| “With the popularisation of open-plan and al fresco dining, we now look to the servery as a means of improving the connection between the kitchen and outside world,” says Naughtin, of Rebecca Naughtin... |
| Naughtin says there is also potential in the idea that since the shift from Victorian times, when architecture referenced British styles designed around cooler weather, we are finding our own Australian... |
| Naughtin advises ensuring the window is wide enough to accommodate the number of stools you need with room to spare. Allow 70-75cm of space per person (including the stool or chair) to prevent elbow clashes... |
| According to Dan Kitchens Australia designer Graeme Metcalf, serveries are becoming particularly popular in new builds. “Generally, the kitchen benchtop flows out through a window to a shallow counter... |
| Traditional kitchen to dining room serveries featured an opening in the wall between the kitchen and dining rooms, a trend that has fallen out of fashion now that the kitchen has become the heart of the... |
| So what are the benefits of having a kitchen servery? On a purely functional level, it allows food and drinks to be quickly brought from the kitchen to the outdoor entertaining area, without trudging dirty... |
| Serveries also enable people in the kitchen to be included in conversations with family members or guests outside. |
| Adding a servery opens up your kitchen and connects you to the outside, providing you with a wider view than ordinary windows. “Bi-fold windows are the best to use and tend to be the most common because... |
| Serveries are easiest and cheapest to put in as part of a new build or extension – adding a servery to an existing wall will involve alterations to the interior and exterior walls, and means potentially... |
| If there is no existing window where you’d like to put the servery, the wall will need to be checked to see if it is load bearing. If it is found to be load bearing, there will be extra work and expense... |
