An Elegant Shaker Utility and Boot Room
in a Georgian Farmhouse

This Signature Bespoke utility and boot room was designed and made for a converted freezer room on the ground floor of a Georgian house next to the kitchen that we designed. For this room, all furniture was handmade to fit the exact specification of the room.

The client’s brief:

To design and make a handpainted traditional Shaker style utility and boot room with plenty of storage, a wet area, concealed broom cupboard, cupboards to house refrigeration and laundry and a pantry for dry goods and bottles. Also a place for the dog to sleep.

What Searle & Taylor created:

Utilising all the space in the room, Darren Taylor at Searle & Taylor designed a run of tall cabinetry to incorporate the pantry with internal oak pull-out drawers and bottle and spice racks fitted to the inside of the doors. Next to it is an integrated fridge freezer by Liebherr and next to that is a cupboard to house a Miele washing machine and stacked tumble dryer on top. This leads to a wet area with a 30mm Silestone worksurface in Snowy Ibiza and a Belfast sink and taps by Perrin and Rowe. Utility cupboards were designed beneath and further space along the run was dedicated to a reduced depth wine storage unit to line up with the window whilst maintaining good access from this room into the kitchen. Further cupboards were built on the other side of the room with a special space beneath for the dog bed. All cabinetry was handpainted in Blue Vein 676 by Paint and Paper Library.