Everything You Need to Know About Bespoke Kitchens
4 October 2019
Off-the-shelf fitted kitchens are available in a wide range of designs, styles, and colours allowing…
Open Plan Kitchen Designs
Gone are the days of hiding the kitchen away; of keeping guests in the lounge or dining room whilst you sneak off to the kitchen to prepare the dinner or make some drinks. Modern day life has made open plan…
Finishing Touches Flash Sale
August has drawn to a close and the school holidays are over for another summer, so surely now is the time to brighten your mood (and your interior) with some new additions to your home. With this in mind we’ve…
Planning Your Kitchen Storage – How To Get It Right
You can never have enough of it and it’s arguably, alongside worktop space, the most important aspect of any kitchen design; kitchen storage. Whether you’ve got a compact galley kitchen or an expansive open-plan kitchen, optimising your storage and ensuring…
Q&A With Ali Friedlein – Life In My Davonport Kitchen
Ali and Joe Friedlein’s dream kitchen became a reality just over a year ago. Their brief was clear – to create a family friendly, super practical space for cooking that honoured the Victorian heritage of their home whilst also incorporating…
What is a Bespoke Kitchen? And what is not a Bespoke Kitchen?
You may have realised that we’re very proud to design and hand-craft bespoke kitchens and interiors at Davonport, and this term- bespoke - is something we often reference. Every piece of furniture we create is handmade to order, specifically for…
Kitchen Tour | D²
We’ve recently replaced one of our modern kitchen displays in our Colchester showroom with this stunning D² kitchen. Sleek, streamlined, and handle-less, this contemporary kitchen ticks all the boxes of modern kitchen design. However, the introduction of oak doors, a…
Outdoor Dining Ideas – Our Guide To Alfresco Entertaining
At long last the grey and cold misery of winter seems to be clearing and we’re heading into longer days, higher temperatures and some much sought-after sunshine. So, with spring/summer now upon us, who can blame us for wanting to…
Houzz 2018 Kitchen Trends Report
We’re big fans of Houzz, we use it personally, we use it professionally and we find it a really helpful source of kitchen inspiration. And we’re not alone - 2,000,000 people in the UK use Houzz every week to help…
Kitchen Tour | Holkham
New to the Davonport showroom in Colchester, our Holkham display demonstrates a relaxed, classic style that bridges the gap between rustic country and urban kitchen design. Designed as a kitchen/utility room, the Holkham kitchen features a butler sink, range cooker,…
Q&A with Joanne Ward – Life in My Davonport Kitchen
It’s been 6 months since we installed Joanne and Stuart’s dream kitchen, so we paid them a visit and caught up with Joanne to find out how they’ve settled into life in their very own Davonport kitchen. Now you’ve had…
Not All Kitchens Are Created Equal – Davonport Wins British Design & Manufacturing Award
Have you visited our workshops in Colchester, Essex? If not, you’d be forgiven for perhaps misunderstanding exactly what we mean by ‘handmade kitchens’ and assuming that our claims to be bespoke just mean that we have a wide selection of…