For the Love of Kitchens

Not far from the city of York, Lee and Phillip live with their patchwork family in a large cottage that they are currently renovating. They want a beautiful home for the whole family and commission the deVOL team to design the kitchen. The professionals make cabinets inspired by a Victorian haberdashery store, and the kitchen also gets a stunning view of the pond in the garden. In addition, Paul and Helen help to make a lettering with gold leaf on glass.

"The older, the better" is the motto of the antique-loving couple Louise and Gary, who live with their patchwork family in a creatively furnished house from 1900 in Bristol, England. In the meantime, all rooms are ready - except for the kitchen. Fortunately, Helen and Paul share their love for antiques. They design a kitchen in which new cabinets and vintage pieces are seamlessly combined with each other. In the meantime, an enchanted little garden is being worked on the property of Cotes Mill in Leicestershire, which is intended to invite you to linger.

The idyllic county of Suffolk on the English east coast is the new home of Alastair and David. They are currently in the process of a run-down barn from the 17th century. Century into their dream house. For Alastair, the kitchen is the most important room in the whole house. She wants a sociable place where she can enter family and friends. The deVOL team relies on a rustic kitchen with narrow lines and a lot of wood and is based on the originally used building materials of the building. In Cotes Mill, Paul and Helen also design and build a decorative fountain for the enchanted garden.

A customer with special needs is waiting for Paul and Helen. Alison and Paul live in an elegant house from Victorian times. Six years ago, Paul suffered a severe stroke, from which he is now slowly recovering. The new kitchen should help him recover and not get in the way, as is currently the case. The team must therefore think carefully about how to make the kitchen accessible to Paul without compromising the beauty of the design.

For Michelle and Paul, a new phase of life begins in East London: The two got engaged and fulfilled another dream: They moved into an impressive Georgian townhouse. The four-storey townhouse of the two is one of the oldest residential buildings in the city and used to be a small hotel. For this purpose, the deVOL team designs an atmospheric kitchen that perfectly captures the style of the house and the couple. In the meantime, Paul and Helen in Cotes Mill can finally open the doors of the enchanted garden for their employees.

The kitchen designer Iain and his girlfriend Daram have bought a two-room apartment in London and are gradually renovating all the rooms. Next is the kitchen, which is of great importance for the two in their everyday life. But the room is very small and unfavorably cut, so that a custom-made design seems to be the only solution. Paul and Helen help the couple redesign their small kitchen. In the meantime, Paul in Cotes Mill begins a project to develop a dining chair that offers both comfort and style.

In the English city of Bristol, Lorna and Roland live with their three children in a large Georgian terraced house with high ceilings and original historical elements. Since their move in, they have been busy renovating and so they get support from the professionals for the heart of the house, the kitchen. Paul and Helen design a dreamlike family kitchen with plenty of space and special pieces of furniture that underline the beauty of the old building. Meanwhile, Paul's project to create the most comfortable dining chair in the world is coming to an end.

Ben and Carice move to Sussex with their three children. Since Ben is a professional soldier, he is always stationed in different locations - but after the family has inherited a dreamlike old house, they want to settle down and have a real home. They move the new kitchen to the former salon at the other end of the house and ask the deVOL team for the right design, which should be bright and inviting. They are also looking forward to two refrigerators and storage cabinets, a traditional butcher block and a wooden worktop

A few years ago, Paul opened a showroom in New York - and for the first time after the pandemic he travels to the USA with Helen to see how the shop in Manhattan is doing. They also design a kitchen for a married couple who are restoring a historic house in the US state of Connecticut. The family dreams of dark blue cabinets, white-gray marble and a brass sink in front of the window. Meanwhile, Robin is working on a brand new pantry cabinet in Cotes Mill.

Paul and Helen are still visiting New York and help another family to design their dream kitchen. In New York's Upper Westside, Liz and Dan and their two sons are renovating an apartment that they could afford after many years of saving. They finally want their dream kitchen in their new home in an elegant design - with a large kitchen island and wow factor. For the design, the team is inspired by the coastline of Liz's hometown in the United Kingdom.