25. April 2026
A celebration of colour: An evening at The Kitchen Room, Boroughbridge
Last week we opened the doors at The Kitchen Room for an evening with local creatives and interiors lovers, and it turned out to be exactly the kind of night that reminds you why you started.
The brief was simple. Bring together people who care about interiors across North Yorkshire and beyond. Cook food worth lingering over. And talk honestly about colour, the thing our clients most want to get right, and most often talk themselves out of before they've even begun.
The response from our guests said it better than we could. "It was a brilliant event — a big well done on creating such a fabulous celebration," wrote Holly of @hollyyorkshiredaleslife. "Such a beautiful space, and a great talk from their colour consultant," added @jackdmarch. Ali of @summerviewhouse simply called the cabinetry and worktop combination "dreamy." Knowing that our guests enjoyed the evening and loved our showroom means everything to us. Creating a space where people feel genuinely welcomed, unhurried, inspired, at ease, is exactly what The Kitchen Room is for.
Interior designer and colour consultant Kate Osborne on why colour goes wrong
We were lucky to have interior designer and colour consultant Kate Osborne with us at the showroom in Boroughbridge. She spoke with the kind of clarity that makes colour feel approachable rather than daunting. Just the kind of clear, considered thinking that makes a room make sense.
A few things that stopped the room:
Understand your light before you fall in love with a colour. A north-facing kitchen will drain warmth from almost anything you put in it. A south-facing room can take real depth and drama. Get this right first and you will save yourself expensive regrets.
Grey is genuinely hard in North Yorkshire. Our northern light is cooler and flatter than in the south, and grey reads very differently here than it does in the south of England. If you want a neutral that actually feels calm rather than cold, warmer tones work harder for us up here.
Keep colours at the same weight. When your cabinet shade, wall colour, and worktop sit at a similar depth and saturation, the room feels considered. It is the difference between a kitchen that looks designed and one that just looks done.
In a small space, commit to one colour throughout. Rather than breaking up a compact kitchen with contrast, take one shade across cabinetry, walls, ceiling. Remove the visual boundaries and the room expands, not in reality, but in the way it feels to be in it. Which is what matters.
Start with one piece you love. A fabric, a wallpaper, an artwork. Build your colour scheme outward from that and the decisions become much easier. It takes the overwhelm out of the process and gives you a clear direction from the start.
Caroline of @simplycarolineuk described the showroom as "calm, welcoming and incredibly well put together, each display kitchen styled in a way that feels aspirational but still very liveable." That is exactly what we set out to create.
Chef Andrew Dickens cooking live in the showroom
There is no better proof of a kitchen than cooking in it. Chef Andrew Dickens, who created a seasonal menu paired to the colours of the evening, cooked live on the night, and watching him work, talking through every ingredient, every technique, every choice, was the kind of thing that makes you look at a kitchen completely differently.
A kitchen isn't a backdrop. It's where the actual work happens. Ours is built for it.
When we opened The Kitchen Room in Boroughbridge, we hoped to become part of something. A community of people who care about their homes, their spaces, and the way they live. Evenings like this one tell us we are on the right track. Colour, community, connection. There is plenty more to come.
If you would like to come and see us, we are at 33 Fishergate, Boroughbridge, open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm, with Saturday appointments available. We work with clients across Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, York, and the wider North Yorkshire area.