Best of the Week: 21 Examples of Fabulous Kitchen Joinery
Joinery is like jewellery, add a small amount for elegance or choose it as the hero feature in your kitchen
Joinery is an essential component of a kitchen, and can be included in your design in myriad ways and in endless expressions of style. Enjoy these 21 examples where timber, in all its glory, has made these kitchens the standouts they are.
And remember, you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on a photo.
And remember, you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on a photo.
2. Location: Russia
Designer: Bravodesign
Features: Expressions of two earthy forms, timber and marble, in powerful harmony.
Designer: Bravodesign
Features: Expressions of two earthy forms, timber and marble, in powerful harmony.
3. Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Designer: Stephanie Prince Interior Design
Features: Light brown details and black volumes make for a handsome combination…
Designer: Stephanie Prince Interior Design
Features: Light brown details and black volumes make for a handsome combination…
…Here’s a closer look at how harmonious this pairing can be.
4. Location: Adelaide, SA
Designer: Alby Turner and Son
Features: The black joinery here allows the marble to pop and the veins to become prominent.
Designer: Alby Turner and Son
Features: The black joinery here allows the marble to pop and the veins to become prominent.
…And here’s what the space looks like when it’s all closed up.
See the rest of this Parisian-inspried, concealed kitchen
See the rest of this Parisian-inspried, concealed kitchen
6. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Matt Woods Design
Features: Notice how the eye can rest on this detailed timber joinery in a loft apartment that embraces concrete.
Designer: Matt Woods Design
Features: Notice how the eye can rest on this detailed timber joinery in a loft apartment that embraces concrete.
7. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Hatch Constructions Group
Features: Joinery expresses an aesthetic that less malleable materials can’t manage.
Designer: Hatch Constructions Group
Features: Joinery expresses an aesthetic that less malleable materials can’t manage.
8. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Lisa Breeze Architect
Features: The vertical panelling adds a grounding element in this kitchen.
Designer: Lisa Breeze Architect
Features: The vertical panelling adds a grounding element in this kitchen.
9. Location: Central Coast, NSW
Features: Wrapping large surfaces in timber always pays off.
Timber, Veneer or Laminate: What’s Best for Your Kitchen Joinery?
Features: Wrapping large surfaces in timber always pays off.
Timber, Veneer or Laminate: What’s Best for Your Kitchen Joinery?
10. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Jane Cameron Architects
Features: Of course, joinery takes paint, and as in this example, allows you to pin down the look you’re after.
Designer: Jane Cameron Architects
Features: Of course, joinery takes paint, and as in this example, allows you to pin down the look you’re after.
11. Location: New York, USA
Designer: Grandeur Hills Group
Features: Joinery can be dark and handsome, too. As seen here.
Designer: Grandeur Hills Group
Features: Joinery can be dark and handsome, too. As seen here.
12. Location: Calgary, Canada
Designer: Shane Homes Ltd
Features: Or, as seen here, it can channel strong hues to match colour combinations seen elsewhere in the house.
Designer: Shane Homes Ltd
Features: Or, as seen here, it can channel strong hues to match colour combinations seen elsewhere in the house.
13. Location: Moscow, Russia
Features: You never need to stick to one shade, especially if you want to demarcate zones within the kitchen area as in this area.
Features: You never need to stick to one shade, especially if you want to demarcate zones within the kitchen area as in this area.
14. Location: Surrey, UK
Designer: Lewis Alderson & Co
Features: Joinery in a standalone hero piece. Delightful.
Designer: Lewis Alderson & Co
Features: Joinery in a standalone hero piece. Delightful.
15. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Architects EAT
Features: Joinery for maximum impact.
Read about this panelled kitchen in a converted chocolate factory
Designer: Architects EAT
Features: Joinery for maximum impact.
Read about this panelled kitchen in a converted chocolate factory
16. Location: Moscow, Russia
Features: Joinery can be detailed or streamlined, with handles or without. This is a lovely example of handless cupboards in different materials.
Features: Joinery can be detailed or streamlined, with handles or without. This is a lovely example of handless cupboards in different materials.
17. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Jayen Innovations Kitchens and Joinery
Features: Joinery that disappears in a way that obscures its intent and allows the room to recede.
Designer: Jayen Innovations Kitchens and Joinery
Features: Joinery that disappears in a way that obscures its intent and allows the room to recede.
18. Location: Austin, USA
Designer: Point B Design Group
Features: By contrast, joinery can state its purpose clearly. This kitchen combines beautiful detail in the drawers and cupboards with a contrasting floor-to-ceiling shelf.
Designer: Point B Design Group
Features: By contrast, joinery can state its purpose clearly. This kitchen combines beautiful detail in the drawers and cupboards with a contrasting floor-to-ceiling shelf.
19. Location: Adelaide, SA
Designer: Space Craft Joinery
Features: Timber that takes the opportunity to celebrate materiality and honesty in design.
Designer: Space Craft Joinery
Features: Timber that takes the opportunity to celebrate materiality and honesty in design.
20. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Features: A small timber inclusion to break up the harder surfaces.
Features: A small timber inclusion to break up the harder surfaces.
21. Location: Canberra, ACT
Designer: Pioneer Kitchens
Features: A thoughtful combination of white vertical panels on the below-bench joinery and natural sheer cupboards above, both handleless.
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Designer: Pioneer Kitchens
Features: A thoughtful combination of white vertical panels on the below-bench joinery and natural sheer cupboards above, both handleless.
Your turn
Which of these 21 beautiful joinery details appeals the most? Tell us in the Comments, like this story, save the images and join the conversation.
More
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Designer: Melanie Beynon Architecture & Design
Features: A compelling juxaposition between the horizontally grained benchtop and the smooth vertical joinery.
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