Domino (2025)

There’s something particularly rewarding about designing spaces that don’t immediately reveal everything at once.

Recently featured in Domino, our Victorian Terrace Waterloo project explored a more textural and layered approach to kitchen design - one centred around warmth, materiality and subtle contrast rather than overt statement moments.

Set within a Victorian terrace in Waterloo, the project was designed to feel calm, expressive and deeply connected to the character of the home itself. The kitchen became less about creating a pristine showpiece and more about shaping a space that felt inviting, personal and genuinely lived in.

Victorian Terraced Waterloo - Before

Victorian Terraced Waterloo - After

A Kitchen Built Through Texture

For this project, texture became one of the defining elements throughout the design process. Rather than introducing bold colour or excessive detailing, we focused on creating depth through material choices and tonal layering, combining textured cabinetry, warm timber, softer finishes and natural light to create a space that shifts gently throughout the day.

The result is a kitchen that feels understated but still full of personality.

We’re often drawn to interiors that feel relaxed and effortless on the surface, whilst holding quieter layers of detail underneath. Spaces that don’t rely on trends or singular focal points, but instead create atmosphere through balance, texture and proportion.

Designing For Everyday Living

As with all of our residential interior design projects, functionality sat alongside aesthetics from the very beginning.

Victorian homes often come with beautiful architectural character, but they can also require careful spatial consideration to ensure they work intuitively for modern life. The layout was designed to improve flow through the ground floor whilst still preserving a sense of warmth and intimacy within the kitchen space itself.

We wanted the room to feel connected to the rhythm of everyday life - somewhere practical and hardworking, but equally calm enough to spend time in beyond simply cooking.

Domino's Review Of A Softer Approach To Interior Design

One of the things we appreciated most about Domino’s feature was the focus on the quieter aspects of the project.

Interior design is often associated with dramatic transformations or statement moments, but for us, the most successful spaces are usually shaped through smaller, cumulative decisions - texture, light, proportion, atmosphere and materiality all working together in a way that feels natural rather than over designed.

You can read the full feature here:

Domino — “A Textured Kitchen Renovation by Kinder Design”