The Almond’s Pitched Roof, Double Gable Kitchen Extension

Cliff Almond and his wife Dani set about transforming their 1890s house with a modern extension but an oak frame became the unexpected solution they didn’t know they were looking for.

Cliff and Dani had lived in their period property some four years before they decided to extend. An obvious decision was to replace a double-fronted plastic conservatory across the front of their house.

The couple approached both an architect and Welsh Oak Frame for a design. Initially they thought they wanted a modern glass and steel structure but they wanted to keep their options open and explored working with Welsh Oak Frame.

The architect’s design was large and open-planned. ‘When we saw visuals of our new kitchen in the space, we were disappointed at the lack of character,’ Cliff explains. ‘Welsh Oak’s design with the rustic raw oak frame looked elegant and as simple as it gets – that’s what sold us to go down this route.’

‘We thought we’d be blown away by seeing the kitchen in the modern design but the architecture lacked something,’ says Cliff. ‘In contrast, the exposed oak frame and high vaulted ceilings in Welsh Oak Frame’s plans completely hit the mark, we knew this was the right way to go.’

‘That was the wow moment we were looking for, it was pretty special, and strange to think at the start oak had been the complete opposite of what we thought we wanted,’ says Cliff.

‘We’ve no regrets’, says Cliff. ‘The oak is a living structure. The quality and craftsmanship are second to none. It’s warm and tactile’.

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