Open-Plan Kitchen-Diner

This kitchen-diner shows what renovation work in older Kent and Sussex homes involves: exposed ceiling beams retained and painted, fitted floor-to-ceiling cabinetry built around them, and a wide cased opening connecting the dining space to the living room beyond.

It's the kind of project where carpentry, decoration and building alterations have to work together — one team, one standard, from the structural opening to the last painted architrave.