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COLOURED CABINETRY

Home renovators are starting to embrace bolder colours in the kitchen, and coloured cabinetry is really emerging as a serious design trend. With a range of colours and quality products to choose from, it’s not so left -of-centre for renovators to add a bit of colour in the kitchen with their cabinets. This kitchen by Laminex is a great example of how bold use of colour can work beautifully in a kitchen. We love the deep-blue tones of Laminex French Navy on these cabinet doors and panels. DESIGN HOW TO Designing a kitchen from scratch and want to ensure the colour scheme works? Here are some tips: 1. Start with your chosen product and work from there. Let’s say you have your heart set a particular stone for the top and splashback. Use this element as the basis of your design. 2. Next, choose the cabinetry colour and profile that will complement your stone. For example, if your benchtop has a grey undertone or a grey fleck or vein, choose cabinetry with a grey undertone – it could be white, coloured or dark. You can choose colours that are very similar for a more harmonious feel, or that are quite diff erent, for more contrast. Just make sure the undertone is the same as this will help tie the benchtop in with the cabinets. 3. Generally the benchtop or cabinetry are the focal points of a kitchen, so choose a practical, hardwearing flooring. If your cabinets and tops are quite striking, go for a more neutral floor.

If your cabinets and floor are more neutral, you can play around with a more interesting flooring. 4. When choosing your accessories, this is a chance to get a contrasting colour in. For example, brass or gold taps, handles and lighting will pop against more neutral cabinets. If you want your cabinetry and benchtops to shine, choose accessories that are more understated. With so many elements to consider, designing your dream kitchen can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be if you stick to these basic rules, and take advantage of samples – bring them into the space to see how the colours and textures work in the room with each other.

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TIP Designing your dream kitchen? If you are gutting your old kitchen and starting from scratch, it’s a good idea to design your new space with existing electricity points and plumbing lines in mind. Moving electricity and plumbing will chew into your budget, so if you work with what’s already there, you’ll have more money to spend on beautiful cabinetry and benchtops, striking lighting and modern appliances. DOWN ON THE FARM Who doesn’t love a farmhouse sink? They look great, suit all styles of kitchen and, well, they just look great. But here are a few things to consider: • White porcelain sinks stain more easily than stainless steel, so be prepared to clean your sink more regularly. They are also more prone to chipping, so be delicate with heavy pots and pans around your sink. • Given these sinks are oft en deeper that other sink styles, dishes and glasses have a bigger fall, so many homeowners discover they have more accidental breaks with farmhouse sinks. Again, just be a bit more careful. • Most people think of the porcelain variety when they think of a farmhouse sink but these sinks also come in other materials – such as copper or stainless steel. • Farmhouse sinks tend to be deeper and/or wider than standard stainless steel sinks, so keep this in mind if you’re working with existing cabinetry.

we love! Time for a new toaster and kettle? We have fallen for the Morphy Richards Accents toaster and kettle. They’re a crisp white with rose gold accents – perfect. They are from Harvey Norman.

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