Trends New Zealand Volume 34 No 5 | Page 82

Foodie’s dream This attractive, feature-rich kitchen is the result of a detailed brief and a professional response by award-winning kitchen designer Kira Gray search | save | share at Packing everything needed into a kitchen for a family that loves to bake and entertain might leave a design looking cluttered and crammed. Right? Well, not necessarily. Engaging a skilled kitchen designer such as Kira Gray will result in a balanced mix of great looks and functionality. For this project, the existing kitchen was dated and bland and didn’t suit the needs of this foodie family who entertain often, says Gray. “The owners had several requests that they wanted in the new space. These included a long serving bench, and a separate scullery spe- cifically for baking needs but also to house a