Independent Designer Ups Kitchen Ante

I do love looking through the top end homes and inspiration magazines & used to subscribe to a couple.  I ditched them all in one exasperated swoop the other year.  Now I take the odd one offered by my very up market pal up the road.  The kitchen design business is massive in this country and our town has a couple of very good independent ones.  Not for them the bulk standard off the shelf designs.  They call round and seriously measure up and make the most of every sequare inch of wall and floor space.  They offer solutions for every scenario.  I didn’t realise how effective a proper designer could be until I saw a neighbouring kitchen the other week.  Theirs is similar proportions to my own but they have moved the peninsular uit out and put a slimline island across the gap between the kitchen units and the area set for a dining table.  It does look good.   They have kept their sink on the side under the window but moved things round .  Their ovens are on the far wall which gives a luxuriant feeling of more space all round.