Renaud Sara designs bulthaup kitchens in line with the company’s philosophy – sleek lines and meticulous attention to detail for free-flowing spaces.  (photo: Eva Krins / Maison Moderne)

Renaud Sara designs bulthaup kitchens in line with the company’s philosophy – sleek lines and meticulous attention to detail for free-flowing spaces.  (photo: Eva Krins / Maison Moderne)

People aren’t necessarily cooking more but they are spending more time at the heart of their home: the kitchen. It’s a creative space where friends and family can gather and feel at ease. In these changing times, it has increasingly become part of the living space as a harmonious whole.

The kitchen says a lot about someone’s lifestyle. It can tell you how much heart and soul they invest in the ‘ordinary’ days of their lives. “People have been investing much more in their homes since the start of the pandemic. The kitchen has become the most used room, and increasingly it also incorporates the dining area. Clients ask us for kitchens with a large table, which sometimes even replaces the island unit. This is evidence that the kitchen has become a genuine living space in its own right, where everyone can get together,” says Renaud Sara, interior designer and managing director of bulthaup Espace Luxembourg, who designs kitchens not just to be utilitarian work stations, but to be harmonious living spaces.

Reinventing the kitchen concept

Long, beautiful tables are now front and centre in many kitchens and in the brand’s showroom too. Located on Route d’Arlon in Strassen since 1992, the showroom was newly renovated in 2020 and presents bulthaup’s iconic creations and expertise. It’s also home to a team of interior architects who work hand in hand with clients to create kitchen spaces that reflect their personalities and lifestyles. The 290m2 showroom epitomises the brand’s philosophy – infusing unique, high-quality pieces with soul to live up to the clients’ dreams. Pleasing to the touch and to the eye, the furniture, wall and islands units are as sensual as they are function-al. But this renewed interest in the kitchen doesn’t mean that clients are necessarily slaving over a hot stove more than ever before – in fact, it’s the contrary. “It’s clear that people are eating out and getting take-aways more often, and cooking elaborate meals far less frequently. And yet, the kitchen is still the heart of the home and the hub for other social activities. We are always aware of our clients’ actual needs, and we are reinventing this space accordingly by creating a place suitable for all kinds of social interactions, not just cooking,” explains Marc O. Eckert, CEO of the brand.

Craftwork and sustainability

Bulthaup has something for everyone, offering infinite functional and aesthetic possibilities. Transforming pragmatism into poetry, the brand is renowned for its simplicity and minimalism, its clean and uncluttered design. Simple elements focus on the essential and create free-flowing spaces, where people feel at ease. The use of fine, sensual materials, such as wood or stone, with meticulous workmanship seen in the smallest details and impeccable finishes, is also a trademark of the brand’s style.

We believe that crafts-manship and the traditional treatment of authentic materials in industrial manufacturing embody the high end of the market. This is the only way to guarantee that each product is unique,” the CEO adds. There’s a personal touch in every stage of the production of a bulthaup kitchen, from the design to the final delivery, and it shows. “We are very particular about all these aspects, about the importance of crafts-manship, which makes all the difference, but also about the use of quality materials that respect resources and the environment. It is this combination that allows us to offer high-quality, time- less and, as a consequence, sustainable kitchens,” Renaud Sara explains.

We are reinventing the kitchen concept by providing solutions for all social interactions, not just cooking.

Marc O. EckertCEObulthaup

A wide range of decorative touches are available too, but the kitchens are not just attractive and functional, they are user-friendly and organ-ised, right down to interior fittings and the personalised organisation of drawers and pull-out storage units. Everything fits perfectly in a bulthaup kitchen – most importantly of all, the people who really use them, their friends and their families!

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