This Basement Kitchen's 'Unexpected' Pantry Door Detail Makes It Feel Much Bigger and Not "Like a Cave"

Black kitchen with white walls, light wood kitchen table and matching dark wood bar stall and dining chairs with dark green seat cushion.

In the basement of a large Edwardian house in Twickenham, southwest London, this kitchen by Roundhouse is purposefully period detail-free.

"The clients really liked a modern ambience and simple aesthetic," says Roundhouse’s senior designer Ben Hawkswell. Creating a modern kitchen with this brief, while still incorporating individuality and creativity, is no easy feat and takes clever design tricks to make it work.