Open-Plan Ivory Shaker Kitchen with Contemporary Finishes

What do you do when your existing kitchen feels dark, outdated, and disconnected from the rest of the home? That was the challenge for this homeowner in Wimblington, who came to newrooms hoping to turn their house into a brighter, more usable family space.

The Design Brief

“Could we take a wall out too?”

That one question turned a kitchen refit into a full-scale renovation. The original space included a separate, unused dining room — a layout that no longer fit modern family life. The client wanted a light, airy, open plan kitchen that was modern in feel but rooted in classic Shaker style.

The Solution

To unlock the space’s potential, we undertook major building works, removing an internal wall and opening up the kitchen and dining area into one generous open-plan layout. Our client went on holiday during the early phase — and returned to a transformed home.

The kitchen features Kitchen Stori’s Wakefield Shaker doors, painted in a soft Ivory, with internal moulding that adds subtle detail while keeping a clean, contemporary profile.

A central island with Bosch’s Flexinduction hob and a Lift Vetro downdraft extractor gives the kitchen a sleek focal point — perfect for both casual cooking and entertaining. The Silestone worksurfaces in Bamboo complement the cabinetry beautifully, creating a calm, cohesive palette.

Well , where do I start? I found newrooms on Facebook. I went through all the lovely photographs and decided I quite like the look of these guys and what they’ve done – I dragged my poor hubby out to Methwold one bank holiday Monday ( the first one that newrooms had decided to open on) and he wondered where I was taking him and then when we pulled into the yard was pleasantly surprised after entering their showroom and meeting and talking with Jamie. We took an instant like to Jamie and his friendly confident personality. He came over to ours in Wimblington ( a good hour away ) and sat with us planning and asking us what we would like. We then threw at him – could we take a wall out too?!

We had a dark – dated kitchen which has been replaced with a light, airy modern functional one – a joy to cook in and to spend time in. We had a major job in the end and trusted Jamie and his team so much, for the first two weeks of the job – we went on holiday and left them to it whilst they literally knocked our downstairs around! Returning home we were amazed at how much they had achieved. Carl the project manager kept us informed which trade was coming when and although we had a few set backs, always put us, as clients first. We had a new enormous kitchen, utility and downstairs toilet and new flooring through out. Great team of workmen – huge thanks to Darren -amazing fitter – Mark – super floor tiler – Nick & Mark – Lynda in the office – Carl project manager and Jamie.

Keep up the good work.

Corinne Turner,

Layout & Design

Newrooms undertook full project work to knock through an unused dining room resulting in a lovely light and airy open living kitchen space.

Kitchen Stori Wakefield Ivory doors in a painted finish with internal moulding detail gives a more traditional twist to the contemporary shaker style.

A central island with sleek Bosch Flexinduction hob and Downdraft extractor in black glass completes the contemporary look and the Silestone worksurfaces in bamboo perfectly complement the ivory painted finish.