Hi Becca, tell us a little about your kitchen renovation. What did the kitchen space look like before you started renovating? What were the pain points?
It was an L-shaped kitchen crammed between two other rooms. We had thick old-fashioned UpVC windows and doors that obscured the views out to the garden. Overall, it didn't work very well as a space for our family of five but we knew that by knocking the three rooms together we could make a really big improvement.
For many (and particularly us here at Smeg!), the kitchen is the heart of the home. For you, what were the most important aspects of the kitchen renovation you wanted to get right?
It was important to open the space up, to increase the amount of light and to create a better connection between the kitchen and the garden so we had a really sociable space in which we could all happily live together! We also wanted to upgrade the appliances which were all starting to fail by the time we had saved up enough to do the renovation.
Sounds like a big project! How long did the renovation take in total?
We started in September 2021 and were finished by about August 2022. But the renovation also included other work to add a loft extension and renovate bathrooms at the same time.