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Cappuccino per favore from Kitchen Trends volume 2510
To create a kitchen for a family that loves to entertain, the designer of this new house took her cue from catering professionals – she designed a café-style kitchen complete with coffee machine, mirrored walls and display shelving.
Sally Anderson of Saaj Design says the importance of the kitchen to the family's lifestyle could not be underestimated.
"The kitchen is very much the pivotal point of the house," she says. "Both parents like to cook and the family constantly entertains, both indoors and out. The design needed to provide enough space for more than one person to work in the kitchen at the same time. The visual aspect was also important given the open-plan layout of the house – the kitchen needed to be part of a fun environment where people could relax with good food and wine."
Central to the design is a bronze-tinted mirrored wall inlaid with dark-stained cedar battens, which splay out in key areas to form curved shelves. The wall is also highlighted by a vibrant burnt orange colour-backed glass splashback – the orange reappears as an accent colour in the living area. CaesarStone benchtops and a matching shelf further enhance the kitchen's strong horizontal lines.
"The design effectively takes the kitchen to another level," says Anderson. "It becomes more like a café than a family kitchen. For this reason also, additional storage, food preparation areas and the refrigerators are located in a scullery that can be closed off by cavity sliders. The coffee machine, however, is off to one side of the kitchen for easy access."
Anderson says the mirrored wall and glass splashback make the entire area appear more spacious. They also reflect the bush landscape, enhancing the indoor-outdoor link, which was another key consideration. This connection is further reinforced by an extension of the benchtops and splashback beyond the kitchen wall onto the deck.
"The kitchen flows directly outdoors where we have installed commercial barbecue facilities," Anderson says.
When opened, large concertina doors stack against the walls, framing the kitchen. Similarly, a lowered ceiling and white wall wrap the space to focus attention on the kitchen – and the island centrepiece.
"The island is designed as a piece of furniture rather than a cabinet," says Anderson. "To enhance this effect, the woodgrain laminate, which is laid vertically on the rear cabinets, is horizontal, and there is no hardware in sight."
Orders please – this café-style kitchen features a bronze-tinted mirrored wall backdrop and burnt orange glass splashback. Dark-stained cedar battens are shaped to create shelves to display bottles and condiments.
Designer Sally Anderson specified a Laminex woodgrain laminate for the cabinets to provide a practical surface that would also be a visual link to the outdoors. The grain is used horizontally on the island to emphasise its furniture look.
The scullery accommodates refrigerators, storage facilities and small appliances.
The material palette was chosen to complement the earth tones of the rest of the house. CaesarStone Nimbus features on benchtops and a matching shelf above the splashback. The mirrored wall and the glass splashback reflect light and the bush landscape.
The benchtop and splashback extend beyond the kitchen to accommodate barbecue facilities on the deck.
Cedar lining, similar to the material on the house exterior, wraps a full-height cabinet that accommodates the coffee machine.
Credit List
Architect
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Sally Anderson, Saaj Design (Sandringham, Vic)
Splashback
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CaesarStone Nimbus and colour-backed glass
Range and ventilation
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Miele
Tapware
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Hansgrohe
Story by Colleen Hawkes
Photography by Andrew Ashton
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