Most expats never invest in a proper kitchen, because one day, they might leave. We design architect-led custom kitchens that move with you: demountable Italian stainless steel and freestanding wood-and-stone islands. Your kitchen is not a gift to the next owner of your house.
English · Nederlands · Italiano · Français · العربية · one designer, five languages
You bought or rented a beautiful Dutch house, with a kitchen designed for 1987. You'd fix it, but the entire kitchen renovation world here runs in Dutch: the contractors, the quotes, the suppliers, the fine print. Most internationals in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Haarlem and The Hague hit the same wall. And there's a quieter problem underneath: why spend serious money on something screwed to a house you might leave in five years?
The same Alpes Inox module, in every home it will ever live in. Disassembled without glue, moved, reassembled. Watch it travel.
The studio
Architect-led kitchen and interior design across the Netherlands. Not a showroom, not a dealer script: one designer who reads your space, your light and how you actually live, then draws the room, not just the cabinets. Full projects from kitchen to complete interior.
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Stainless steel · Made in Italy
Handmade stainless steel kitchens from Bassano del Grappa, Italy, since 1954. Built with mechanical joints instead of glue: fully demountable, reconfigurable and movable. The insider's Italian brand the design-fluent recognize. Chalfoun is the exclusive official dealer for the Netherlands.
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Wood & stone · 10 per year
A freestanding kitchen island in solid oak or walnut with a natural stone top, Carrara, Taj Mahal, Blue Roma, Emperador. Made by hand, maximum ten per year. It stands in your kitchen like a piece of furniture, and when you move, it moves. Most kitchens get thrown away. This one gets passed on.
trestle.chalfoun.nl →Showroom lighting flatters everything, that's its job. We do the opposite: put the actual kitchen in your actual room, at true scale, in your own light, tonight. It works directly in Safari or Chrome on your phone. No app, no account, no salesperson watching you.
Place stainless steel modules, islands, cook stations, wash units, in your kitchen and walk around them at real size. See how steel behaves in your light before you decide anything.
Choose your wood, oak, walnut, rosewood. Choose your stone, Carrara, Taj Mahal, Blue Roma, Emperador. Then see your exact combination standing in your kitchen, 280 cm of it, before a single plank is cut.
Free and without obligation, by video call, or at your home. Not about budgets first; about how you live, cook and host. In English, Dutch, Italian, French or Arabic.
A concept design of your space so you can see what's possible before you commit to anything, spatial layout, logic, direction.
3D visuals, technical drawings, appliance integration, and all coordination with the factory in Italy handled for you. You decide only when you're certain.
Scheduled delivery and supervised installation anywhere in the Netherlands. If your project needs more, carpentry, interiors, renovation coordination, that's covered too.
Trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, shaped by Dutch architectural practice at Veenendaal Associates and OZ Architects Amsterdam. Designer of Wrap Spaces, nominated for the German Design Award, and of acoustic systems for Fantoni. As an international who built a life and a studio in the Netherlands, I know exactly what it means to start over in a country that runs in another language. That's why my clients get me, not a salesperson, in English, Dutch, Italian, French or Arabic.
From Amsterdam penthouses to villages along the Vecht: kitchens and interiors realized across the country, Amsterdam, Scheveningen, Blaricum, Bussum, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Breda, Breukelen.
Yes. Alpes Inox kitchens are built with mechanical joints instead of glue, they disassemble, move and reassemble by design, and the factory has been building them that way since 1954. A Trestle island is freestanding furniture: it ships to your next home like a dining table, whether that's Lisbon, London or Singapore.
Yes, every step: first conversation, sketch design, technical drawings, factory coordination in Italy, delivery and installation in the Netherlands. I speak English, Dutch, Italian, French and Arabic, so nothing gets lost between you, the drawings and the makers.
Serious custom projects typically start around €35,000 and scale with size, materials and appliances. That's why the process starts small: a sketch design of your space for €1,500 excl. VAT, credited in full on any commission of €35,000 or more. You see what's possible before committing to anything.
From first conversation to installed kitchen, plan for roughly 4 to 6 months depending on scope and factory lead times. The design phase moves at your pace, you decide only when you're certain. Production in Italy and installation are scheduled precisely once the design is final.
Yes, projects run throughout the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Scheveningen, Blaricum, Bussum, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Breda, Breukelen and beyond. There is no showroom to travel to; design consultations happen at your home, in your own light, which is where the kitchen has to work anyway.
Yes. Because Alpes Inox and Trestle are freestanding and demountable, they're often possible even in rental homes with landlord consent, you take the kitchen when you leave. Already have an architect or contractor? I integrate into that team and deliver the kitchen as one coordinated, drawn-out package.
One clear step: send a short message, in any of my five languages. I'll reply personally with a proposal for a conversation. Or skip the form entirely and WhatsApp me now.
