Handleless vs Shaker vs In-Frame Traditional: Choosing Your Kitchen Style
A clear guide to choosing between handleless, shaker and in-frame kitchens, with advice on style, construction, longevity and suitability for London period homes.
Should You Use an Interior Designer or Go Direct to a Kitchen Maker?
Planning a new kitchen and unsure whether to hire an interior designer or go direct to a kitchen maker? This guide explores the pros and cons of both routes, helping you understand when an interior designer adds value and when working directly with a bespoke cabinetmaker like Higham Furniture is the smarter choice.
How to Choose the Right Worktop for a Luxury Kitchen
Choosing the right worktop is one of the most important decisions in a luxury kitchen project. This guide explores the pros, cons, maintenance requirements, and design considerations of marble, granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, and timber worktops to help you make the right choice for your home.
Award-Winning Design: What the Designerati Award Means for Our Kitchens
Discover what Higham Furniture’s Designerati Award means for our handmade kitchens, from British design and manufacturing to award-winning craftsmanship.
No Showroom? No Problem. Why Direct-from-Maker Is the Smarter Way to Buy
Discover why buying a kitchen direct from the maker offers better value, greater transparency, and a more tailored design experience than a traditional showroom.
Bespoke larder built around a chimney
We often come across rooms that are not simple in shape and have to have some custom bespoke work carried out. We usually do this work as part of the design and manufacture rather than site modification. Apart from the fact that it speeds up installation, it also allows a better finish and better function.…
When Classic Met Modern
We take pride in, and love combining style with functionality. Here’s a beautiful handmade extractor canopy in the grand Palladian style! This classic kitchen architecture combines a clean and timeless style with modern functionality. Framing exquisite copper tiles, the handmade canopy houses an extractor fan and spotlights to create a glistening centrepiece to your…
Bespoke Hob – An Alcove Solution
This alcove in Hampstead has been transformed to house a hob with integrated drawers as an effective solution to using a potentially awkward space. The Siemens IQ500 gas hob is recessed within the alcove to make efficient use of the space whilst creating an attractive focal point within this kitchen. We love the unique…
U-shaped drawers
A problem that many of our customers face is how to deal with awkward piers that cannot be removed. While a simple cupboard, cut-out to allow space for the pier, can be a great way to work around this problem, sometimes that is just not right for the aesthetics of the space. One solution that…
Designing around space restrictions
Here at Higham, our bespoke larder fit-outs are becoming more and more popular. An element that gives a lot of our clients great satisfaction is that we can design around uncompromising spaces in their kitchens to maximise the storage potential for their design. This beautiful hand painted larder is a perfect example of this.…