Symphony, the UK’s leading fitted furniture manufacturer, is delighted to be announcing the launch of the Laura Ashley Kitchen Collection.
The partnership sees Laura Ashley collaborate with Symphony to offer an exclusive collection of kitchen ranges that will be sold through hand-picked Symphony retailers in the UK and will be supported by a Laura Ashley Kitchen Collection brochure, a suite of POS and a comprehensive Product Directory. Further developments for 2016 will include a Laura Ashley Kitchen website and showroom design guides.
A small number of key retailers were invited to attend a special launch day celebration on the 19th November, at the Symphony Marketing Suite in Barnsley, where the new brand and ranges were exclusively unveiled. As well as jointly introducing the new brand personnel from Laura Ashley, Symphony gave retailers a tour of the new Laura Ashley kitchen showroom located within the Marketing Suite at its head offices in Barnsley. Peter Sidwell, star of Britain’s Best Bakery was also in attendance giving demonstrations throughout the day.
The Laura Ashley Kitchen Collection features a mix of traditional and contemporary styles and has been designed ‘for the way you live today’. Kitchens within the collection will suit all types of homes; from an urban apartment to country cottages and coastal retreats. The six stunning ranges are available in a variety of hand-painted, gloss and oak finishes with all of them designed in the Laura Ashley tradition and expertly crafted by Symphony. The ranges include:
- Bedale
Drawing on Laura Ashley’s design heritage to create a classic kitchen style; the hand-painted paneled doors with delicate handles deliver a truly elegant kitchen.
- Harwood
A beautifully crafted in-frame kitchen, Harwood is a classic Laura Ashley creation. Offered in a palette of soft muted colours, Harwood features plate racks, dressers and glazed china cabinets to achieve that distinctive traditional British look.
- Whitby
Simple, yet elegant; Whitby showcases the best of shaker design, ideal for making the kitchen the heart of the home.
- Marlow
Fusing simple style and elegance, a Marlow kitchen is everything you’d expect from a modern Laura Ashley kitchen range. Available in hand-painted colours, or a choice of sophisticated gloss finishes, Marlow is a unique kitchen that impresses from every angle.
- Linton
Beautiful Oak is at the heart of the Linton range. This versatile range features truly stunning accessories and when combined with the simple shaker style, makes it breathtaking.
- Richmond
A contemporary kitchen range which is minimal and modern in its design, Richmond combines natural shades to bring a luxurious touch of refinement.
Martyn Davis, Group Managing Director of Symphony Group says:
“Symphony is pleased to be partnering with Laura Ashley to launch our new kitchen collection. Our two businesses share many common values; as well as both being proud of our British heritage we also believe in creating great designs, strive to achieve the best quality in our products and offer an exemplary service to our customers. The desire for kitchens which are made in Britain has never been higher; and what says traditional British style more than Laura Ashley? I am sure this will be just the start of a great partnership between two great British brands.”
Nick Kaloyirou, Joint Chief Operating Officer at Laura Ashley says:
“Laura Ashley is proud to be partnering with Symphony Group to bring a fresh new range of expertly crafted kitchens to our valued customers. Symphony join a growing portfolio of licensing partners, carefully selected for their design expertise and quality manufacturing for which we are renowned. Symphony was the perfect choice for a kitchen partner for our brand, with over 40 years’ experience in the business they have become experts in kitchen design. Available through a selected group of key retailers, the kitchens will complete any Laura Ashley home.”
Simon Collyns, Group Retail Sales & Marketing Director, states:
“We are delighted to be launching this stunning collection of kitchens and proud to be working in collaboration with a truly great British brand like Laura Ashley. As a much loved and instantly recognisable retail name, Laura Ashley will give our retailers a kitchen collection which will attract customers into their showrooms. This new kitchen collection is perfectly positioned for those who aspire to have a kitchen which combines British quality with the unique design heritage of Laura Ashley.”
Founded in 1953, Laura Ashley has become one of the world’s best loved fashion and home furnishing brands. From humble beginnings when Laura and Bernard were inspired to print fabric at the kitchen table, Laura Ashley has become synonymous with classic British design and traditional values. The brand has always been able to inspire by capturing the mood and trend of the moment. Founded on traditional values and originality, it brings its rich design heritage to create inspirational and distinctive interiors for the way we live today.
