This Leeds project shows how our bespoke FENIX NTM kitchen furniture can be used to create a clean modern layout with a warmer, more natural construction underneath. The kitchen was made for an open plan room and combines 18mm birch plywood carcases, Verde Brac FENIX NTM laminate fronts and a polar white Corian worktop. The result is a practical plywood core kitchen with a strong contemporary character, built around day to day usability rather than fixed standard modules.
Project overview
The customer wanted a kitchen that felt modern and streamlined, while still using natural materials and a specification chosen for long term everyday use. This combination made FENIX NTM and birch plywood a strong fit for the project, giving the room a very clean appearance on the outside while keeping the construction more substantial and material led underneath.
The finished layout uses two main working runs with an island, allowing storage, appliances and preparation space to be distributed across the room in a balanced way. Because everything was made to measure, the furniture could be adapted to the room and the intended workflow rather than being forced into standard cabinet sizes, which is also central to how bespoke furniture really works in practice.
Project snapshot
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Room type: Open plan kitchen
Layout: Galley style run with island
Front finish: Verde Brac FENIX NTM deep matt laminate
Carcase material: 18mm birch plywood finished with Danish oil
Worktop: Polar white Corian with 12mm birch plywood
Details: Brass handles, integrated appliances, internal and external drawers, pull out baskets, horizontal bifold doors
Additional matching room: Utility room in the same specification
Layout and daily use
This is an alley style kitchen with an island, designed for open plan use. That kind of arrangement works particularly well when different functions need to be separated clearly without making the room feel closed in. Tall storage and appliance housing stay concentrated in one area, while the island gives additional drawer storage and preparation space in the centre of the room.
To improve daily practicality, the kitchen includes a mix of internal and external drawers, pull out baskets, horizontal bifold wall units and integrated appliances. These details matter because they affect how easily the kitchen can be used every day, not just how it looks in photographs. In this case, the specification was clearly built around accessibility, clean lines and keeping the visual appearance of the room controlled.
Materials and construction
The carcases were fabricated from 18mm birch plywood and finished with Danish oil. Doors and visible end panels were made from 18mm and 36mm birch plywood and finished in green Verde Brac FENIX NTM deep matt laminate. Brass handles introduce a warmer accent against the green fronts and pale work surfaces, helping the kitchen feel more refined without losing the simplicity of the overall design.
The worktop combines white Corian with 12mm birch plywood. That combination suits the wider material language of the room, balancing a crisp, solid surface with exposed timber elements that connect back to the plywood construction. It also shows the benefit of a fully coordinated specification, where the furniture, work surface and visual detailing were considered together rather than assembled from unrelated off the shelf parts.
Matching utility room and final result
Alongside the main kitchen, we also manufactured and installed a utility room in the same style and specification. That consistency helps the project read as one coordinated interior rather than a kitchen treated in isolation. It also reinforces one of the practical strengths of bespoke manufacture, because adjoining spaces can be resolved with the same material logic, finish language and level of fit.
The completed kitchen is a good example of a modern open plan scheme that still feels grounded in real materials. The green FENIX fronts, birch plywood construction, brass detailing and white Corian surfaces work together to create a room that feels crisp, durable and visually calm. For projects that need this kind of measured layout planning and material coordination, our dedicated kitchen design service is often the right starting point before production begins.
Starting a similar project
If you are considering a similar kitchen, we can guide you through the early stages of layout, specification and material selection before moving into manufacture. You can use our contact page to send an initial enquiry and arrange a phone call, video consultation or workshop visit.
