Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 32 No 6 New Zealand | Page 104

Star performer
Exuding style and brimming with up-to-the-minute
functionality, this bold, black and oak kitchen is
by skilful kitchen designer Colleen Holder

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Not all kitchens are created equal. Inspired
layouts, refined surfaces and savvy appliances
all play their part in a great design outcome.
On this project by designer Colleen Holder
the clients’ brief was for a European inspired
kitchen – with the added challenge that it was
to be New Zealand made with a Kiwi price tag.
The space also had to be comfortable for a
busy family life during the day and incorporate
an area for the children to do their homework.
“Appliances were to be integrated or hidden
in the utility room adjoining the kitchen,” says
Holder. “Both rooms had to have symmetry and