We reject the idea of tongue-and-groove kitchen cupboards, but love the stonework surfaces and glass-fronted wooden cupboards along the kitchen wall.

Across the hall are three ensuite bedrooms, one of which has its own dressing room, with 1960s sliding wooden cupboards and drawers.

Our room was different shades of green, with velvet and heavy fabrics, and dark wooden cupboards.

In some middle-class houses, the larder, pantry and storeroom might simply be large wooden cupboards, each with its exclusive purpose.