

Kitchen Trends: The Culinary Living Room
Negotiating what clients need, value and how they want to communicate this to the world and in their own home will become a designer’s...


Down and out!
Interior design trends over the past decade have transformed kitchens from a purely utilitarian workspace into the hub of the home where...


All things new in the kitchen world
It is that time of year again where we have just returned home from a fantastic few days at SieMatic HQ in Lohne, Germany. Every year...


Back to Black
By the time this article reaches you the festive dust will have well and truly settled, but the memory of how well your kitchen coped (or...

Quality Defined
The Oxford English Dictionary gives the following definition:- Quality – “The standard of something as measured against other things of a...


Open up the heart to a different way of living…..
We saw a significant rise in the popularity of open plan living spaces last year and this trend has definitely continued into 2017. Only...


Island Life
An island can be a great feature in a kitchen design, but there are important factors to consider. One of the first “must haves” clients...

No more dead herbs!
How many of you, like me, pick up those little pots of growing herbs at the supermarket on a Saturday, use about two leaves, then end up...


Quality without compromise - SieMatic PlusPoints
"So why are SieMatic kitchens so much better than others"? Nigel asked me over a particularly good glass of South African shiraz the...


Welcome to the SieMatic Club
Just over a year ago, when I explained to my family and friends that I had decided to open a new kitchen showroom dealing with, one of...