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In this TIDA-winning kitchen design by whole-house architect Eliska Lewis, recessed track spots provide both task and mood lighting and also highlight the rich black, honed marble countertop.

The rich warmth of timber and the sheer coolness of white veined black marble – seen to striking effect on the feature waterfall island benchtop – are celebrated in this new two-tone kitchen by Eliska Lewis Architects.

The play of wood and black is seen throughout this kitchen – right down to the wood-and-black breakfast stools. The double fridge, however, provides a sheeny metal counterpoint within the warm-look aesthetic.

Does your kitchen have all the different types of lighting it needs? For this kitchen, designer Leonie Metge installed specific task lighting above the island and cooktop, ambient lighting around the splashback and underbench lig...

A traditional Hamptons aesthetic – in a slightly parred back form –  was introduced ito connect with the detail-rich Queenslander home it forms part of. The pendant lighting over the island played a part in this.

Want your kitchen to have immediate presence? Start with what is most prominent. A white waterfall benchtop flowing over a wood-fronted island creates a strong presence for this minimalist kitchen by di Rosa Cabinetry & Furnit...

So your floor height changes dramatically between spaces, or your flooring – let the walls and ceiling carry your harmony forward. For this low-set Hamptons style kitchen a continuation of ceiling and wall treatments from adj...

Jason Higham: “Rather than choosing a U-shaped or island bench kitchen for this renovation, we opted for a design that incorporated the dining area. This arrangement creates an easy connection and has the other big advantag...

Custom-designed cabinetry made of Plyboo in this master bedroom connects with the storage cabinetry in the adjacent bathroom. The bedroom also illustrates designer FuTung Cheng’s hallmark construction material – concrete.

Recessed door pulls – seen running across the top of the cupboards in this scullery – are often used for clean-lined simplicity. However, they have another advantage. In a hard-working scullery, there isn’t always a completely ...

There’s a good reason that designers often add open shelving in a pantry. The mundane, day-to-day objects on the shelves aren’t seen in the main living spaces plus locating and grabbing this or that is instant, as in this kitchen p...

White and wood surfaces are matched with a substantial concrete-look benchtop and Aplomb concrete pendants by Foscarini.