Carpenter and kitchen designer François Damseaux used to get annoyed by all the black, grey and white in British homes. “I come from South Africa, where the colours are really vibrant, so it’s hard. For so long everyone had a grey Shaker kitchen, then it was a blue kitchen, then green if you were a bit bold.”
Finally though, Damseaux’s clients at his Sussex-based kitchen-design business Wood Works are opening up to colourful ideas. “I told them: look at what you wear, where you eat, where you travel – look at what colours you actually like.”
