There is a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from walking into a kitchen that just works.
The worktop is the hardest-working surface in your home. It gets chopped on, splashed with wine, leaned against with coffee in hand, and expected to look good in all conditions and all light.
There is a version of your morning routine where you open a wardrobe, see exactly what you own, find what you want without moving six things to reach it, and leave the room without feeling vaguely stressed.
If there is one home improvement that consistently sits at the top of the East London homeowner wish list, it is the rear kitchen extension.
Most kitchen renovations obsess over the big decisions — units, worktops, appliances. The splashback is often treated as an afterthought: a metre or so of tiles chosen quickly to fill the gap above the hob.