Custom made kitchen and Interior – Amsterdam

Written by Mireille

 

Kitchen design – Interior building  -  Fitted cabinets and wardrobes

This blog is about a combined interior project we did in a village just outside Amsterdam. The specialization of OOCK Amsterdam is the design, production and fitting of complete interiors. The specializations of OOCK are kitchens and fitted furniture and cabinets like wardrobes, bookshelves, bathroom cabinets and room dividers.

Modern kitchen design

In this house we faced a challenge to design a modern and custom made kitchen with warm natural elements. The modern parts of the design are the white gripless doors sprayed in a crispy white color. The natural element in this bespoke kitchen is the concrete countertop and the oak fronts as part of the kitchen. The oak fronts are oiled in a color from Monocoat. Those elements give warmth to the design in the kitchen. Other elements of influence are the concrete floors, the black steel elements, glass and of course the stainless steel of the oven of Wehstahl.

 

The space is very light with the countryside as a direct view and vision. The big beams or poles in the space are phenomenal as a touch in the design with the outside environment.

 Maatwerk keuken eiken 2

The backwall of the bespoke kitchen does not have upper cabinets to keep the spacious feel to the kitchen. Even with the extremely high spaces this was important. The extra and needed storage was created in the pantry. The island and the dining table in front of it are the central focus of the kitchen. During breakfast and cooking the island serves as natural gathering point of the house before moving on to the table for dinner. The whole space feels still light and empty and above all a natural blend with the outside space.

Maatwerk keuken eiken 9

House and space

Some background on the house: the house is newly built and designed in the style of the old and monument like designed farms. It means that the client had the unique chance to design everything from scratch with beautiful materials. As the outside was decided the inside division was totally free. An interesting point is the total view there is from front to back naturally divided over the spaces.

The kitchen was the main focus point. It is big and light, from here there is an in-between room for the children designed. Then the living room starts. All spaces are nicely and naturally connected by kind of a natural corridor hallway though and because of the large glass walls on the side of the designed farm.

Kast modern white

Fitted cabinets and wardrobes other spaces

In the in-between and children room we have made custom made and fitted cabinets. This one is a combination between a bookcase and a storage unit. The cabinet has closed doors by means of push to open systems and has open spaces. The cabinet is fitted between two walls.

The living room has a very nice combination between a TV cabinet and wardrobes and storage space. Here the challenge was to make the doors naturally blend in with the walls. The middle part has a  fireplace. The bottom are concrete blocks with open spaces. The doors ope gripless and are finished with a black wall paint. This gives the rough surface and makes the cabinet look like it is part of the house and the naturally finished walls. It is a fun and playful design for the cabinet in the livingroom. Again the outlooks and designs are overall contemporary and modern but the main characters of the house are  warmth and natural looks and feel.

Custom made cabinet Amsterdam

Custom made wardrobes

In the bedrooms there was need for effective storage spaces for the clothes. In the design that meant that we needed to make white modern wardrobes with gripless doors. Those models normally blend in very well in any space: classic, farms or modern designed houses. We decided for fitted wardrobes in a crispy white color. The only other option for the wardrobes would be to design doors and fronts with an oak structure. In this modern farm we thought the wooden elements in the wardrobes would be too much structure for the eye. Therefore the design is made more modern with calm outlook in a nice light color.

Custom made wardrobe Amsterdam

Architect work and designs

The main challenge for the architect was to maintain the character of a farm with all natural elements combined with the wishes of the client and to keep all spaces open and light. A lot of elements and materials were integrated in de design and hence a lot of different parties had to cooperate in the process. The task of the architect was to manage the client wishes together with keeping a great overall view on the total space and design.

Architectural Design Amsterdam