Black and white kitchen brings modern touch to warehouse conversion

This contemporary black and white kitchen with waterfall benchtop and negative detail cabinet handles offers a sculptural look to the open plan living spaces

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Creating an upstairs kitchen for a warehouse conversion doesn't necessarily mean running to your check-list for semi-industrial materials. This clean-lined, black and white kitchen by designer Lara Farmilo responds to the scale of its setting, but the look is sleek and minimalist.

The kitchen is a balanced composition of white cabinetry, black ceramic benchtops, a black back-painted glass splashback and satin stainless steel seen in the matching fridge and freezer appliances, and accents on the wall ovens.

"To an extent, the kitchen is intended to disappear into the white of the greater space," says Farmilo. "However, the island's waterfall benchtop does make for a strong sculptural statement. Adding a negative detail between the benchtop and legs lightens its bulk slightly."

Every modern convenience is included, such as electric push-to-open cabinet hardware a feature particularly useful on the high display cabinets over the cooking area and refrigeration. This and the negative detail handles on other cabinets contribute to the crisp, detail-free look.

The room's height is accentuated by uplights over the top cabinets matched by downlights under these cabinets and under the island bench.

Credit list

Designer

Lara Farmilo, Akzente

Cabinet hardware

Poggenpohl; Blum

Flooring

Polished concrete

Kitchen sink

Project from Totara Marketing

Cooktop

Miele Induction

Refrigerator

Liebherr, side-by-side

Cabinetry

Poggenpohl, high gloss lacquer with laser-applied edging

Benchtops

Lapitec, Nero Antracite from PSP Stonecraft

Splashback

Back-painted glass from Graphic Glass

Oven, warming drawer, microwave

Miele

Ventilation

Gutmann Llano, integrated, from Poggenpohl

Awards

Trends International Design Awards (TIDA) Kitchens – Highly Commended

Story by: New Zealand TIDA Kitchens

Photography by: Mark Scowen

07 Sep, 2016

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