For Interior Designers
Working with Bridger Bespoke
We design and build bespoke kitchens, cabinetry and joinery as a quiet, collaborative partner to interior designers. The kitchen is yours to specify; ours is to draw it properly, build it in our workshop and install it without anyone noticing we were on site. The work below is shaped around a three-way conversation: designer, client and us.
How we collaborate
Every project we take on with an interior designer begins with the designer’s vision, not ours. We accept your moodboards, your colour palette, your appliance specification, your hardware preferences and your dimensions, and we draw cabinetry to fit. Where substitutions are necessary (a brand discontinued, a stone unavailable), we surface options to you rather than making the decision for the client.
Communication is trade-to-trade. We provide drawn detailing to your standards, a single point of contact through the whole project, and a discreet on-site presence during installation. Where you would prefer to lead the client meetings yourself, we step back; where you would prefer us to handle technical conversations directly, we step forward. The shape of the collaboration is yours to choose.
What we bring to designer-led projects
- Bespoke construction, fully hand-built in our Essex workshop: in-frame Shaker, modern handleless, traditional country-house, or a fully bespoke door style drawn to your specification
- Premium specification stack that designers already trust: Sub-Zero refrigeration, Wolf cooking appliances (we are a UK Premier Dealer), ILVE range cookers, Armac Martin solid brass hardware, Perrin & Rowe and Quooker taps, Shaws of Darwen butler sinks, and any paint system you choose
- Architectural cabinetry, not catalogue — every cabinet, drawer, panel and frame drawn from scratch to fit the room and your scheme
- Drawing exchange: we accept your CAD files, layouts and spec sheets, mark up cabinetry detail, and return options for review
- Joint client visits to our studio at Bridgers Barn, Essex, by appointment
- In-house installation by time-served joiners, not subcontractors; clean on-site presence; full coordination with your other trades
Recent designer collaborations
A selection of recent projects designed in collaboration with interior designers:
- Tom Hughes (London) — Multi-room projects in Clapham and Hadley Wood
- Helen Tigue Design — Bishop's Stortford listed property, preserving original character through detailed cabinetry
- Samantha Pope — Woodford Green country home, concept through detail
- Beth Clancy — Chalfont St Giles full home renovation
- Black Square Interiors (Rita) — Sandy traditional Shaker with raised panel
We are happy to discuss featuring completed work in both teams’ portfolios from the outset of any new project.
Trade terms
Commercial terms are agreed per project. We are flexible and configure the arrangement around how you and your client want to structure things, whether that is a margin we hold for you, a discount you pass through to your client, or a direct billing relationship. The conversation typically happens early in the design stage so there are no surprises later.
Indicative project budgets
Designer-led kitchen projects with us typically start from £65,000 for a fitted kitchen alone, and frequently sit between £100,000 and £250,000 for the whole-home joinery work we are often brought into (kitchen, utility, boot room, walk-in pantry, dressing room, media wall). Larger architect-led projects on listed estates and country houses extend further. We will give you accurate per-project figures once we have your drawings and brief.
Frequently asked questions
Do you work routinely with interior designers?
Yes. A meaningful share of our work begins with a designer's brief. We are set up to operate as the cabinetry partner in a broader interior scheme rather than as a catalogue supplier.
How do trade arrangements work?
Per project. We configure terms around your preferred model — a held margin, a disclosed discount, a direct trade rate. The arrangement is agreed during design stage before any quotation goes to your client.
Can our client visit your studio with us?
Yes, by appointment. Our Bridgers Barn studio in Essex has working Sub-Zero refrigeration, Wolf cooking appliances, an ILVE range and full hand-painted cabinetry on display. Joint designer-and-client visits are encouraged.
Will you take our CAD files and drawings?
Yes. We accept CAD layout drawings, your spec sheets, paint and finish references, and detailed dimensions. We mark up cabinetry options, draft kitchens in detail and return drawings for your review. Your scheme leads; our cabinetry fits inside it.
Will you propose alternatives to our specification?
Only when necessary, and only with options surfaced to you rather than swapped behind the scenes. Where a finish, hardware item or appliance is unavailable or unsuitable for installation reasons, we present alternatives for you to choose between.
Where do you install for designer projects?
We install across the UK on designer-led work, with our installation team travelling to site. Our workshop is in Essex. Recent projects have run across London, the Home Counties, the South East and selectively further afield.
What is the typical lead time?
Twelve to sixteen weeks from final design sign-off to fitting on a kitchen project, with installation itself usually running two to three weeks on site. Whole-home projects, listed properties and complex schemes extend beyond that, and we plan dates carefully around the wider build programme.
Can we feature the completed project in our portfolio?
Yes. We routinely agree mutual portfolio and PR rights at the start of a project so both teams can publish the work in their own marketing.
Open a trade conversation
For designer collaborations, joint client visits and project briefs, contact us directly. Designer enquiries are handled by Paige and Billie.
Open a Trade Conversation