How The Gallery designed a luxe open-plan space with the help of Rotpunkt

Matt Clements, designer at West Midlands-based The Gallery fitted kitchens, reveals how he and his team created a warm and welcoming contemporary open-plan space, with Rotpunkt products helping to bring that extra layer of luxury.

For the Cox family of Sedgley, this kitchen redesign was all about making every inch count. As always: all without compromising on style. The result? A beautifully balanced German handleless kitchen by Rotpunkt, which feels both architectural and inviting by presenting a structural blend of near-black carbon grey with rich, dark walnut.

The combination of Rotpunkt’s walnut fluted doors and matte carbon grey cabinetry helps to ground the space and bring an organic warmth, which blends modern minimalism with comfort and sustainability. To provide contrast and continue the use of natural, tactile materials, we paired the dark grey base units with Silestone Ethereal Glow quartz worktops that present a polished white marble look with elegant shades of gold and grey across the kitchen surfaces and waterfall style end panel.

Look closer and you’ll spot clever design details everywhere; from a practical dresser with fluted bi-fold doors in dark walnut, an elegant glass display unit with integrated LED lighting and sleek, handleless fitted furniture that provides ample storage throughout the open-plan kitchen and living space, each element has been carefully considered.

We even made a feature of the back door! Helping to achieve a seamless flow throughout the kitchen space and a greater connection to the outside world, we created a transitional space between the exterior door and the main kitchen by cladding panels in the same finish as the carbon grey furniture.    

A Franke Capsule filter tap adds everyday convenience and luxury in the kitchen, as the Cox family can enjoy filtered cold water on demand, while saving them time and money over the long term. The Miro Elysium floating ceiling hood suspends overhead, which helps to keep the kitchen area feeling light, airy and in keeping with the open plan living space.

Bringing a similar tone and texture into the living space was key to linking the cooking and social areas, which is why we created a dual-tone media unit in matching walnut with a slate countertop and fire surround to correlate with the carbon grey and walnut kitchen scheme. The fluted fronts naturally pair with the same vertical groove doors in the main kitchen and also on the back door to ensure a consistent style and colour theme throughout the ground floor of this home.    

To finish, we introduced wall-to-wall herringbone flooring that flows from the back door right through the kitchen and family room to create a sense of movement, and depth, which feels deliberate and highly curated.

Designed around how Phil and Sally really use their space, this German handleless kitchen in Sedgley showcases clever kitchen storage solutions at every turn. From the cabinetry designed over the back door and low-level window, to bi-fold dresser units that maximise functionality and hide away the everyday, every element in this kitchen was created with flow and function in mind.