Kitchen, Bathroom & Bedroom Design in Cornwall

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Based in the county, not visiting it. The studio is at Truro. Site visits across Cornwall are scheduled appointments made from a Cornish base, not trips planned around a national diary, and our Truro studio opens early 2027.

15 years in the KBB sector. Our founder has 15 years in kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms and a degree in interior architecture. The studio has traded for four years, supplying bespoke interiors to homeowners and developers.

Cornish supply chain. Suppliers and trades are sourced locally in Cornwall. Fewer long-distance dependencies means fewer of the week-long waits that hold up work at the far end of the county.

Most failures in a Cornish kitchen or bathroom are not taste failures. They are moisture, structure and access problems that were never designed out.

Salt air, damp and a long, mild, wet season

Cornwall’s climate is mild and persistently humid, and prevailing south-westerlies carry salt inland well beyond the cliff edge. Standard MDF carcases, untreated end panels and budget ironmongery age fast in that air: doors swell at the base, painted edges craze, and hinges and handles pit within a couple of seasons.

We specify for the actual exposure of the room: moisture-resistant boards and edging where splash and steam are constant, finishes chosen for humid conditions, and ironmongery that suits a coastal atmosphere. Extraction is sized against the room volume rather than fitted because there was a spare wall, because in a house that is closed up for weeks a weak fan is the reason mould appears behind a run of units.

Granite, cob and walls that are nowhere near straight

Older Cornish houses were built from what was to hand: granite rubble, cob, slate. Walls taper, floors fall away, and openings are rarely square. A layout drawn to nominal dimensions collapses on site: the island lands off-centre, the tall units foul the ceiling, and the fitter is left scribing filler panels to hide a 40mm discrepancy.

We survey the room as built, then resolve it in Winner 3D: shadow gaps and deliberate scribe details where the wall wanders, adjusted plinth heights where the floor falls, and honest tolerances on either side of a run rather than assuming a tight fit. You see the resolved room, from your own eye height, before anything is ordered.

Ageing services and single-track access

Cornish housing stock frequently runs on older plumbing, undersized consumer units and drainage that was extended rather than designed. Discovering that at second-fix stage is what turns a straightforward kitchen into a delayed one, especially where a property is on private drainage or a shared water supply.

Access is the second constraint. Narrow lanes, restricted parking in Falmouth, St Ives and Padstow, and holiday-season traffic all affect deliveries. We plan delivery windows, unloading and storage into the programme instead of hoping a lorry can reach the door in August.

Second homes, holiday lets and unattended work

A large share of Cornish work happens in houses the owner does not live in full time. Nobody is there to answer a question, take a delivery or notice that a tile has been set out wrongly. That is exactly the gap the Complete Service was built for: our foreman is on the ground and you get weekly video updates, so decisions are made without you driving down.

For holiday lets there is a commercial dimension too. Work needs to land between bookings and finish when it was promised, because a slipped week is a lost week of income: so the programme is dated backwards from your changeover, not forwards from our start.

Planning for the long term in a house you intend to keep

Many Cornish clients are in the house they mean to stay in. Designing only for how you live today is a slow and expensive mistake, because retrofitting clearance and reach into a finished room means starting again.

Where it is relevant we plan turning space, reachable storage and level access into the design from the outset, and for specialist requirements we work with an accessible design consultant and adaptive product suppliers. The room still reads as a designed interior; it simply also works in fifteen years.

• Moisture-resistant substrates in wet zones rather than standard board
• Coastal-appropriate ironmongery and fixings
• Extraction sized to room volume and duct run, ducted out rather than recirculating
• Ventilation planned for periods when a second home stands empty
• Electrical and plumbing capacity checked at survey, not at second fix
• Drainage runs and falls confirmed before layouts are fixed
• Delivery windows planned around lane access and seasonal traffic
• Storage on site agreed so cabinetry is not left in weather

No stage is skipped because a property is an hour further west. The sequence is what makes an unusual Cornish room predictable.

Design consultation. We talk through how the household uses the space, the fabric of the building, your budget position and the timescale, then confirm whether the project is one we should take on.

Survey and measured drawings. The room is measured as built, with services, structure, floor falls and wall movement recorded. Cornish rooms need this more than most; every later decision depends on it.

Winner 3D design and specification. You see the room in three dimensions from your own eye height, with cabinetry, finishes, lighting and appliances specified. Changes happen here, on screen, where they cost nothing.

Ordering and programme. Cabinetry from Schüller, Novelle or Omega is ordered against a dated programme, with local suppliers and trades booked around delivery, access and, where relevant, your letting calendar.

Installation and handover. One studio installs and stays responsible for the fit, with weekly updates. At handover you get the snagging walk-through and the manufacturer warranties.