Issue #27.2 - June 2020

Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly

Create your new Kitchen & Bathroom today

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From The editor
They say a cup of tea can fix everything, and while it might not quite live up to that expectation, it’s a great companion for when you’re dreaming up renovation ideas. This year, as we spent more time in our humble abodes, you may have felt the urge
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What we Love
Paco Jaanson has long been pushing the boundary on product design, collaborating with makers on unique pieces that make interiors truly one-of-a-kind. The Only One tapware collection is no exception. Designed by Italian designer and architect duo Lau
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NSW MANAGER Scott Thomson QLD MANAGER Regan Hudson VIC & SA MANAGER John Oliver WA MANAGER Licia Salomone NZ MANAGER Barbara-Anne Kerr Editor Caitlin Martin Managing Editor Nicole Mulloy Sub-Editor Michelle Segal Designer Bianca de Ocampo Advertising
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What's Cookin', Good Lookin'?
Though humans have been cooking with heat since the Stone Age, our sources of heat have evolved significantly, especially in the last few decades. If you’re planning a kitchen renovation, now is the ideal time to ponder upgrading your cooktop to suit
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Turn Up The heat
Featuring frypans, a wok, a sauté pan and a stew pot, Tefal’s latest cookware range was designed with serious home cooks in mind. It boasts new-generation technology including a 100-per-cent-safe advanced non-stick coating with a new Thermo-Signal th
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The Tile Files
Ttraditionally used for flooring in wet areas as they’re easy to clean and install, tiles have steadily been experiencing a stylish rise in popularity. While still a great flooring option, they’re now also strong contenders for walls and splashbacks.
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Style Files
Melbourne’s graffiti-filled alleyways exude a certain charm that’s difficult to recreate, but this custom-made tiled splashback by Jennoli Art has succeeded in replicating the grungy, cool feel native to Melbourne’s urban streetscape. We love the way
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Earthy Flooring
The Talio range from Amber Tiles, fuses the looks of concrete and timber in a long-plank format. Pictured here in Mocha, the range is perfect for creating texture and dimension. It’s ideal for hallways, living areas, kitchens and bathrooms, the subtl
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Finding The Perfect hue For Your Home
This lovely green kitchen was inspired by a much-loved ornament owned by the client. Brisbane designer Anne Ellard (Kitchens by Kathie) had the two-pack paint colour matched to ensure the hue was perfect for the homeowner. This dreamy beachside home
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Ask The Experts: popular Kitchen Styles
A big factor in choosing your kitchen style is how it will fit in with the rest of your home. We all want a harmonious home, where each room flows into the next. Materials matter, too, and need to endure for many years. With a high-ticket renovation
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Ask The Experts: bathroom Bliss
What bathroom styles are popular at the moment? The boundaries of designated spaces are blurring. Daring open concepts are bringing a new sense of freedom to bathroom designs where they’re now part of the bedroom, and elements like statement wallpape
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Q&A: INSIDE THE MIND OF A DESIGNER
Peter, what inspired you to choose a career in design? My grandfather was an architect in the UK and my initial interest was sparked when travelling with him and seeing his passion for buildings and landmarks. I knew from quite a young age that I too
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Pure Kitchen Gold
This kitchen by Smith & Smith Kitchens looks good — and it has the credentials to prove it. It was a finalist in the 2018 FIAA awards (Best Kitchen: $35,000–$60,000) and the winner of the 2019 HIA Eastern Victoria awards (Best Kitchen: $30,000–$50,00
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Practical And Perfect
A kitchen isn’t always just a kitchen. When you have a family, this room becomes more — a place to prepare meals, but also a meeting space. A desk. A place where you eat, snack, laugh and congregate, because all of these things are better when shared
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Kitchen Synergy
Renovating your kitchen can result in a room that has all the modern conveniences but misses the harmony the rest of your home enjoys. Keeping the style and synergy of your house intact should be a major factor when considering a room update. For the
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Rich In Style
Owning your dream kitchen doesn’t have to mean breaking the bank. It’s knowing where to spend your money that will result in a room that is rich in style, as this space from Smith & Smith Kitchens proves. Flat-panel doors result in a clean silhouette
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A Hamptons update
The Hamptons aesthetic is a popular design choice for all areas of a home because of the casual, elegant and coastal calm it reflects. In a bit of a role-reversal, the owners wanted to “down-date” the early 21st-century modernity of their original ki
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Small But Mighty
A light, natural colour palette and integrated or concealed appliances magnify a slight kitchen that was named the KBDI Winner in the Designer Small Kitchens SA section and the 2019 HIA Winner in the Renovated Kitchen up to $35K category. The homeown
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Style meets Function
Though their original ‘90s kitchen had served them well for many years, the homeowners craved a contemporary design and configuration. They requested a stylish, modern space, with an impressive layout and plenty of storage. The solid brick walls that
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Bright And Beautiful
This coastal Hamptons-style kitchen was designed for entertaining. It boasts a spacious island bench and open-plan living area, perfect for mid-week casual dining or enjoying a glass of wine with friends. Colours and textures play a big role in any s
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Grand designs
It’s not hard to imagine spending time in a kitchen like this. You could just picture it — stepping into the room and running your hand over that dramatic island made from Signorino limestone that just invites your touch. You’d prepare food as you sp
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Island elegance
A blank canvas allows room for an incredible creation to be brought to life. This beautifully curated kitchen was thoughtfully designed to complement the home’s surroundings. The main feature is the impressive island bench that stands out like a piec
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Garden View
So much of our time indoors is spent wishing we were outdoors — so why not invite the outdoors in? Windows create extra light and can also enhance that indoor/outdoor living we’re all craving after spending so much time cooped up inside. The owners o
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Seamless style
Kitchens are the heart of the home, but we no longer expect them to look like the boxy appliance-filled eyesores of the past. A kitchen that feels like an extension of the living area is becoming more and more popular, with some owners even opting to
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Meet Your Favourite reno Experts
Whether you’re looking for advice from a professional or simply want to check out the latest home reno trends, the Reno + Design Show is the place to be. More than 100 of the country’s best designers, architects, stylists, home builders, tradespeople
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Coastal living
It’s hard to believe this light and bright kitchen was once a mishmash of dark stone and discoloured white cupboards. Thanks to the team from Immaculate Kitchens, this renovation has taken it from run-down to contemporary and coastal. A complete chan
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Practical Yet Perfect
Setting up for a dinner party can be a difficult feat. You’ve spent an age in the kitchen slaving away over a hot stove and now it’s time for you to prep the house so it’s guest-worthy — all while ensuring the egg whites are just right and the sourdo
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Gorgeous In Green
Breathtaking locations call for a kitchen that matches its surroundings. This home, located in a coastal golf course resort, is designed around a stunning pool and alfresco area. It boasts large open windows that overlook an emerald-green golf course
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Welcome Home
Step inside this Hamptons-style kitchen and you will feel as if you are being welcomed home. Using contrasting colours and a sense of refined luxury, the Jag Kitchens team has created a space that not only pleases the owners now, but that will contin
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In The Details
This kitchen is the very definition of a grand design. Step inside and be treated to luxurious benchtops that wrap around the space, island returns and detail, detail, detail that just goes on for days. To fully appreciate this room’s transformation,
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Modern Functionality
The homeowners requested a modern, functional kitchen for their newly built home. The result most certainly lives up to their brief — and features some exciting added extras, too. Practicality was paramount, and this kitchen is brimming with it. Two
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Simply Stunning
Family-owned Powney & Powney Supreme Kitchens knows a thing or two about kitchens. With more than 40 years in the trade, it is one of Australia’s most trusted kitchen manufacturers. Need proof? Feast your eyes on this remarkable project. Prior to Pow
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Beacon Of Light
From the skylights to the pendants to the recessed ceiling LEDs, this kitchen is a beacon of light. Thanks to clever design work from the Kitchen Art and iBuild team, it is a space that will be dreamy to work in for years to come. This room was once
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Brave new Wave
Utilising colour in your kitchen can feel like a bold move. However, if you use the right design and build team, such as Premier Kitchens, it doesn’t have to be quite so daunting. When the clients announced they didn’t want the standard white kitchen
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Plywood Playground
Turn up the gas and grab an apron as we delve into this earthy cooking space. Cocooned in concrete-look tiled floors and birch plywood-sheeted walls and ceiling, the space is purposefully industrial, which becomes evident when praising its celebratio
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Earth, Water, Air And Luxury
Premium appointments and fine craftsmanship begin in this kitchen’s core and extend into its details, as basic elements of stone, water and light combine with grandiose results. An uncompromising achromatic colour scheme is justified spectacularly by
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Rustic Beauty
Schmidt Kitchens boasts the biggest range of solid timber on the market and the firm puts its lumber prowess to good use when redesigning this exceptional kitchen. With consideration to the home’s age and architecture, the use of solid timber fronts
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The "Wow" Factor
The owners of this kitchen knew they wanted the “wow” factor in their renovation. By combining a spectacular use of texture, colour and style, this has certainly been achieved. Previously, this 1980s kitchen was a dated, darker space with a G-shaped
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Serenity Now
Green has long been considered a soothing, relaxing colour, reflecting the vibrations of the natural world around us. A palette of greens was a refreshing choice for this luxury ensuite when a Sydney villa was extensively renovated. The scents of Bro
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Terrific in Timber
The owners of this worker’s cottage were in the final stages of their home renovation when they called on the team at All Bathroom Gear to complete the project. The home’s interior features an array of timber elements in each room, so it was importan
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Room To Breathe
Looking at this bathroom, it’s hard to believe it was once three small rooms clustered together with walls, front-opening doors and plumbing between them. Now this area has the wow factor thanks to its new floor plan, clean lines and that sense of sp
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Delightful Drama
One thing was clear when the owners of this bathroom briefed the Magic Kitchens & Furniture team on their build — they wanted to include a sense of drama in their design. Thanks to the use of contrasting materials and colours, this objective has been
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The Name You Can Trust
When it comes to bathroom devices you can trust, you can’t go past those from IXL Home. This brand benefits your home by providing the ultimate in venting, heating and lighting for your room with quality products that are light years (excuse the pun!
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Light And Seamless
It isn’t easy to blend the perfect combination of beauty and strength into one sophisticated bath, but the Gareth Ashton ClearStone collection has achieved just this Available via Abey Australia, the latest Gareth Ashton baths are each built as one c
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Get personal
The personal art of cooking is something the Bertazonni creators have never forgotten. This sentiment rings especially true in the La Germania range, a selection of cookers that are truly designed to make life in your kitchen as simple as possible. T
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Bed, Bath And Beyond
Enjoy matching styles from your bedroom to your bathroom with the Calissa range from Schots. This contemporary selection allows you to pair your bedroom furniture with matching ensuite wall-hung vanities for a seamless aesthetic that takes cohesion t
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The Sky Is The Limit
Searching for well-designed kitchens with a point of difference? Well, look no further. The JAG Kitchens showroom in the heart of Adelaide mixes a wealth of experience, design training and impeccable taste to visualise your renovation and accommodate
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Best Of The Best
As one of the world’s toughest pull-out mixer hoses, Faucet Strommen’s S-Flex™ sets a new standard in kitchen mixer performance. Constructed from fine brass and available in a range of colour finishes such as matt black, antique brass and raw brushed
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Hot off The Press
Staron® Solid Surfaces has an extensive selection of more than 90 colours. In 2020, Staron® wowed us with three new colours: Terrazzo Venezia, Supreme Flux and Supreme Noir Concrete. Terrazzo Venezia is inviting, elegant and energetic. This colour in
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Setting The scene
The bathroom is more than just a place to wash away the troubles of the day; it can also be a vacation. Style and illumination play an important part to transport your mind and mood to a holiday destination. Step inside the Sydney Styles Bathrooms &
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A Shower Just for You
Personalise your time in the bathroom with GROHE Rainshower® SmartControl push-button technology. Why settle for a standard shower when you could truly customise your controls, ensuring you get the perfect shower everytime? The GROHE SmartControl exp
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Happiness Plus style
Happiness and harmony come together in your bathroom with the new Happy D.2 Plus range from German manufacturer Duravit. These Germandesigned, high-quality products promote a sense of style and joy in your bathroom — and, in these tough times, what m
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Minimalist Magic
Gone are the days of chunky, clunky tapware. Ensure your bathroom is truly on trend with the new collection from Abey. This range is all about slimline design to inspire a feeling of elegance and maximise space in your bathroom. The Gareth Ashton Poc
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Inspiring Overhead Cabinetry Solutions
Furniture users all agree you can never have too much storage in the home, but how can you create even more space and improve ergonomics, especially in the kitchen? The new AVENTOS HK top overhead lift system from Blum offers just that. By swapping c
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Fit For Royalty
Even for the finest chef, it can be hard to create restaurant-quality dishes with less than amazing appliances. It is in the finer details that the bespoke qualities of an ILVE appliance are uncovered. Forged from the purest steel and embellished wit
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Bathroom perfection
Hardware & General first opened as a corner hardware store in 1960, and has expanded along Winbourne Road, Harbord Road and Pittwater Road into 20 specialist sales centres in Brookvale. The company’s renovated and redesigned bathroom showroom and adj
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Sink Into This
Premium stainless-steel kitchen and laundry sinks have been introduced to Australasia by Perrin & Rowe to complement the company’s range of beautiful kitchen taps. The new Perrin & Rowe stainless-steel sinks are not just any sink, they offer a fully
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Lighting design Made Simple
This is one light system that Loox good, is flexible and reliable. Lighting has the power to transform a space, add ambience or illuminate a room to work efficiently. Häfele’s Loox LED system makes lighting easy with a wide selection of different com
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The Dream Team
Established in 2003 and based in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Kitchen Crew is a boutique joinery business specialising in project management, in-house design, manufacturing and installation. They believe there is always a way to achieve your dre
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Freestanding Luxury
Decina knows baths like Mozart knew music. Capable of injecting even the most modest bathroom with a sense of luxury, the bathing maestros at Decina stock a range of freestanding baths including back-to-wall and back-to-corner baths and spa baths. Th
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Bathroom Luxe
What better way to ramp up style points in the bathroom than with a touch of Italian style? BelBagno prides itself on designs that are outside the box. The company’s products inspire stylish designs that are complementary to a variety of home themes.
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Quality to The Core
Tell a story with Sternhagen. Fresh on the Australian market, this brand offers world-first product lines such as 3D quartz basins and tiles, 3D ceramic toilets and 3D-style tapware. Pushing boundaries is part of the company’s design ethos, and throu
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Affordable luxury
We all want our bathrooms to be a place of luxury. If you’re looking for products that evoke a sense of extravagance at an affordable price, check out Cass Brothers. This company is a trusted authority in bathroom wares and stocks a range of leading
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Jewel of The Kitchen
Your kitchen should house a rangehood that ticks all the right boxes. It should be able to remove odours quietly while you cook and entertain family and friends. Qasair has revolutionised the kitchen space, offering rangehoods that maintain efficienc
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Bespoke kitchen Beauty
There are myriad choices available when selecting products for your kitchen. But how can you achieve a space that feels designer and bespoke without commissioning large-scale pieces that will completely blow your budget? Bespoke hardware from Harp In
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A World Of Opportunity
Open the doors to a world of opportunity at the Designline Kitchens & Bathrooms showroom, a Mecca for those looking to design their dream kitchen or bathroom. Step inside and be greeted by nine diverse kitchen displays showcasing a variety of popular
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Are You Planning On Building A New kitchen Or Bathroom?
Finding the right kitchen or bathroom supplier can be time-consuming and stressful. Choosing the wrong supplier can cost you thousands. As the NSW Manager for Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly, I’ve been to nearly every kitchen and bathroom showroom in
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HOW TO REACH KITCHEN & BATHROOM BUYERS IN YOUR AREA
Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly magazine reaches a vibrant community of design-savvy consumers who have decided to build a kitchen or bathroom in the next 12 months. They are in research mode on their impending projects and the designers who will work
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Nick’s Place Bec & George Durous
Bec and George Douros’ series Nick’s Place wrapped last year and needless to say the transformation of George’s childhood home into two three-bedroom townhouses is outstanding. The eight-part series followed the highs and lows of the renovation, whil
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All That Glitters Is Gold
Home loan rates are the lowest we have seen in decades and housing prices seem to be on the up so, now is the time to start investing. Whether you are thinking of knocking down, extending or just ready for a face-lift, we have the tips you need to kn
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Get The Scandi Look
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Tell Us More
We are delighted you are the new ambassador for Dekton® by Cosentino. What are the synergies between you and Cosentino? How do the brands align? We are both no fuss, practical and appreciate interesting and beautiful things. I also like that Cosentin
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TREND Watch
The Natural Stone range maintains Cosentino’s commitment to traditional products. Marble, granite, limestone and travertine are just some of the stones that have inspired Cosentino’s ultracompact Dekton® and Silestone® surfaces. Now marble, quarried
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Welcome…
In Design International was honoured to have been invited for a second time by renowned Australian businesswoman, Janine Allis, to direct the interior design for her new family home in Melbourne. Janine wanted this house to be a relaxing oasis but al

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