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With its crisp white decor and space-saving design, this new kitchen highlights the varied uses of Laminex products

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When you're planning a new kitchen, space can be at a premium. But, with good design and the right products, it's easy to create a cool, contemporary look that maximises all available areas.

Designer Shelley Brockliss of Scott Design created the apartment interior featured on these pages to meet such a brief. McLeod Group commissioned Scott Design to come up with a concept that would appeal to a design-conscious market.

To create a crisp, streamlined look, Laminex products were specified throughout the interior. The large sliding doors that hide the bedroom feature aluminium frames with insert panels in Laminex White Gloss finish.

The kitchen, designed by Andrea White of Scott Design, is built along one wall. This area also features Laminex White Gloss on the splashback. A Laminex Sheer Mesh benchtop continues the stream-lined look.

The cabinetry also incorporates Laminex White Gloss, with accents of Brushed Aluminium on side panels. As well, Brushed Aluminium features on the kickboards.

The pantry door and overhead cabinetry showcases Aqua Lucent laminate from the Laminex Innovations range.

To maximise space, the kitchen design incorporates a pull-out, mobile table topped with Laminex Sheer Mesh and trimmed with Laminex Brushed Aluminium.

"The table has a three-fold use," say the designers. "As well as providing an extra counter for food preparation, it can also serve as an extension to the dining table or a drinks trolley, which can be wheeled out to the patio."

The wall of cabinetry in the kitchen extends into the living area, where it forms an entertainment unit. Using the same materials unifies the space, making it appear larger.

Jo-Anne Tierney of The Laminex Group says economy and durability are other key reasons clients specify Laminex laminates.

"Laminex products are a cost-effective way to create a contemporary, sophisticated look, as this kitchen demonstrates," she says. "The innovative design treatment illustrated here is typical of the creative solutions that can be provided."

The Laminex Colour Palette consists of more than 200 laminates suitable for benchtops and cabinetry. Designs include woodgrain, plain and patterned options.

"All the laminates are resistant to heat, stains and impacts," Tierney says. "As well as being practical and hard-wearing, they are easy to keep clean. The surfaces are also UV-stable, so they won't fade or yellow."

For further information about these products, contact Laminex, phone 132 136, or for a brochure or sample, phone 1800 002 204.

Story by: Trendsideas

23 Aug, 2004

Renovation

Trendsideas

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