Most kitchens are photographed the week they are finished and never again. We went back after nine years of school mornings and Sunday lunches to see what our choices had become.
The oak worktop, which every supplier warned us against, has darkened into the best thing in the room. The painted cabinets have chipped precisely where hands land, and look better for it. The one regret: the clever corner unit, used roughly never.
Design for the tenth year, not the first photograph.