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One Piece Kitchens – A Modern Approach For Ultra Compact Spaces Advice

One Piece Kitchens – A Modern Approach For Ultra Compact Spaces

Space is a topic we tend to cover a lot on these advice columns, and…

Silke Kitchens14th January 2017

Vacuum Cooker – A Most Unique Appliance Advice

Vacuum Cooker – A Most Unique Appliance

Sometimes, the ideas backing modern kitchen conveniences can be traced back hundreds of years. This…

Silke Kitchens6th January 2017

Scandinavian Kitchen design Advice

Scandinavian Kitchen design

Here at Silke, we’ve largely based our business model on ultramodern, German-style kitchens filled with…

Silke Kitchens1st December 2016

Pocket Doors in the Kitchen Advice

Pocket Doors in the Kitchen

A fairly frequent topic covered on this blog before is that of space. In the…

Silke Kitchens30th November 2016

Taupe Kitchens and other Creamy Colours Advice

Taupe Kitchens and other Creamy Colours

As we’ve discussed on these blogs before, Colour can be a funny old thing. It…

Silke Kitchens25th November 2016

Laminate Worktops – Options and Styles Advice

Laminate Worktops – Options and Styles

Worktops are funny old things, aren’t they? Perhaps more then any other element of your…

Silke Kitchens24th November 2016

Farrow & Ball Colours in the Kitchen Advice

Farrow & Ball Colours in the Kitchen

The world of kitchen design isn’t a strict monopoly. For starters, no one single company…

Silke Kitchens23rd November 2016

Kitchen Paint Ideas Advice

Kitchen Paint Ideas

We’ve talked about colour theory on these blogs before, and how it related to a…

Silke Kitchens26th October 2016

High Gloss Kitchens: How, What, Why? Advice

High Gloss Kitchens: How, What, Why?

Today, we’d like to take a little of your time to talk about High Gloss…

Silke Kitchens20th October 2016

Kitchen Chairs: Useful Points To Consider Advice

Kitchen Chairs: Useful Points To Consider

Chairs are something a lot of individuals will probably take for granted when designing their…

Silke Kitchens19th October 2016

Cottage Pie: The British Delight Advice

Cottage Pie: The British Delight

Cottage Pie is an interesting spin on a typical meat pie recipe; instead of using…

Silke Kitchens14th October 2016

Stottie Cake: What is it? Who eats it? Advice

Stottie Cake: What is it? Who eats it?

Also sometimes referred to as simply Stotty, this is a bread variant that originated in…

Silke Kitchens12th October 2016

Scones: A Brief Overview Advice

Scones: A Brief Overview

Scones are probably one of the single most iconic British foods around, an honour shared…

Silke Kitchens10th October 2016

Choosing Your Kitchen Worktop: Where To Start Advice

Choosing Your Kitchen Worktop: Where To Start

With so many choices when it comes to choosing your kitchen worktop, it all comes…

Silke Kitchens1st October 2016

Maximising Space: Handy Small Kitchen Ideas Advice

Maximising Space: Handy Small Kitchen Ideas

It's a simple fact of life; not all of us have a surplus of space…

Silke Kitchens30th September 2016

How Much Does It Cost To Boil a Kettle vs Instant Hot Water Tap Advice

How Much Does It Cost To Boil a Kettle vs Instant Hot Water Tap

A little while back, we covered Instant Hot Water Taps in one of our advice…

Silke Kitchens30th September 2016

British Bake Off Kitchen Appliances Advice

British Bake Off Kitchen Appliances

Few things are as thoroughly British as The Great British Bake Off, and indeed the…

Silke Kitchens30th September 2016

Self Cleaning Ovens: The Ultra-Modern Convenience Advice

Self Cleaning Ovens: The Ultra-Modern Convenience

Let's be real with ourselves; one of the single most frustrating kitchen-related tasks is having…

Silke Kitchens19th September 2016

Bagels: A Brief History Advice

Bagels: A Brief History

A little while back, we went on a bit of a food-related bender. There was…

Silke Kitchens17th September 2016

Cleaning Paw Prints from Stone Surfaces Advice

Cleaning Paw Prints from Stone Surfaces

Bringing a pet into the home is one of the most rewarding and personally enriching…

Silke Kitchens14th September 2016