Your brief
Bring room measurements, photographs, the appliances you have in mind and an outline budget. Tell us what should be easier about cooking, storage and gathering.
FROM DESIGN TO INSTALLATION
Better storage. A clearer working space.
A PERSONAL STARTING POINT
In an Up Hatherley kitchen, a useful first brief is what you want to store and where daily tasks become awkward. More cabinets are not automatically more useful; the position and accessibility of the contents matter alongside worktop space.
Across Obsidian’s kitchens and bathrooms shaped around you, practical needs give the design its direction. Your kitchen can then develop a material palette that feels personal as well as functional.
Our kitchen planning team turns daily storage and preparation needs into a useful cabinet arrangement, helping an Up Hatherley kitchen work better within its footprint.

THE ROOM COMES FIRST
List cookware, crockery, food storage and the smaller appliances you want to keep close at hand. Consider what should sit near preparation, cooking and cleaning zones. For an Up Hatherley home, that inventory helps compare drawers, cupboards and a possible pantry against the available footprint and the people using the room.
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A CONSIDERED SPECIFICATION
The cabinet layout can put frequently used items within reach while keeping preparation space free. We help you compare finishes beside retained floors and adjoining rooms, with seating positioned away from the busiest working routes. The result should support cooking and shared use without filling every part of the plan.
Explore the details that make it yours ↗FROM IDEAS TO INSTALLATION
Bring room measurements, photographs, the appliances you have in mind and an outline budget. Tell us what should be easier about cooking, storage and gathering.
Review the layout, cabinet and worktop choices, appliance details and the proposed scope together. Confirm what is included, the cost and the decisions needed before orders.
You work with Obsidian from design through installation. Agree site preparation, associated trades, deliveries and the programme in the proposal, then keep the product and care information for handover.
Explore our design process, discuss the installation scope, and keep the care guidance with your final specification.
REAL OBSIDIAN WORK
Explore these Obsidian portfolio projects for ideas to discuss in your own brief. Each gallery tells its own story.

CONSIDERED. PERSONAL. OBSIDIAN.
Your priorities guide the design, from the room plan to the details you live with.
YOUR HOME. YOUR PRIORITIES.
For your Up Hatherley home in Cheltenham, we bring the contents of the kitchen into the design as well as its dimensions. Cabinets, appliances and installation follow the practical improvements you want.
Our Up Hatherley kitchen and bathroom services can coordinate the main room changes. Wider Cheltenham home design services can connect them to dining, utility and living areas.
Planning more than this room? Consider bathroom design in Up Hatherley or our interior design approach as part of your brief.
Plan your next design step ↗YOUR HOME. YOUR LOCALITY.
Kitchen design and installation for Up Hatherley and surrounding communities.
YOUR LOCATION
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