Trends and trajectories of UK kitchens & bathrooms

Trends and trajectories of UK kitchens & bathrooms Grahame J. Morrison Editor: The Kitchen+ Bathroom Designer

Kitchen and bathroom design influences • Changing property styles • Current trends • The kitchen and bathroom ‘design factor’ University of Manchester 27th January 2005

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Today’s situation • 3.8 million additional households in next 25 years • Tax incentives for “brown field” developments • 5 years to add fewer than 2000 new city centre homes University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Changing lifestyles University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The early kitchen • A room alone - behind a door University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The early kitchen • A room alone - behind a door • Just used for cooking and domestic chores University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The early kitchen • A room alone - behind a door • Just used for cooking and domestic chores • Little or no influence on the rest of the home University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Yesterday’s kitchen • Kitchen-diner University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Yesterday’s kitchen • Kitchen-diner • Part of the home University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Yesterday’s kitchen • Kitchen-diner • Part of the home • Used for cooking and entertaining University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Yesterday’s kitchen • Kitchen-diner • Part of the home • Used for cooking and entertaining • Kitchen furniture starting to influence home decor University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Today’s kitchen • The Grand Room University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Today’s kitchen • The Grand Room • One main living room with several roles University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Today’s kitchen • The Grand Room • One main living room with several roles • Kitchen furniture as an integral part of the living area University of Manchester 27th January 2005

Today’s kitchen • The basic L-shape of wall and base units remains • Island unit allows friends to gather • Stools would make casual dining possible University of Manchester 27th January 2005

University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom “It wouldn’t matter if we all lived a gorgeous French chateau and had the bath in the centre of a large room, but we don’t live like that. We are an urban society living in a housing stock built between 1880 and 1930.”. Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • One bathroom per bedroom? University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • One bathroom per bedroom? • Invasion by Napoleon? University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • One bathroom per bedroom? • Invasion by Napoleon? • No rubber walls University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • One bathroom per bedroom? • Invasion by Napoleon? • No rubber walls • We must have a bath University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • 90% of those surveyed said that they considered it “important” for a home to have a shower University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • 90% of those surveyed said that they considered it “important” for a home to have a shower • 2/3rds said a shower was more important than a bath University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • 90% of those surveyed said that they considered it “important” for a home to have a shower • 2/3rds said a shower was more important than a bath • 1/3 said they would out the bath for a large shower University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • A trans-generational, all-access product University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • A trans-generational, all-access product • Suitable for a wide range of households and family structures University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • A trans-generational, all-access product • Suitable for a wide range of households and family structures • An all-in-one showering space University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • Suitable for main bathroom and ensuite University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • Suitable for main bathroom and ensuite • Allows the size of the ensuite to be reduced University of Manchester 27th January 2005

The British bathroom • Suitable for main bathroom and ensuite • Allows the size of the ensuite to be reduced • Walk-ins will dominate for the next three years University of Manchester 27th January 2005

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Trends and trajectories of UK kitchens & bathrooms