Australia Kitchen and Bathroom Trends AU Kitchen and Bathroom Trends Vol. 30/8 | Page 42
Above: Black and white benchtops
and bases are inverted on the
island and perimeter cabinetry.
These colours are also seen in the
black doors and white walls in the
circulation corridor and bathrooms.
Between the doors to the butler’s
pantry and the white double doors
to the study is a niche that is used as
a drinks station. The rear benchtop
is used for prepping and cooking,
wit h cleanup relegated to the butler’s
pantry.
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The expansive family living and kitchendining area at the back of the home has several
French doors and windows that open to the
garden. With so much focus on the outdoors,
this space is understated and light on detail,
with white walls. There are no crown mouldings on the ceiling, and connections between
the rooms and the niches in the kitchen are also
clean lined.
Exceptions to this are the high skirting
boards. This traditional touch is continued from
the front rooms, as are the ornate mouldings on
most doors and windows, including the doors
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to the study just outside the kitchen and to the
butler’s pantry at the rear.
“The cabinets on the perimeter of the kitchen
feature a different kind of classic treatment – a
beadboard finish, much like door fronts in a
French farmhouse kitchen,” says Lane.
“But the kitchen is really a microcosm of the
concept of the whole house – the modern and
the traditional come together in this key space.
For example, the island is a highly contemporary element, in a dark-stained timber that has
an accentuated grain and frosted glass door
panels at one end.”