Bamboo that doesn’t look like bamboo: That’s what you’ll find from Ask og Eng, the Olso, Norway-based kitchen company that first started making fronts for Ikea cabinets and have since expanded to fully custom kitchens.
A few years back we featured the kitchen of Ask og Eng’s founders, couple Kine Ask Stenersen and Kristoffer Eng, who renovated their 1930s wooden house in Drammen, Norway, by removing walls, upgrading windows and doors, and exposing an original pine floor. With their bamboo kitchens, Stenersen and Eng source raw material from certified farms where bamboo, a fast-growing grass, is produced sustainably and responsibly. Here’s a look at the details of their kitchen, beyond just the cabinets, that make it such a covetous look.
![the pine floors, which the couple had sawn, sanded, and oiled, give way to the 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ask-og-eng-custom-bamboo-kitchen-oslo-norway-1b-733x977.jpg)
![the drawers and cabinets are made of bamboo that has been sanded, treated with 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ask-og-eng-custom-bamboo-kitchen-oslo-norway-5a-733x1097.jpg)
![two additional ask og eng designs are the large vertical wall shelf and dining 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ask-og-eng-custom-bamboo-kitchen-oslo-norway-10-733x977.jpg)
Materials
![a similar paint color to the warm white seen on the walls is benjamin moore& 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/benjamin-moore-simply-white-oc-117-733x489.png)
![the kitchen cabinets are done in ask og eng\2\17;s vertical grained e co 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ask-og-eng-e-collection-cabinet-fronts-rye-733x489.jpg)
![the countertops are jura gray, a durable limestone patterened with fossils and 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jura-gray-limestone-733x489.jpg)
Lighting & Furniture
![the pendant above the table is the gubi semi pendant light in matte white; \$69 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/gubi-semi-pendant-light-white-733x489.jpg)
![the light at the end of the counter is the wo & we accent swing wall lamp; 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/wo-and-we-accent-swing-wall-lamp-733x489.jpg)
![instead of wall hung cabinets, the couple opted to keep the open feel using the 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ask-og-eng-a7-cross-shelf-bamboo-733x489.jpg)
![the dining table is the ask og eng a4 dining table, also made from bamboo, in t 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ask-og-eng-a4-dining-table-bamboo-733x489.jpg)
![the michael thonet armchair 30 in beech is \$80\2 at design public. 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ton-michael-thonet-armchair-30-beech-733x489.jpg)
![the stools in the house are actually the now discontinued ikea frosta stool, de 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/artek-aalto-stool-60-733x489.jpg)
Appliances & Fixtures
![the cooktop is the bora professional 3 induction cooktop and extractor. 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bora-professional-3-induction-cooktop-extractor-733x489.jpg)
![the wall ovens are the neff built in compact n 90 oven; £\1,\269 at neff. 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/neff-built-in-compact-wall-oven-733x489.jpg)
![the curtains are the ronan & erwan bouroullec for kvadrat ready made curtai 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/kvadrat-ready-made-curtain-oak-733x489.jpg)
![similar peg rails are the iris hantverk birch rack with 7 hooks; \$39.90 at hel 32](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/iris-hantverk-rack-with-7-hooks-733x489.jpg)
Accessories
![on the stove is the hario buono stainless steel gooseneck coffee kettle; \$47.5 33](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hario-buono-stainless-steel-gooseneck-coffee-kettle-stovetop-733x489.jpg)
![for music in kitchen, the bang & olufsen beoplay a\1 bluetooth speaker hang 34](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bang-olufsen-beoplay-a1-bluetooth-speaker-733x489.jpg)
![the hay brass scissors are \$\14 at suitely. 35](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hay-brass-scissors-733x489.jpg)
![a similar black stone mortar and pestle is the pila marble mortar set; \$\187 a 36](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pila-marble-mortar-set-733x489.jpg)
For more minimalist kitchens with ideas to borrow, see our posts:
- Steal This Look: A Wintery White Kitchen in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Steal This Look: A Swiss-Inspired Kitchen in England
- Steal This Look: Luxe Restraint in a London Kitchen
- Steal This Look: A Petite Red and Grey Kitchen in Poland
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