Handleless Kitchens For South East London

Two ways to open a handleless kitchen

The Groove runs an aluminium channel into the carcass behind the door. Push-pull does away with the grip altogether and works on a sprung piston. In a photograph they look close to identical. The best way to decide what works best for you is to try them at our Brockley kitchen studio.

How we Design

The Groove, our true-handleless system

The Groove (or gola) is the Italian system every handleless kitchen descends from.

The channel is set into the carcass behind the door, so nothing at all is added to the front and your fingers meet the same continuous recess anywhere along its length.

The profile can be anodised to disappear into the cabinetry or run in a contrasting finish so the line reads deliberately across the room, and it turns vertical between tall units and appliance housings. We can also make a 30 degree chamfered door, where the top edge is angled back to open the grip up further, which can be useful if accessibility is a consideration.

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A Handleless Kitchen up Close

Take a look at one of our handleless projects.

A handleless kitchen with a run of walnut wall units lit by a single channel above a white marble splashback, two stacked Miele ovens in a pale full-height run, a walnut-lined recess of lit open shelving, and an island with a mitred white marble end and a walnut side panel.

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The wall units

A single lit channel runs under the wall units, the full length of the splashback. The extractor is set into the housing above the hob, in the same run, so the hood disappears into the join between the units instead of hanging below them. That’s what gives the fronts a clean edge with no visible gap underneath, one lit line instead of a shadow.

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The island

Storage is built in on the far side of the island, facing the cooking run, which creates a seating area facing the cooking zone. Perfect for breakfasts before school or entertaining. The worktop turns the corner and runs to the floor as a mitred end, with timber panels adding warmth to the finish.

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The oven housing

Two Miele ovens, stacked at eye level. The glass fronts sit flush with the cabinetry around them, so the doors read as part of the run. And because they’re at chest height, you can slide a full tray out with ease. Perfect ergonomics for today’s kitchen.

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The lit recess

Timber-lined shelves, lit underneath each one, cut into the tall run at eye level, with drawers below at worktop height. It’s the one break in an otherwise flat wall of handleless fronts, so it’s where the eye lands and where you’d put the things worth looking at.

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The rail under the worktop

That dark recess under the worktop is the Groove: an aluminium channel cut into the carcass behind the door. It runs again between the drawer banks, which means the same grip repeats wherever your hand goes looking for it, and one continuous line runs the length of the room.

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Push and Pull mechanisms

Because sometimes handleless is best with no grips at all.

Push-pull mechanisms

How does push-pull work?

A sprung piston sits behind the door. Press the front and the piston releases it towards you, press it closed and it latches again. Nothing is added to the outside of the cabinetry, so the front stays completely flat.

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Push-pull mechanisms

Why choose push-pull?

It’s the only system that leaves the door front untouched, which makes it the one to use with large-format finishes where a rail would cut across the grain or the veining. Press-to-open takes a day to learn where to push, after that it’s second nature.

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Push-pull mechanisms

Can push-pull be motorised?

Yes, and on tall or heavy doors it’s worth doing. A motorised opener takes the effort out of appliance housings and full-height larder doors, where the weight makes a sprung piston harder work than it should be.

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What Customers Say

Come and try for yourself

The Groove and push-pull do the same job in completely different ways. We have both at our Brockley kitchen studio so why not bring the measurements of your room if you have them, and Andrew will show you what’s available in each door style.

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