Issue#24.3 - September 2017

Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly

Create your new Kitchen & Bathroom today

Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly2 min readFashion
TRIED & TESTED
Words Amy Norris Philips’ hand-held steamer, the Steam&Go 2-in-1, is the perfect portable and touch -up device. The ergonomic design is easy to hold and use and allows for both horizontal and vertical steaming. Extra accessories include a storage bag
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Built-in Bathroom Comfort
Words Amy Norris While it is easy to focus on the major bathroom features such as the bathtub, tiles and vanity, it really is the finishing touches and accessories that can add some serious style and ambience to the ultimate appearance of your bathro
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Six Of The Best … Additions To Your Bathroom
While this mixer might leave a dent in your wallet, there’s no denying its aesthetic appeal. Its glass body and open-ended spout allows for the observation of the vitality of water, which is accentuated by a powerful water vortex. As an added bonus,
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Champagne Taste
“The owners of this Merricks North home had clear ideas about what they wanted: a bespoke bathroom that would be both eye-catching and remarkable. This bathroom design strikes just the right note. By removing the enclosed shower cubicle and replacing
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Bring On The Bathtub
Words Amy Norris Synonymous with both cleanliness and relaxation, the bathtub has been linked to human health for centuries. It’s no wonder the bathtub is one of the most popular fixtures in the home, and there are myriad options available when it co
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Contrasting Kitchens
“The renovation of Germancraft Cabinets’ showroom, which involved building two functional kitchen spaces, was a challenging yet rewarding experience. Laminex materials were chosen for both areas in line with Germancraft Cabinets’ exciting partnership
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Masculine And Minimal
We love the use of different textures, which creates interest throughout the ensuite. “This new bathroom was part of a Melbourne warehouse conversion, so the owner wanted materials from the existing warehouse to be incorporated into the ensuite. He a
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Palatial Chic
We love the multiple countertops and huge amount of storage. “The ultimate luxury in this kitchen isn’t the lush Caesarstone benchtops, nor is it the high ceilings or the sizeable windows. The ultimate luxury here is space. This much-desired feature
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Black And White
Awards season is without doubt the favourite time of the year for the staffat the Kitchen and Bathroom Designers Institute (KBDi). When entries to the annual Designer Awards program close, the team take great delight in devouring the stunning images
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Awash With Ambience
We love the clean lines of the frameless shower screen. “This soothing bathroom renovation is equal parts earthy and elegant. With components and accessories from Rick McLean’s Designer Bathware, a space with a minimal aesthetic that doesn’t skimp on
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Space Saving
Managing director and product designer at Tansel Stainless Steel Wireware, Tanya’s “thinkoutside- the-square” approach to storage makes her one of our favourite go-to girls. Email your storage questions to tanya@tansel.com.au When storing items in hi
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Form And Function
“This is a large-scale kitchen designed to suit a family of seven’s day-to-day life as well as regular weekly dinners with a very large extended family. The owner wanted a layout that would fill the large space in both width and height. The vaulted c
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The Benefit Of Experience
Established in 1997 and celebrating its 20-year anniversary, Enigma Interiors has earned a welldeserved reputation for introducing fresh and exciting ideas into the modern kitchen. Attaining many prestigious awards during this time, Enigma has become
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Modern Vintage
This boutique kitchen boasts all the panache of a fine-dining restaurant. Vintage fittings adorn quality materials in a space that bucks contemporary trends to achieve a renovation with peerless results. Dulux White on White cabinets, panels and wall
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Bathroom Perfection
Hardware & General first opened as a corner hardware store in 1960, and has now expanded along Winbourne Road, Harbord Road and Pittwater Road into 20 specialist sales centres in Brookvale. The company’s newly renovated and redesigned bathroom showro
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European Quality
“This stately kitchen renovation celebrates space and light without sacrificing any of the specs or comforts of modern living. Bench-level windows open the Calcium White walls to the streaming light surrounding the house, which reflects celestially o
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Simple, Clear, Timeless
The newly launched Grass Nova Pro Scala drawer system offers the adaptability and functionality required to harmonise with the contemporary styles of tomorrow’s living spaces. Covered in laser-welded, powder-coated steel, the drawers’ side section is
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Colour YOUR HOME
Words Nishi Amaratunga There’s so much more to colour than just aesthetic appeal. Aesthetics are important, but it’s also imperative to consider how the colour palette you choose for your kitchen or bathroom could affect your mood, your mental and ph
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Pure Aesthetic Appeal
A flexible, durable and affordable alternative to marble and stone finishes, QuantumSix+ porcelain sheets from WK Quantum Quartz are light, versatile and strong, with extraordinary aesthetic appeal. They feature all the beauty of natural marble in a
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From The Editor
Here at KBQ we are lovers of indulgence, beauty and creature comforts, so it’s no secret we enjoy curating our annual bathroom special. The bathroom is among the most luxurious of spaces in the home, one which provides the ultimate setting for rest a
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Multipurpose Masterpiece
“The busy family occupying this home had very specific requirements for their new kitchen space. The husband and wife both work from home and craved a kitchen that would be capable of multitasking as a workspace and meal preparation area, as well as
Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly1 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Into The Deep
Designed to be practical, sophisticated and sturdy, the range of sinks by Euro Appliances is custommade for contemporary kitchens. Offering a slew of features and materials that bring Italian style and restaurant quality to a domestic kitchen, Euro A
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Redefine Wasted Space
Titus Tekform Innerware offers a complete range of internal storage solutions aimed at better managing space in the kitchen. With a wide selection of products to improve the guts of your kitchen and laundry, Titus has a solution tailored specifically
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Light And Dark
“This modern kitchen is part of a thoughtfully designed home renovation, which included specific details to ensure the perfect fit with the surrounding space. The two-pack matt black finishes and the white walls and ceiling create a strong, mesmerisi
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A Modern Update
”Previously a tired, dated, solid-timber space that had not been modified since the house was built, this gorgeous new kitchen was designed to be a modern, functional update that worked well with the timber motif present throughout the home. The home
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Raw Refinement
All Schots’ bathroom furnishings and accessories are designed to work in collaboration and to complement existing or separate bathroom pieces. They’re stunning on their own or with a whole room of Schots products. Schots’ lightweight concrete sinks —
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Relax And Refresh
High-quality textiles such as suits and evening gowns require special care to preserve them. While this used to be a job for a professional cleaner, you can now do this yourself in the comfort of your own home in one step and at the touch of a button
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The Latest Bathroom Trends
Cass Brothers is a Sydney authority on bathroom style. Having been in the industry since 1972, Cass Brothers is one of Sydney’s longest-serving bathroom companies and is at the forefront of the business, with exceptional customer service and technica
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What We Love
We road-tested the incredibly fragrant Endless Candles Elegance range’s Lemongrass jar candle and Oud Jasmine hand cream, and we are now obsessed! The Elegance range was created as a collaboration with expert craft and candle-making artisans. Each pr
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Functionality And Finesse
The Mayan traditional taps from Perrin & Rowe are timeless in their simplicity and peerless in their quality. This style of tap can still be found gracing kitchens and laundries in historic houses, always in bare brass and wearing an ageless patina.
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Tomorrow’s Nostalgia
“Modernising the charm of classic architecture is a virtuous pursuit. This renovation set out to reform a dated and clunky timber kitchen without sacrificing any period appeal. Shaker-style doors on the cupboards, drawers and panels are finished with
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Can You Handle It?
Chrome has always been the go-to finish for kitchen and bathroom hardware. Now, chrome is being challenged by sleek and sophisticated black. Matt black hardware has enjoyed a sharp surge in popularity and is now at the forefront of interior design tr
Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly2 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Steam It Up
Cooking with steam has been around for decades and thanks to the latest kitchen and household technology, it is also the method of the future. Not only it is easy to cook healthy and tasty meals with the ultra-modern combi-steam ovens, the appliances
Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly1 min readArchitecture
Pack A Punch
“This smart renovation utilises a modest amount of space with style, in a design that gracefully services the whole family. With a generous island bench as centrepiece and room divider, the kitchen uses every available inch while still feeling open a
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Iconic Design
Often copied but never equalled, Perrin & Rowe’s Ionian is a design icon among kitchen taps and has attained a worldwide following among designers and design-savvy homeowners. The Ionian was designed in 1979 and set a new standard for bridge-style ta
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The Baumatic Edge
With so many innovations in kitchen design and kitchen appliances, the best advice for the kitchen renovator or an appliance upgrade purchaser is to discuss the latest technology and trends to suit your kitchen and lifestyle needs with a qualified ki
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Seamless Flow And Symmetry
“This family of seven, owners of this fresh and modern kitchen, required extra areas to socialise and congregate. They needed to utilise the space to its fullest potential and create multi-functional zones. Clean lines and symmetry were the desired a
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Simply Stunning
We love that this kitchen has been built to complement the stunning view. “This project was not about beautiful kitchen design in isolation. Rather, it was about beautiful kitchen design in the context of the view and the space. The project involved
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Beauty Of Natural Stone, Benefits Of Solid Surface
The Staron® Solid Surfaces Supreme Collection adopts the look and beauty of natural stone, while also having the joining capabilities and easy maintenance of solid surfaces. In addition to the existing Supreme Collection, Staron® has released four ne
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The Choice Is Yours
As island cabinetry becomes more popular in modern Australian homes, Sirius has designed a series of beautiful, efficient, pendant-style hoods for island installation. Designed by Italian designer Giacomo Fava and handmade in Italy, these pendant-sty
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Steel The Limelight
A renowned Italian company with 91 years’ experience in the commercial cooking market, Steel takes pride in its state-of-the-art multifunction combi-steam ovens and cookers, which are now available in Australia. A provincial-style 11-function oven th
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The Heat Is On
The stunning AGA Dual Control oven is the perfect fit for either a country- or modern-style home. The Dual Control model combines everything you love about the AGA cooker, but with added flexibility and reduced running and servicing costs. With the D
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The Kitchen Bin Alternative
Many a Hollywood movie has perpetuated the idea that food waste disposers contain scary spinning blades like a blender, but this is simply not the case. Here is the inside of an Evolution 100 food waste disposer and, as you can see, there are no blad
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Start To Finish
Creative Home Renovations is more than just a showroom; it also has a team of qualified, awardwinning interior designers on site for a formal or informal consult on the direction of your design, product selection and construction. Designing, drafting
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Easy Project Planning
Known for quality hardware solutions, Titus Tekform has revamped its website with a new look and navigation system making it easier to access information than ever before. As part of the overhaul, Titus Tekform is launching a new online shop, allowin

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