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Interview: Darren Taylor of Searle & Taylor – 'You have to be good to stand out'

Darren Taylor, MD of renowned retailer Searle & Taylor, recently unveiled a stunning refurbishment of the company’s Winchester showroom – he tells Gai...
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Mon 7th Jul 2025

Why pale kitchens are appealing to homeowners after a 'new neutral'

White kitchens are back in vogue with consumers wanting to create elegant, calming spaces designed with longevity in mind – Sally Smith talks to the e...
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Tue 3rd Jun 2025

10 stunning painted kitchen designs that exude timeless elegance

There's nothing quite like a painted kitchen when it comes to achieving a classic aesthetic, and one that can be tailored to a client's specific colou...
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Tue 29th Apr 2025

10 statement kitchen islands for the ultimate showstopping design

The central kitchen island enjoys a natural gravitational pull – it's where members of a household come together to cook, eat and entertain, and it's...
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Mon 17th Mar 2025

10 compact kitchen islands for a spacious and free-flowing design

With island units sitting high up on most consumers' wish lists when it comes to their ideal kitchen design, we round up 10 inspiring compact solution...
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Mon 12th Aug 2024

How Searle & Taylor designed a kitchen around a vintage collection

Darren Taylor, MD of Searle & Taylor, reveals how he and his team devised a characterful kitchen for clients after a contemporary scheme that doubled...
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Wed 22nd May 2024

How discreet extraction has made space for statement kitchen lighting

The rise of downdraft extraction and vented hobs is giving designers more scope to get creative with kitchen lighting – Nicola Hanley investigates thi...
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Mon 20th Nov 2023

Cupboard love: 10 beautiful breakfast stations for busy family lives

Larders and pantries have shot up the consumer wish list when it comes to a dream kitchen design – we round up 10 stunning breakfast cupboards that of...
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Fri 6th Oct 2023

10 understated kitchen designs that exude quiet luxury

Kitchens that successfully combine opulence and minimalism create an ambience of quiet luxury that is hard to emulate – Angelica Hedges rounds up 10 s...
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Tue 29th Aug 2023

Searle & Taylor wins at Winchester Business Excellence Awards 2022

Winchester-based independent kitchen design studio Searle & Taylor beat three other finalists to win the Service Excellence Award 2022 at the Winchest...
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Mon 27th Jun 2022

Is grey the new go-to kitchen colour, or has it just never gone away?

When it comes to kitchen cabinetry it seems that grey is having a moment, with some homeowners attracted to its soothing, neutral qualities and others...
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Thu 7th Apr 2022

Interview: 'We do fewer kitchens for a lot more,' says Darren Taylor

Hampshire-based retailer Searle & Taylor has added £10,000 to its average order value in the last year. MD Darren Taylor talks to Tim Wallace about th...
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Thu 9th Dec 2021

Bootility rooms – The latest must-have spaces for hardworking homes

The recent surge in outdoor hobbies such as walking and cycling, along with the huge increase in dog ownership, are just two of the factors that have...
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Tue 23rd Nov 2021

The rise in entertaining at home sparks demand for built-in bars

Although consumers’ love of entertaining at home was born out of necessity over recent times, it continues to be a popular alternative to going out fo...
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Mon 18th Oct 2021

Meet the ‘cloffice’ and other design solutions for working from home

Consumers may have had to scramble to adapt to the new working from home norm, but kitchen designers aren't short of options when it comes to offering...
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Wed 17th Mar 2021

Shaker: The continuing evolution of the style that suits all schemes

While Shaker furniture was originally designed by the Shaker religious colonies founded in America in the last quarter of the 18th century, it is an e...
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Mon 2nd Nov 2020

Kitchen design: Creating designated spaces for a pet parent’s fur baby

According to recent figures from the PFMA (Pet Food Manufacturers Association) around 12million UK households (41% of us) have pets – and that’s a num...
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Fri 23rd Oct 2020

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