Is a hand-built kitchen really worth it?
17th March 2025Hand-built, bespoke cabinetry to your exact specifications is a great option for many people. For lots of our customers a hand-built kitchen is a long held bucket list dream come true, and of course we hope everyone decides on hand-built for their new kitchen! But is a hand-built kitchen really worth it? We also know […]
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An Interview with Andrew Parsley: Founder and Managing Director of Back to Basics
7th July 2020In 1996, a keen young cabinet maker set up his own company hand-building bespoke kitchens and one-off furniture from his Dad’s garage. ‘Back to Basics’ was born! Read on to find out more from the man himself. Hi Andrew! Tell us a bit more about why you set up Back to Basics… It all started […]
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Storage Hacks for Beautiful Kitchens
20th May 2020During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re all cooking and eating at home much more – and for a lot of people, that’s meant finding new places to store all those extra ingredients we are buying! Making sure our clients maximise the space available to them is a key part of kitchen design at Back to Basics. […]
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Four things you never knew about Dovetail Joints (plus one you probably did!)
17th March 2020At Back to Basics, all the drawers in our bespoke, hand-built kitchens and furniture are made using dovetail joints. Here’s why: 1. Not only do they look beautiful, but they also hold timbers together without the need for screws or nails. These days cabinet makers add glue for extra strength, but that’s a ‘just in […]
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