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Real Stories, Real Inspiration: Visualise Your Dream Kitchen, Bedroom or Living Space

10th Feb 2025
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Offering beautifully crafted kitchen, bedroom and living space furniture and accessories, STORI helps you create aspirational spaces within your home.

With a diverse collection of products that can be tailored to suit any lifestyle, taste, and budget, in this blog we look at how STORI offers inspiration through its range of real life kitchen projects, expertly designed and installed by our approved STORI retailers.

Real Stories

By navigating to the Inspiration & Advice section of the STORI website, you can find the Real Stories tab. This is a dedicated part of the website, where we share stunning examples of the STORI Collection in real customer homes throughout the UK & Ireland.

An interactive gallery with a filterable navigation menu makes it easy to have a browse through the ranges, colours, door designs, styles and finishes of our products.

Real Stories, Real Inspiration Blog | Desktop Real Stories Filter

Real Inspiration

We know that choosing your dream kitchen, bedroom or living space can feel like a daunting task, so we believe that our Real Stories section is the perfect place to start, to feel inspired and get creative.

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Style for Success: Finding the right style for your home is all about connecting with what speaks to you. It’s essential to find a harmony between the warmth of traditional, cosy spaces and the fresh, contemporary vibe of modern designs. If you’re embarking on a kitchen makeover, we suggest checking out our Kitchen Style Guide. It’s crafted to assist you in creating your ideal STORI kitchen in just 6 simple steps.

Get Creative with Colour: Perhaps you’ve got a particular colour in mind for your dream space, but you’re stuck regarding which door design to go for? No problem. Simply select the colour from the side menu and you can easily view the colour in a range of real homes, in a host of styles and door designs.

Real Stories, Real Inspiration Blog | Kitchen Style Guide

Awe-Inspiring Accessories: It’s often said that accessories such as door handles and lighting can be overlooked, but in fact they make a big impact on the finished look and feel of your space. The Real Stories section enables you to browse hundreds of real projects and visualise what handles go well with a particular colour, finish or style.

Lavish Layouts: From Working Triangles and Single Wall to L-Shaped and Island kitchens, it can be hard to decide on a layout that suits your design as well as your lifestyle. Thanks to the wide selection of imagery available in the Real Stories gallery, you can see which layouts other homeowners decided on and picture how this could fit your space. We also have a dedicated Guide to Kitchen Layouts blog available here.

Propped to Perfection: Whether you’re still in the planning stage of your design journey or simply looking for more inspiration to style and prop your completed space, you can fuel your imagination further with our Real Stories projects. Have a look at what other homeowners have created and let them drive your own ideas! It could be something as simple as a brass finished wall clock that goes perfectly with a particular paint colour or something that you hadn’t considered like a set of contemporary glass shades for the lights above your kitchen island.

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Rezana – Espresso & Zola Matte – Taupe Grey | Retailer: Broomside Design | Real Stori: Mr & Mrs Simpson

At STORI, we take pride in showcasing real stories which not only inspire homeowners but also support our network of independent retailers throughout the UK & Ireland. Why not check out some of our winners from our recent Top Real Stories of 2024 competition.