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Metal surfaces
A210
Alu Polished
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Materials · Decor
Decor
What turns a set of cabinets into an interior: slatted panels, metal surfaces and aluminium framed glass fronts.
Why it matters
A kitchen rarely ends at its fronts
Next to a kitchen there are almost always surfaces that aren't part of it: the wall behind the dining table, the end of the island, the passage into the living room, a niche for appliances. Leave them as "just a wall" and the kitchen looks like it was placed into the room rather than made together with it.
Decorative elements solve this: the same veneer moves onto the wall as a slatted panel, metal appears as a thin edge on an end, and part of the cabinets is replaced by an aluminium framed display cabinet. Each technique works on its own, but together they pull the project into one whole.
All three groups are made to the project: dimensions, pitch, tone and fixing method are worked out from the drawing, not taken from a ready catalogue.
- Slatted panels
- veneer, painted finish, solid wood
- Metal
- aluminium, steel, brass, copper
- Frames
- aluminium profile with glass
- Production
- to the project drawing
Veneered slatted panels
The slatted panel takes the kitchen beyond its carcasses
The slatted panel is a set of narrow profiles on a base board: veneered MDF, plywood or painted board. It's made in the same decor as the fronts, so the kitchen and the wall read as one piece of work, not as furniture and a separate renovation.
Technically, it's the simplest way to add volume. The slatted panel covers an uneven wall, hides a joint, dampens echo in a room with hard surfaces, and changes the surface through the day: the shadow between the profiles moves with the light.
We calculate the pitch and width of the profile from the length of the surface, so the pattern doesn't break off halfway through the last element. Turning the corner and meeting the ceiling are also worked out in the drawing — that's usually where the quality of the work shows.
Where we use it
- The wall behind the dining area. The large surface gains texture without drawing attention away from the kitchen.
- The island's end and front. The island stops being a box and becomes a piece of furniture.
- The passage into the living room. The slatted panel continues beyond the kitchen and ties the two zones together.
- Doors and tall panels. A doorway in the same slatted panel disappears into the wall.
- Pitch and width
- sized to match the length of the surface
- Base
- veneer, painted MDF or plywood
- Application
- walls, island ends, ceilings, doors
- Finish
- matched to the fronts or contrasting
Metal elements
Metal works in doses in an interior
A metal surface is a sheet of real metal on a base board: the same material as the front, just with a metal layer on top. Because of this, it can be cut, edge-banded and glued like an ordinary board, instead of finding a way to fix a solid metal sheet in place.
The palette runs from neutral to warm: polished aluminium gives a mirror finish, brushed aluminium gives a calm matt metal in a steel tone, while brass and copper tones add a warmth to the kitchen that neither wood nor stone provides.
Metal is almost never used across the whole front. It works as an accent: an edge, an insert between fronts, a splashback in a niche, an island end, the back panel of a display cabinet. The smaller the area, the more expensive the result looks.
What to consider
- Fingerprints. Everything shows on a polished surface; a brushed or matt finish forgives everyday use.
- Patina. Copper and brass tones darken over time — this is a property of the material, not a defect.
- Neighbours. Warm metal doesn't clash with wood, cool metal holds up better next to stone and glass.
- Care. A soft cloth and a neutral cleaner; an abrasive leaves a mark that can't be removed.
- Surface
- real metal on a base board
- Tones
- aluminium, steel, brass, copper
- Sheet size
- 3050 × 1220 mm, thickness 0.8 mm
- Where it works
- splashback, end panels, inserts, niches
Metal
Surfaces in stock
Base tones that can be used for a project without a long wait. We bring in other texture and tone options to order — we confirm the palette during the costing stage.
Polished metal gives a sharp mirror gleam, brushed metal a softer reflection with a visible direction of finish.
Surfaces: 5
Metal surfaces
A247
Brushed Alu Stainless Steel
Metal surfaces
A250
Alu Brushed Natural
Metal surfaces
A251
Gold Brushed Aluminium
Metal surfaces
A252
Brushed Alu Copper
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Aluminium frames
A display cabinet instead of a solid cupboard
An aluminium frame is a thin profile that holds glass instead of a solid front. The top row stops being a continuous wall: part of the cabinets becomes transparent, the kitchen visually loses mass, and the crockery becomes part of the interior.
The profile is thinner than any wooden frame — that's the whole point of aluminium. The frame is almost invisible, so the composition is set by the glass and the lighting, not by the structure itself.
In an interior, the display cabinet can stand as a separate column: a black frame, tinted glass, glass shelves and vertical lighting. Such a column works as a border between the kitchen and the neighbouring zone — and, at the same time, as a source of evening light.
What it's made up of
- Profile. a thin aluminium frame instead of a whole front: the frame holds the glass and stays almost invisible.
- Glass. clear, tinted (bronze, graphite), frosted or reeded — the choice sets the display cabinet's transparency and the character of the light.
- Frame colour. black, white, champagne, bronze, aluminium; matched to the kitchen's handles and profiles, not to the fronts.
- Light. shelf lighting turns the display cabinet into a light source — it works strongest on dark glass.
- Profile
- aluminium, frame thickness from 19 mm
- Glass
- clear, tinted, frosted, reeded
- Colour
- black, white, champagne, bronze, aluminium
- Interior
- glass shelves, lighting, mirrored back panel
