ROOM FOR LIVING

When it comes to choosing a company to design your kitchen, you need to shop wisely to find a company that understands your vision and who can design and build a kitchen that not only functions well but meets the needs of your home and family.

One such company is Room for Living in Cowbridge. First class kitchens combine vision, design, individuality and practicality. With over twenty years’ experience, the Room For Living team cater for all tastes and styles, from classical and traditional hand painted, to cuttingedge contemporary chrome.

They have an impressive website where you can see which styles they have on offer but to truly get a feel for what you’re looking for, I would suggest you visit their showroom at Willow Walk in Cowbridge.

We asked owner Mike McNabb to sum up why he’s passionate about the kitchens Room for Living design. “By only accepting a small number of commissions every year and offering bespoke design ensures that we give the customer the time and dedication needed to create something we’ll both be proud of.

The kitchen won’t just look good on the day it’s finished. Our design and choice of materials will ensure that it still works well and looks great twenty years from now.”

We visited Sarah Smith of Cowbridge, a recent customer of Room for Living and asked her opinion on the process of design and why she ultimately chose Room for Living.

We had planned to build an extension to house a new kitchen for some time and we wanted a lifestyle kitchen as we love to have friends and family around and needed one that would be both a focal point for these occasions, and also suitable for every day living.

We approached four local kitchen companies and discussed our planned layout and budget. At the time we were open minded about the type of units and work tops we would choose. Room For Living have a showroom in Cowbridge, close to my office, and I had been keeping my eye on their displays, which impressed me, for some time.

We found their designer to be very helpful and willing to help us develop our ideas. We were impressed with his suggestions and his advice on worktops and accessories. Our eventual decision to increase the width of our kitchen by an important 400mm was calmly received by the kitchen designer and then, before our very eyes, one Saturday morning we could visualise how the overall concept would work in practice.

The process from ordering to delivery and then installation was seamless. The fitting team were great. They came to start work on the exact date and time and were highly professional in every way and even making sure all the appliances worked (also setting the salt dispenser in the dishwasher) and leaving the kitchen spotless.

I have to admit to adding on a few extras (such as a warming drawer) but we are absolutely thrilled to bits, and would not hesitate in recommending Room For Living. They are true professionals!
Sarah Smith, Cowbridge

“Let’s face it, apart from when we’re asleep, we’re in the kitchen for much of our waking hours. We cook, eat and socialise it in so it needs to be right.”