Mario C. Melillo

Daniel Arev

Photographer: Dan Piassick Photo Designer: Astleford Interiors

© Kress Jack at Home

Carmel HIghlands Modern

Sam Oberter

©2014 Mark Quentin / StudioQphoto.com

This Shaker style kitchen has perimeter cabinets are painted in Little Greene Dock Blue with wooden handles painted in Green Verditer. A Belfast style Shaws ceramic sink sits on the perimeter run of cabinets with a brushed satin nickel mixer tap . The worktop is an Arenastone Egineered Quartz in Bianco Nuvolo, with white metro tiles as the splashback with dark grey grout. Photography by Charlie O'Beirne

The 1980s kitchen was good and serviceable for the couple, requiring mostly clever styling to bring it into Begg’s taste. Her dad’s shed yielded an old ladder that just needed staining before being hung above the kitchen sink for pots. Updated appliances and plenty of retro finds were sufficient to create a stylish hub for cooking and entertaining. The layout of the house meant that the couple had room for a casual dining area, a chance for Begg to mix her tulip-style chairs and pedestal table – another vintage find.

We had a storm and the house and a wonderful rainbow followed, so I wanted to share it with everyone, along with our pool and landscape.