Photography courtesy of Inglis Hall.
What does a vegan culinary setup look like? In the case of this project for a young family of six, it takes the guise of a craftsman-made, English country-house kitchen—with some tailor-made details for washing and storing vegetables, doing a lot of prepping and cooking, and sending meals outside.
“Does the self-sufficient vegan objective conjure certain sensibilities?” asks Toby.
The room is centered by a large, painted wood island with turned legs that provides ample work space, storage, and a place to sit and eat.
The sink has Rudge & Co. wall-mounted Pevensey brass taps and a hammered brass basin from The French House.
The fridge-surround is fitted with wooden trays that make it easy to serve meals in the garden.
There’s a round family table alongside French doors.
Pantry
Lorraine and Dan came to the project with a collection of orange-lidded jars for the pantry.
A corner of the utility room is outfitted with a custom marble sink and storage for canning jars.
Utility/Laundry/Mud Room
Says Toby: “It was particularly interesting to plan how to process the seasonal bulk vegetables needed to feed an entirely plant-based family for the year.”
In addition to being “the vegetable processing plant,” the space serves as a mud room and laundry room (washer/dryer are concealed behind paneled wood sliding doors).
Carved from a single block of Macael marble, the custom sink was designed for cleaning vegetables—”it’s deliberately shallow with a decent fall to wash away mud,” says Toby.
The view from the utility room.
Floor Plan
The kitchen opens to the side-by-side pantry and multipurpose utility room.