Kitchen of the Week: Red, Pink, and Lace in a Former Victorian Lacemaker’s Grange

When a client approached deVOL to redesign the small kitchen of her 1790s Georgian home in North Nottinghamshire village, she wasn’t looking for inspiration. She already had it: lace. “They live in the original house and wanted to restore the space rather than renovate. The house was developed by a Victorian lacemaker, so she felt like our Lace Market Tiles were the perfect fit,” says deVOL.

From there, they collaborated to create a characterful kitchen that has a sense of place and is in proportion to the rest of the old home. “Her brief was an unfitted style of kitchen that had a nod to the past to suit the history of the property.”

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Photography courtesy of deVOL.

Above: Instead of the standard kitchen island, the client sourced a vintage table to use as an extra worktop. Above: She chose cabinets from deVOL’s Real Shaker Kitchen line, in Refectory Red, with Boho Handles. The Plate Rack is from its Heirloom Collection. Above: The pièce de resistance (and the theme that led the project): a backsplash of deVOL’s Lace Market Tiles, in Sepia, behind the Aga range. The tiles are created using an antique Victorian tile press; the lace is stamped onto the clay during the pressing process. Above: The client mixed and applied the wall color—a blend of limewash and ‘Burnt Sienna’ pigment. Above: The tiled floors are original to the home. “The owners pulled up the previous floor and found this old red and black quarry tile that they were able to restore and use.”

See also:

• Kitchen of the Week: ‘Preserving the Spirit of the Old’ in Reims, France
• Kitchen of the Week: Embracing the Old with Quintana Partners
• Kitchen of the Week: A Flemish-Inspired Contemporary Farmhouse Kitchen