Kitchen
Read the guideHow much does a custom kitchen cost in Dubai? What really moves the price
How a custom kitchen in Dubai is priced, line by line: what moves the total most, what a cheap quote leaves out, and when your price is fixed for good.
Guides
Kitchen, wardrobe and renovation guides for UAE homes.
Prices, materials, stone, mechanisms and renovation, in plain words with the sources named. Every guide ends with your next step.
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Prices
Kitchen · Wood
Read the guideWhy made to fit has always cost more, and what is changing
Custom kitchens and fitted wardrobes cost more because of the work done before anything is cut. Where your money goes, from 1630s London to Dubai today.
Kitchen · Wood · Build
Read the guideHow a book from 1788 explains your kitchen quote
How to compare kitchen quotes in the UAE: the seven lines every quote should show, what to ask before you sign, and a 1788 price book that got it right.
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Choosing well
Kitchen · Wood
Read the guideMDF, plywood or chipboard? The best material for kitchen cabinets in UAE humidity
Which board to choose for kitchen cabinets in the UAE: moisture resistant MDF, chipboard and marine plywood compared, plus fronts from melamine to super matt and why edge banding matters.
Kitchen
Read the guideA tiny kitchen from 1926 with big ideas for your apartment
Six small kitchen ideas from the 1926 Frankfurt Kitchen, which fit a whole way of cooking into 1.9 by 3.4 metres, adapted for a UAE apartment.
Wood · Kitchen
Read the guideFlat pack or made to fit? A 170 year old argument, settled for your home
Flat pack or built in? When IKEA style furniture is the smart buy, when a fitted wardrobe pays for itself, and how to decide room by room in a UAE home.
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Stone and surfaces
Every marble, quartz and compact surface we work with, with its properties, is in the stone guide.
Kitchen · Build
Read the guideQuartz, marble, compact or sintered stone: which worktop suits a UAE kitchen?
Quartz, marble, quartzite, granite, compact laminate and sintered stone compared on heat, acids, scratches, sealing, joints and strong sun, for kitchens in the UAE.
Kitchen
Read the guideIs marble a good kitchen worktop? Etching, sealing and the stones that cope
Marble looks wonderful and marks easily. What etching is, why honed hides it better than polished, and which natural stones cope with a busy kitchen in the UAE.
Kitchen
Read the guideCalacatta, Carrara or Statuario: how to tell the white marbles apart
All three come from the Apuan Alps above Carrara in Italy. The difference is in the ground colour and the veins. A plain guide to the white marbles, with Arabescato and Calacatta Viola too.
Kitchen
Read the guideMarble names that are not what they say: limestone, dolomite and serpentine
Nero Marquina is a limestone, Verde Alpi is a serpentinite and Super White is often a dolomite. Why stone names mislead, and why it matters for your worktop.
Build · Kitchen
Read the guideOnyx and travertine at home: where they shine and where they struggle
Backlit onyx walls, travertine floors and vanities, and why neither belongs on a busy kitchen worktop. With vein cut and cross cut travertine explained.
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Mechanisms and cabinets
Hinges, lift ups, corners, larders and bins, by what they do, are in the mechanisms guide.
Kitchen
Read the guideKitchen corner units: linked pull outs, swing out trays, carousels or corner drawers?
An L or U kitchen leaves a blind corner. The five ways to reach it, which cabinet each one needs, and how much weight the makers say it carries.
Kitchen
Read the guideLarder pull outs: what fits a 150, 300, 450 or 600 mm tall unit
A tall pull out turns a deep pantry into shelves you can see from both sides. The widths, heights and loads makers publish, and the difference between a pull out and a door linked larder.
Kitchen
Read the guideKitchen bins under the sink: sizes, litres and what really fits
Pull out bins, swing out bins and bins behind a door, with the cabinet widths and litres makers publish. And why the sink trap decides more than the cabinet does.
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Renovation and handover
Kitchen · Build
Read the guideHow long does a kitchen renovation take in Dubai? Every step, in order
The steps of a kitchen renovation in Dubai in the right order, from the first estimate to the snag list, and what slows it down: approvals, working hours, stone templating and appliances.
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