Modern Kitchens
Working with some of the most innovative partners in the interior design industry and being passionate about fresh, elegant modernity ourselves, we are well placed to design your kitchen featuring the very latest in modern kitchen design.
An Expression of the Best from Today and Tomorrow
Kitchen design evolves far faster than most people realise, but modern should not mean fashionable- after all today’s fashions can be tomorrow’s hand-me-downs. Modernity at its best is a current visualisation of future design classics…or indeed a reinterpretation of yesterday’s design classics. Modern technology has allowed us to use materials never before accessible for kitchen design; stone veneers, super thin yet super strong concretes, satin lacquer paints that ooze refined luxury and are a pleasure to touch.
We love our Kitchen
For our renovation, we decided to buy our Kitchen from Alm Studios. Their work and their design is wonderful and the service perfect.
The Resurgence of Wood
Our latest wood finishes, both as real woods or as wood look finishes need to be seen and touched for you to really appreciate the quality and exuberance of their texture.
Wood may be the original and traditional kitchen material of choice, but right now, it has never looked better! Modern technology has allowed kitchen manufacturers to create the most dramatic of finishes without resorting to exotic hardwoods- meaning statement luxury can be synonymous with environmental sustainability. Our wood effect doors can be indistinguishable from the real woods they represent, yet at a fraction of the cost, and also being made from 100% sustainable forestry.
Masters In Stone
Our stone finishes are available as veneers of real stone, and ceramics with the texture of real stone. Alternatively, excellent reproductions can be harnessed to produce dramatic, contemporary designs that will never date due to their natural elegance. Some of these are available to exactly match the pattern of quartz worksurfaces, meaning you can achieve an entirely seamless and continuous design. A kitchen isn’t just something to look at, it’s the heart of your home and these solid surfaces are a delight to interact with, whilst beautiful colour hues that change with the natural light are truly fascinating to the eye.
Redefining Symmetry & Minimalism
Leading kitchen manufacturers have risen to the challenge of ensuring that sleek, minimal designs need not be interrupted by the practicality of everyday necessities. Hidden internal drawers, dishwashers with dummy drawer fronts, islands that appear to float with continual sightlines and deeply recessed plinths are now available to the discerning client who values the calm of thoughtful design. Our handleless systems are a perfect embodiment of this philosophy; when combined with XL pan drawers they create a perception of space, with nothing to interrupt the consistency of the intended geometry.
Handleless Kitchens
With an unrivalled range of handleless kitchen products and depth of experience in designing and installing them, the ALM Studios Team feel we can justly call ourselves experts within this field. Catering for budgets ranging from £10,000 to over £50,000, our high quality handleless kitchens are possible within almost every door in our range, and in a wide variety of colours and materials. This includes all of our gloss, matt, stone, ceramic and concrete doors, as well as the majority of our wood doors.
Why are Handleless Kitchens so Popular?
Simply put, the handleless kitchen style is popular because of its streamlined, sleek and elegant appearance. ‘Streamline’ refers to a kitchen view where the flow of the units is uninterrupted and efficient. The lack of handles reflects a minimalist design approach toward achieving purity and simplicity within design, ensuring that which is not needed, is not present…such as handles! In accordance with this concept, kitchen design has evolved so that handles are now a kitchen choice rather than necessity.
Benefits Of Handleless Kitchens
The handleless kitchen style creates a clean, uncluttered and timeless look. (Its timeless quality is especially beneficial if there’s a future possibility of you selling your home).
Whether a bold statement, two-tone design or a soft scheme with flowing curves, the wide range of door options within the handleless style -along with its versatile nature- enables increasingly creative design possibilities.They take up less space than a handled kitchen. This is particularly significant for small kitchens where an absence of handles enables more space, increases usability and eliminates the possibility of snagging clothes.Handleless kitchens are easier to clean and maintain, requiring only a simple wipe of the surfaces rather than cleaning in and around the handles. This also makes them more hygienic as dirt cannot accumulate in these hard-to-clean areas.Handleless kitchen doors can be easily and elegantly continued into other areas of the home. This makes them a popular option for living room furniture within open plan arrangements.Handleless systems with a push-open mechanism enable easy access to cupboards through a smooth, free motion; furthermore, a wide door opening angle provides clear visibility of the contents within.
Handleless Kitchen Cabinets
What Is A True Handleless Kitchen?
A true handleless kitchen will always contain a handleless kitchen channel system. Requiring a specialist manufacturing process, each cabinet carcass in the run of units has a sophisticated rebate machined into it, and into this, a stainless-steel C-shaped channel is inserted. Via this mechanism the door is opened by placing your hand behind the top edge of the door or drawer and pulling it forwards and outwards. However, increased demand for handleless kitchens has brought new variations of this style, making them more affordable. For example, a J-Groove or J-Pull has an integrated J-shaped recess at the top edge of the door for the fingers to curve around and pull the door outwards. But this style is not a ‘true handleless’ kitchen! It is important to recognise the difference and note that manufacture processes and the resulting product vary greatly in quality.
What Makes ALM Studios Unique?
Fully-Fitted Kitchens
Our kitchens are fully fitted with our made-to-measure service.
British Shaker
We design and install bespoke British shaker kitchens made to measure.
German Kitchens
High-Quality German engineered kitchens with technical innovations.
Italian Kitchens
Contemporary Italian Style brings a blend of elegance and functionality.
Visit Our Kitchen Showroom in Ascot
Our kitchen showroom in Ascot is fully equipped to welcome all visitors. We have private on-site parking a short distance from the showroom entrance. Children are very welcome and we have WiFi to help keep them entertained.
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