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Smooth surfaces, monochromatic palette and good lighting will never go out of fashion.

I am more and more excited about the new emerging kitchen trends - although gloss white is still a firm favourite, we are seeing a lot of matt finish kitchens, which we really love. Also, although bold colours are not currently trending, subtle off-whites, greys and beiges are very popular at the moment.

We love designing bathrooms and wetrooms as we get to be so creative with materials. There are so many options for finishes, either in ceramic or porcelain tile, polished plaster, painted finish, stone, concrete tiles and so on. However, sometimes we feel that the beauty and sleek finish of a bathroom can be diminished by the addition of a chunky shower enclosure. Wherever possible, we aim to fit 'invisible' shower screens - single panes of glass on channels or small brackets so that they are barely visible, therefore, not taking away from the beauty of the material finish.

We've been talking a lot lately about the changing of the modern kitchen - what does this mean anymore? Our preconception of a modern kitchen today is gloss white, minimal and sleek. However, there has been a recent shift towards a 'modern traditional' style - rustic finishes, matt cabinet fronts, texture and natural materials... but with modern shapes and sleek geometry.

Another thing we have noticed has started to trend in the kitchen department is the use of marble or large scale stone slabs as back splashes, and the return of the shaker style kitchen.

In today's culture, the modern kitchen is whatever you want it to be. In fact, if you went really retro with your kitchen and finished it in a 50's style, as long as you kept the geometry simple and straight, you'd get away with calling it a modern kitchen. The new kitchen trend is towards simplifying form and function but being fun and playing with texture, material finishes and showing your personality! We love it.

There has been a slight shift in the interiors movement recently, partially seasonal and partially perhaps something a bit more of a paradigm. Gloss white minimal is slowly losing popularity and interiors are becoming more matt finished, bolder and more textured. Recent trends seem to be steering less towards the ultra-minimal and more towards Ethic, rustic and textured - such as colourful mosaics, cement tiles, herringbone wooden floors, concrete finishes and textured rugs.

We love the way the Scandinavians to white design and modern furniture. It's clean and simple without being cold or uninviting. We love it so much we could design it ourselves - the problem is, its place is in Scandinavia and to take it away from that culture would not translate well in London. We think. :(