By Kitchen Architecture
Our adventurous clients imagined a warm and welcoming new kitchen with an apartment vibe. Keen entertainers, they wanted a practical hub that easily flowed for sharing drinks and food with friends and family and embraced the idyllic view towards the ocean and local beach below. This relaxed contemporary look was achieved by carefully balancing the warm Oak timber veneer with crisp quartz tops and cabinetry, while slate-grey tiling creates the cohesive materiality.
The layout of the kitchen makes for easy connection with family and guests while celebrating the art of cooking, coffee-making or wine tasting. Behind fold-back pocket bifolding doors, a dedicated drinks zone featured in stainless steel hues, opens to reveal everything needed for entertaining or a quiet night at home. An additional oak veneer panel left of this, extends the kitchen proportions and feeling of correct zoning disguising the short step in the wall.
[Interiors and styling by Kirsten Ford Design]
Toni Roberts CKDNZ BArch is an award-winning independent kitchen designer who works directly with homeowners to establish a design that performs and looks fantastic. With in-depth know-how about materials and their properties and an architectural eye for detail, the design solution is made to last both in durability and style-wise.
Toni’s 25+ years design management expertise means the logistics run to plan, with frustrations and costly mistakes avoided. She is said to have an intuitive and pragmatic understanding of how spaces work for the people who use them. This, combined with her architectural training, has imparted the skills to help many homeowners achieve their very own unique and satisfying new kitchen: experiencing the day to day enjoyment of living in and around their kitchen space.