Hidden gem: designer Celia Vissers’s own award-winning kitchen

Designer Celia Visser talks to TIDA awards chairman Paul Taylor about how the kitchen in her Auckland villa extension can all but vanish or open up to dedicated work stations

See designer Celia Visser in conversation with Paul Taylor as she talks about the behind-the-scenes design process that resulted in her award-winning kitchen

A top designer balances modernity with character for the extension to her Auckland villa, and creates a kitchen that can open to reveal individual work zones, or all but vanish.

Designer Celia Visser talks to TIDA awards judging panel chairman Paul Taylor about how availability of new door hardware allowed her to create the two kitchens in one.

Check out the full story about this award-winning kitchen design.

Story by: Trendsideas

Photography by: John Williams & Kallan MacLeod

08 Feb, 2026

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