providing controlled access.
Design-stage evidence
Plan cabinet heights and appliance positions together.
The original drawing records the proposed relationship between the sink, hob, wall cabinets, cooking-appliance tower and refrigeration. The drawing brings those positions together in one view, alongside the finished photographs that show the selected materials.
In a compact room, the useful work happens in coordinating these elements: storage near the working zones, appropriate space for appliances and services, and cabinet divisions that form a consistent elevation. The 1,000 mm wall cabinets and small breakfast unit are concrete features of this scheme.
Our guide to how bespoke furniture really works explains how room requirements develop into a manufacturing specification. You can also read about JS DECO and our workshop.
Project specification
- Location
- Normanton, West Yorkshire
- JS DECO scope
- Design, manufacture and installation
- Door fronts
- High-gloss white acrylic-coated slab fronts
- Carcases
- Boston concrete-effect Egger MFC
- Worktop
- 38 mm Egger laminate, Light Grey Valmasino Marble effect
- Plinths
- White high gloss
- Wall cabinets
- 1,000 mm high, except the cabinet over the extractor
- Wall-cabinet interiors
- Lower section with soft-close hinged doors and two shelves; upper horizontal push-to-open section left undivided
- Compact breakfast unit
- 900 × 900 mm construction recorded in the original specification; drawer chest and two shelved units
- Tall cabinetry
- Full-height shallow boiler housing and separate cooking-appliance tower with additional storage
- Cooking appliances
- Integrated Bosch oven and microwave
- Opening mechanisms
- Blum hinges, lift systems and push-to-open soft-close drawers
- JS DECO drawer runner standard
- Blum MOVENTO, 40 kg load class
- Blum hardware guarantee
- Blum hardware is covered by Blum UK’s lifetime guarantee, subject to its terms.
Planning more storage in a compact kitchen?
Bring the room’s practical requirements into the design.
Tell us which parts of this Normanton kitchen interest you: taller cupboards, an appliance tower, concealed services or a compact breakfast unit. We can discuss how those ideas relate to your available space and storage needs.
JS DECO works with private clients and commercial project teams. Explore our commercial collaboration approach, or contact the workshop to discuss your plans.
Our guide to starting your project explains the next steps.
Useful information to share
- Your location and project stage
- Room photographs, dimensions and available plans
- Appliances and existing service positions
- Storage priorities and any seating requirements
- Preferred finishes, indicative budget and timescale
Mention the Normanton white-gloss kitchen as a reference. Complete drawings are not needed to start a conversation.