An Award Winning Year: The Kitchens recognised by Homes & Gardens and Designerati in 2025

An Award Winning Year: The Kitchens recognised by Homes & Gardens and Designerati in 2025 Throughout 2025 we continued to design and craft beautiful kitchens and interiors, alongside clients drawn to kitchens that feel elevated yet practical, sophisticated yet deeply personal. 

We are delighted that two of our designs, The Oxford Kitchen and The Cotswolds Kitchen were recognised with prestigious awards. 

"Although it is very rewarding to have the design world endorse our work, the most important people to us are our clients, and the enjoyment they get from cooking and family life in our kitchens. That is what we go the last mile for!"

- Charlie Smallbone, Head Designer & Chair

The Oxford Kitchen - Designerati's Super Luxe Kitchen of the Year, 2025

In the Oxford Kitchen, stainless steel sheds its industrial edge to become indulgent and inviting. Brushed stainless steel cabinetry, warmed by the glow of aged brass detailing, creates a rare harmony – the strength of metal tempered by a tactile, approachable finish. At the room’s heart, a Carrara marble island, its surface bisected by a ribbon of English walnut and framed with patinated brass corners – more heirloom furniture than utilitarian worktop. Fluted glass cabinets, brass-framed and perfectly proportioned, introduce a soft glamour as light filters through – proof that true luxury doesn’t shout; it simply belongs.

Beyond the kitchen, there is a stylish dining area featuring custom banquette seating and a showstopping round table crafted from book-matched walnut. Then, framing the French doors to the garden, twin storage cupboards – clad in Ledbury Studio’s signature ‘Choppy Water’ carved oak with brass detailing – offer both beauty and function. One serves as a discreet cocktail cabinet, complete with pocket doors and a mirrored back, while the other is a fully equipped larder cupboard.

The Cotswolds Kitchen - Homes & Gardens Best Use of Material, 2025

In the Cotswolds, heritage meets modern restraint. Crown oak cabinetry – handleless to let the grain speak for itself – is paired with Diamond Quartzite worktops, splashback and the sculptural sink. The result is a tactile dialogue: timber against stone, warmth against precision, timelessness against modernity.

A drinks and breakfast cupboard, faced in Ledbury Studio’s signature Verdigris copper with a gold leaf eglomisé mirror above the counter, offers a note of opulence. This stunning statement piece has both form and function.