In 2024, the kitchen is evolving into a vibrant centre for culinary innovation and a crucial space for strengthening familial and friendly bonds. With a shift towards versatile and multifunctional designs, Australian homeowners are embracing kitchen islands that facilitate cooking and dining and act as social hubs, complete with integrated seating and smart storage solutions. These trends, which prioritise simplicity, functionality, and tranquillity, are perfectly aligned with the desires of those looking to either build anew or update their kitchens to reflect a modern sensibility. Amidst the backdrop of recent uncertainties, there's a clear trend towards creating kitchens that serve as calming sanctuaries without sacrificing style or design. As we look ahead, we anticipate that these trends will not only continue but also become integral to how kitchens are conceived in 2024, blending seamlessly with various design visions to create spaces as welcoming as they are innovative.
Read MoreThe kitchen, often considered the heart of any home, is the most financially demanding space to revamp, whether undertaking a makeover, renovating or constructing a new one. However, there are methods to economise on your kitchen renovation while preserving the opulent ambience you aspire to achieve.
Read MoreWe recently had the privilege of constructing a stunning kitchen for Broadworth Modular on a three-bedroom weekender in Blackheath (between Katoomba and Mount Victorian, near the highest point of the Blue Mountain). Our kitchen design and product choices were guided by the goal of crafting a resilient, practical, visually appealing, and top-tier kitchen to meet the clients' needs.
Read MoreWe recently had the pleasure of building a beautiful kitchen for Collombatti Cottage, a farm stay Bed & Breakfast on a rural block in Collombatti on the Mid North Coast. The kitchen design and product selection aimed to create a durable, functional, aesthetically pleasing, high-quality kitchen for the clients.
Read MoreCreating your dream kitchen is a super exciting renovation project that involves lots of decision-making, from tearing down walls to choosing everything from the floors to the backsplashes to the appliances.
To help you out, we caught up with our Managing Director, Rhys Armstrong, for his expert advice and the pitfalls he has seen in his decades of experience renovating kitchens across the Central Coast and Newcastle regions.
Read MoreWe recently had the pleasure of working with a great crew of Central Coast based trades companies transforming this client's shabby back deck into a true entertainers paradise with a stunning outdoor kitchen in the leafy suburb of Wyoming on the Central Coast.
Read MoreKitchen Design trends and what we believe will be prominent in our kitchen renovations in 2023. In 2022 we saw plenty of colours, textures, and natural and recycled materials used in the kitchen renovations that we are completing, creating a calming, tranquil, and luxurious space. We will likely see many of these features endure for some time yet mixed with other design trends like; large capacity farm-style sinks, natural stone surfaces, smart mixer taps, pendant lighting, mixed metals and large feature kitchen islands.
Read MoreYou can never have enough storage in your home! You can't always create new storage areas or gain extra room, but you can optimise your available space with the best storage solutions. This blog will cover wardrobe design best practices, storage ideas and Dos and Don'ts of Wardrobe design.
High-touch rooms in your home like the kitchen, bathroom, laundry or Wardrobe need special design consideration between function, aesthetics and the available area to work with.
Read MoreFor this blog, we caught up again with Leigh Nihill from Tile Warehouse, a Newcastle based Tile retailer, to get his take on all the hot tile trends to keep an eye out for in 2022.
Tile Warehouse is Newcastle's leading stockist of specialty tiles and has the most extensive range of tiles on display at their showroom at Warners Bay.
Read MoreOne of the biggest factors that will impact your budget is any structural changes such as removing walls, changing floor coverings, adding windows and skylights and plumbing and electrical relocation.
If you're on a tighter budget, you will likely need to try and keep your design, layout and plumbing/electrical similar to your existing space.
Read MoreWe see plenty of colours, textures, and natural and recycled materials used in the kitchen renovations that we are completing, creating a calming, tranquil, and luxurious space.
Whether that's in the form of tapware, unconventional sinks, unique tiles and tile shapes in the splashback, wallpapers and plants.
There's no end to natural raw materials such as timbers, marble, stone and concrete being used in our kitchen renovations any time soon!
Read MoreRenovating your kitchen can be very exciting, especially when you get to accessorise with new tiles!
Recently we met up with Leigh Nihill from Tile Warehouse, a Newcastle based Tile retailer, to get his expert knowledge on tile care. Now that you have that nice new modern kitchen, that is!
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