Kitchen Designers & Renovators in Darley, Victoria

“Stone Masons and Furniture Manufacturers. We fabricate and install Marble, Granite and Engineered Stone Benchtops on behalf of Smarter Bathrooms and Kitchens. They are a wonderful and professional team who puts customers expectations first.”

“We first met Jo-Anne in 2001 as a recommendation from the director at the company I worked for. With my new house plans complete and a kitchen designed by a builder/draftsman (it was horrendous). My first conversation with her was about budget. I didn't have his budget, heck, I had next to nothing to work with and she agreed to work with what we had to spend and the space provided in the plans. Jo-Anne managed to increase our overall bench space for prep, our storage and the overall workability of our kitchen. We loved the narrow cupboard next to the fridge to store the mugs/cups/wine glasses - it made the flow so much easier. An additional glass door cabinet was included external of the kitchen which made perfect sense for my inherited crystal & china. It was more than we could imagine and her chosen colour palette in 2001, still looks current and modern today. Move forward to 2008, we downsized after children to a smaller modest house and on a budget, we were going to renovate the kitchen. A call to Jo-Anne and she changed the U shaped design to an L shape with an island bench with storage on 3 sides and additional banquette seating which our family love!!! The kitchen is a dream to entertain in and feed a young family. Such smart advice on layout, appliances and palette again. Now its 2013, we are building again - a townhouse closer to the city. First port of call after the "new" builder designed our plans was Jo-Anne. She has done the unbelievable again. As an added bonus, she has redesigned my laundry as it sits behind the kitchen - storage queen and appliance brains trust are what comes to mind when I think of Jo-Anne. We hope to start the build in the new year, I can't wait to see her plans come to life. What I love about this new design is that we have a narrow townhouse 6.5 metres wide and Jo-Anne has managed to construct a hidden wall of storage in the kitchen including study, an enormous pantry suitable for my war cupboard supply of canned & staple goods... just in case... an appliance cupboard that will hide my husbands coffee/breakfast mess and smart storage throughout the kitchen & laundry - all of this is hidden and our townhouse still looks large and open - I just close the doors and don't have to look at the mess created minutes before. Love it. I would say that I am an easy client, I think she reads people well from your conversations, but I would probably say that I have a high list of what I want, but I don't have a budget to pay for what I want. Jo-Anne has smart ideas that save your budget, but don't cheapen the end product. Spend wisely on what works. All that and she is also a great cook - oh your muffins were amazing - I have never been offered freshly baked muffins by my builder when I go in for a planning discussion... I just wish Jo-Anne designed entire houses... well I have never asked - she may? Thank you for everything to do with my kitchens. Wendy”

“Kylie from KE Decoration & Design P/L turned our daughters nursery into a gorgeous little girls room. Kylie was easy to contact, by phone and e-mail and always quick to respond. She gave us lots of ideas, was open to ideas from my partner and I and then she let us control how far we wanted to take it (i.e., did we want to do a full room make over or just a few key items). Kylie was great at mapping out the room so we could see where everything would go and how it would fit as well as showing us pictures of rooms with similar styles so we could see the vision. She helped us source items that were within our budget and even showed us how we could make a couple of items ourselves, that were high impact, and saved us a lot of money (Such as using material to cover the Pelmet and artwork board). Kylie was always respectful and constantly kept our daughter and her needs/wants in mond. I cannot recommened Kylie highly enough and I will be calling on her services again when my newborn needs a new bedroom!”