Home Baking Studio
Kikuyu, Nairobi · 2021
A spare bedroom in Kikuyu converted into a dedicated 15 m² baking studio, fitted for medium-scale pastry production. The palette is pink walls and charcoal-black ceiling against a dark stone worktop and grey textured tile floor. The converted wardrobe area became a ribbed glass-door storage cabinet with copper handles; a pink Smeg-style refrigerator sits in the alcove beside it. A round marble-top display stand on a copper pedestal base anchors the centre of the room. Double ovens are integrated into a tower unit, and open floating shelves with gold strap hardware run above the worktop. An apron rail is fixed by the entry door.
The Brief
Convert a spare bedroom in Kikuyu into a functional home baking studio equipped for medium-scale pastry production — with storage, prep space, double ovens, a sink and a central display stand — finished in a pink, black and gold palette that gives the studio its own identity.
Our Approach
The wardrobe alcove was relined and fitted with ribbed glass sliding doors to become the primary dry storage unit, keeping supplies visible without exposing them. The double oven tower and commercial-style pull-down tap and sink are arranged in sequence along the main worktop wall so the workflow runs from left to right: storage, prep, cooking, administration at the desk. The dark stone worktop and charcoal ceiling absorb the palette's contrast, leaving the pink walls and copper hardware to provide the warmth and identity of the space.
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