{"id":2359,"date":"2025-08-04T10:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T02:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/08\/04\/plain-english-bespoke-british-kitchen-design-comes-to-the-us\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T02:28:24","slug":"plain-english-bespoke-british-kitchen-design-comes-to-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/plain-english-bespoke-british-kitchen-design-comes-to-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Plain English: Il design britannico di cucine su misura arriva negli Stati Uniti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specializing in 18th-century kitchen craftsmanship applied with 21st-century verve, Plain English has been on our radar for a good while. (See, for instance, A Kitchen Inspired by a Windswept Island, A Subtly Splendid Kitchen with a Grand Walk-In Larder, and A Kitchen for the People, Courtesy of Prince Charles.)<\/p>\n

But we\u2019ve always had to admire the UK company\u2019s work from afar\u2014until now. Its former creative director Julian Bly \u201ccame over prospecting for gold in May,\u201d he says, and now heads Plain English\u2019s new US office. Based in NYC, his mission is to translate the Plain English way Stateside (and already has kitchens in progress in Brooklyn, Greenwich, Phoenix, Austin, SF, and LA). All the cabinetry is made to order at the company\u2019s farm estate in Suffolk, then shipped here (prices average $1,800 per linear foot). Here\u2019s our favorite project from the fall catalogue, and for more inspiration, visit Plain English\u2019s just-unveiled new website.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fotografia per gentile concessione di Plain English.<\/p>\n

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Above: Set in an old schoolhouse in South London, this kitchen\u2014nearly as tall as it is wide\u2014features under-the-counter cupboards from Plain English\u2019s Spitalfields line and an island from its Osea range. (See the same island in a very different guise and setting on pages 186 to 191 of the Remodelista book.)<\/p>\n

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Above: The design is a study in subtle contrasts. An extended backsplash of Carrara marble is paired with white walls and exposed industrial beams. Carrara marble was also used on the counters and the island is topped with more dramatically veined arabescatto marble. (N.B.: In the US, counter materials and appliances are sourced locally.)<\/p>\n

The pale herringbone wood floor is offset by cupboards painted Jack Black and the island in Lamp Black, both from the Little Greene Paint Co. The hanging light is the Shape Up by Ladies & Gentleman Studio for Roll & Hill.<\/p>\n

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Above: Under-the-counter refrigerator drawers are concealed in the adjacent cabinet run, which ends with a \u201ccounter-standing\u201d cupboard. \u201cPeople respond to the fact that our kitchens are so restrained, handsome, and approachable,\u201d says Bly.<\/p>\n

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Above: After developing a series of metal- and wood-frame glazed screens for its kitchens, Plain English has begun applying its designs to other rooms in the house. The steel-framed bathtub is the Vieques from Agape.<\/p>\n

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Above: Ribbed glass in the steel-framed screen allows in light while providing privacy.<\/p>\n

Julian Bly specifies that Plain English supplies complete room designs, and is open to discussing any project that requires cabinetwork. Orders, he says, typically require three months to be completed in the UK and shipping\u2014\u201dwhich my clients have been finding surprisingly reasonable\u201d\u2014generally takes a month.<\/p>\n

See more of the company\u2019s designs and learn 10 Ways to Achieve the Plain English Look. And take a look at the brand\u2019s more affordable \u00e0 la carte line, British Standard\u2014the next, we hope, to leap the pond.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Specializzata in cucine artigianali del XVIII secolo applicate con brio al XXI secolo, Plain English \u00e8 nel nostro radar da un bel po' di tempo. (Si vedano, ad esempio, A Kitchen Inspired by a Windswept Island, A Subtly Splendid Kitchen with a Grand Walk-In Larder e A Kitchen for the People, Courtesy of Prince Charles). Ma abbiamo sempre ammirato la capacit\u00e0 dell'azienda britannica di [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2359","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\/2359","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=2359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}