WHY DIDN’T YOU LIKE YOUR EXISTING KITCHEN? In 2009, we put a big extension on the back of the house and installed a Shaker-style kitchen, but the rooms never quite worked. The kitchen part was in the middle of the house, built around the Aga in the chimney breast, and the living area was at the back, overlooking the garden. But there was still a wall in between the two spaces, and they were just too separate.
