Luxury kitchen ideas for less

If a new kitchen would blow your budget, target the dated areas: replace tiles, buy modern cupboard handles, sleek chrometaps and new worktops.

Appleby kitchen units, from £248.95 for 600ml base unit; pewter oval knobs, £7.25; Electrolux single oven, from £348; square edged solid walnut worktop (3000 x 620 x 40mm), £1,159.90, all Magnet.

Sorrento 12-piece dinner set, £27, Tesco

Nigella Lawson Living Kitchen 1.5l storage jar, £17.50, Bliss Home

Cotswold butcher's trolley, £175, John Lewis

Ceramic magnet hooks, £10 for two, Bliss Home

Tea towel, £5, House of Fraser

Curtis under-cabinet 8.4" LCD TV/clock/radio, £149, B&Q

Vintage-style clock, £20, Tesco

Stainless steel Indesit oven, £279.99, Homebase

Chrome and oak Jack bar chair, £89, John Lewis