{"id":2341,"date":"2024-12-06T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2024\/12\/06\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-rustic-luxe-london-galley-by-devol\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:55:16","slug":"kitchen-of-the-week-a-rustic-luxe-london-galley-by-devol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-rustic-luxe-london-galley-by-devol\/","title":{"rendered":"La cucina della settimana: Una cucina londinese rustica e di lusso di deVol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The galley is one of the most compact and high-functioning&nbsp;kitchen configurations. But too&nbsp;many end up looking like austere&nbsp;cooking factories. Here\u2019s a wood-paneled version&nbsp;in London that&nbsp;presents&nbsp;a refreshing urban-rustic alternative to today\u2019s chilly designs.<\/p>\n<p>Installed in a five-story Regency townhouse\u2014as part of a remodel in which the kitchen was relocated\u2014the design&nbsp;is from&nbsp;UK kitchen maker deVol. It\u2019s part of the company\u2019s Sebastian Cox&nbsp;line, which we\u2019ve been admiring since it made its debut last year: See the first&nbsp;version of the kitchen here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8253021593613184406.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: A steel-framed&nbsp;Crittall window&nbsp;partitions the kitchen from the entry hall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2417817803413929650.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: The cabinets are made of British-grown sustainable woods: Birch plywood frames&nbsp;are fronted by cabinet doors of band-sawed solid beech that\u2019s stained (rather than painted) an inky blue-black. The flooring is&nbsp;a maplike confluence of concrete and oak.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9181679887264908794.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: The hanging lights were a DIY project: LED Filament Bulbs&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bakelite Bulb Holders&nbsp;are paired with&nbsp;Fabric Lighting Cable, all&nbsp;from Dowsing &amp; Reynolds. The Crittall window echoes the lines of the sash window at the back of the space that fills the room with light.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4583620212600671811.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: Cox used oak counters in his prototype; the owners of this kitchen opted to dress up the timber cabinets with honed Carrara marble worktops.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4882118426821033743.jpg\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Above:&nbsp;The glazed&nbsp;cabinet is one of the accessories available from the Sebastian Cox collection (sold by deVol as part of a complete kitchen).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Above: The&nbsp;cabinets are detailed with copper pulls and copper-lined finger holes. Note the way the wood grain shows through the dark stain, lending the space&nbsp;great&nbsp;texture. Says Cox: \u201cThe whole kitchen is designed to look like it breathes.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Above: The sink, with old-fashioned counter dish drain, is the undermount Kubus design by Franke and the faucet is the&nbsp;Quooker Fusion Square, a combination mixer and boiling water tap.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Above: The five-burner gas stovetop is a Miele KM 2335.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Above: Rough-sawed oak Chopping Boards&nbsp;are one of the accessories deVol sells \u00e0 la carte. They come in three sizes starting at \u00a335 ($50).<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Above: Ovens from Miele\u2019s PureLine are tidily integrated into the wall&nbsp;next to the concealed fridge with oxidizing copper pulls.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Above: The space&nbsp;opens to a dining area that, like the kitchen, gracefully straddles the line&nbsp;between down-home and urban.<\/p>\n<p>See more at&nbsp;deVol,&nbsp;and take a look at a Shaker-Inspired deVol Kitchen. Also,&nbsp;visit &nbsp;Sebastian Cox.<\/p>\n<p>For more wood-accented designs, see 9 Favorites: The New Timber Kitchen. Explore more galley kitchens in Remodeling 101.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The galley is one of the most compact and high-functioning&nbsp;kitchen configurations. But too&nbsp;many end up looking like austere&nbsp;cooking factories. Here\u2019s a wood-paneled version&nbsp;in London that&nbsp;presents&nbsp;a refreshing urban-rustic alternative to today\u2019s chilly designs. Installed in a five-story Regency townhouse\u2014as part of a remodel in which the kitchen was relocated\u2014the design&nbsp;is from&nbsp;UK kitchen maker deVol. It\u2019s part [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}