Room of the Week: A Beautifully Crafted Adelaide Kitchen
Craftsmanship is the key to this stunning kitchen, which employs pattern and grain to stunning effect
Vanessa Walker
7 November 2017
Houzz Australia & New Zealand Editor-in-Chief
When faced with an immovable beam and the need to keep the same cabinetry footprint, SpaceCraft Joinery came up with a solution that adds to the functionality and beauty of this unique kitchen.
Photos by Jonathan VDK
Styling by Emily O’Brien
Answers by Ellen Wundersitz of SpaceCraft Joinery
This kitchen won the Renovated Kitchen $30,001-$45,000 category at the South Australian HIA Awards.
Who lives here? A couple called Alison and Verinder
Location: Toorak Gardens, SA
Room purpose and size: The kitchen is approximately 20 square metres within an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area.
Cost of work: $40,000-$45,000
Styling by Emily O’Brien
Answers by Ellen Wundersitz of SpaceCraft Joinery
This kitchen won the Renovated Kitchen $30,001-$45,000 category at the South Australian HIA Awards.
Who lives here? A couple called Alison and Verinder
Location: Toorak Gardens, SA
Room purpose and size: The kitchen is approximately 20 square metres within an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area.
Cost of work: $40,000-$45,000
Brief
Alison and Verinder wanted SpaceCraft Joinery to redesign the kitchen space within the current footprint and to retain the existing slate floors. They wanted a modern kitchen that incorporated timber, but that had warm and earthy tones. Most importantly they wanted the colour tones to work with the home’s existing slate flooring and original joinery.
Alison and Verinder wanted SpaceCraft Joinery to redesign the kitchen space within the current footprint and to retain the existing slate floors. They wanted a modern kitchen that incorporated timber, but that had warm and earthy tones. Most importantly they wanted the colour tones to work with the home’s existing slate flooring and original joinery.
Key design aspects
Colour palette: The clients’ brief specified warm and earthy tones, timber and modern design. For the solution, we just couldn’t go past wormy chestnut for the joinery and with two-pack polyurethane in Dulux ‘Domino’.
Materials palette: Doors, back panel, floating shelves in wormy chestnut with 20 per cent satin finish. Door and drawer faces are in 18-millimetre two-pack polyurethane in Dulux ‘Domino’. The benchtop is Caesarstone in Raw Concrete.
Furniture/fittings: The splashback is in Southern Cross Ceramics Artisan Tile Oslo in ‘Charcoal Dark’ from Beaumont Tiles. The pendant light is the Denmark pendant 10249 from Zaffero.
Colour palette: The clients’ brief specified warm and earthy tones, timber and modern design. For the solution, we just couldn’t go past wormy chestnut for the joinery and with two-pack polyurethane in Dulux ‘Domino’.
Materials palette: Doors, back panel, floating shelves in wormy chestnut with 20 per cent satin finish. Door and drawer faces are in 18-millimetre two-pack polyurethane in Dulux ‘Domino’. The benchtop is Caesarstone in Raw Concrete.
Furniture/fittings: The splashback is in Southern Cross Ceramics Artisan Tile Oslo in ‘Charcoal Dark’ from Beaumont Tiles. The pendant light is the Denmark pendant 10249 from Zaffero.
Biggest challenge you worked around
The massive beam and column that ran down the middle of the ceiling. No-one was sure if it was load-bearing or not until a builder confirmed that it was and couldn’t be moved.
The massive beam and column that ran down the middle of the ceiling. No-one was sure if it was load-bearing or not until a builder confirmed that it was and couldn’t be moved.
The solution
If we couldn’t shift the beam, the best idea was to build it into our thinking. So, our builder was able to make a few modifications that allowed us then to create an island unit with overhead cupboards that covered the same footprint as the previous cabinetry while concealing the beam and column.
If we couldn’t shift the beam, the best idea was to build it into our thinking. So, our builder was able to make a few modifications that allowed us then to create an island unit with overhead cupboards that covered the same footprint as the previous cabinetry while concealing the beam and column.
Why do you think this room works
The warmth of the timber and the cool charcoal work so well together, complemented by the stunning pendant lights with their coppery glow, the Caesarstone benchtops in raw concrete and the show-stopping wall tiles. Behind this facade, we managed to deliver all the practicality Alison was after, making a kitchen that matches its aesthetics with ergonomics. The drawers and cupboards all give easy access to day-to-day items and, as conscientious recyclers, we’ve given Alison and Verinder a neat waste-storage system.
The warmth of the timber and the cool charcoal work so well together, complemented by the stunning pendant lights with their coppery glow, the Caesarstone benchtops in raw concrete and the show-stopping wall tiles. Behind this facade, we managed to deliver all the practicality Alison was after, making a kitchen that matches its aesthetics with ergonomics. The drawers and cupboards all give easy access to day-to-day items and, as conscientious recyclers, we’ve given Alison and Verinder a neat waste-storage system.
Kethy L7806 handles in
American oak: Kethy
American oak: Kethy
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Love the wood and backsplash.
I think they've done a great job of modernising the room while keeping the floor tiles!