This Arts & Crafts-style entertainer's kitchen is backed by a large fully functional scullery

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Sometimes kitchen designers are given free rein in terms of space and sometimes the house plans can almost get in the way.

Designer Robyn Labb says due to an unusual space layout in this addition to an Arts and Crafts house, the owner brief was to connect two separate but adjacent areas into a functional kitchen and scullery.

"The large scullery is a full working kitchen housing a sink, ovens, cooktop, hood and pantry storage. Around the corner, the island acts as a social hub and prep area for guest entertainment."

Labb extended the home's artisanal, hand-worked feel to the kitchen island and a cabinet that connects the two spaces. Both the expansive island and the open-shelved corner cabinet have antiqued oak fronts, while the former also has a butler's sink.

However, the design is also about mixing the handcrafted aspects with more modern elements. For example, the island is topped with a clean-lined stone counter-top, its extended cantilever supported by internal steel bracing and a sawhorse-like element. The long, deep cantilever can accommodate the whole family and is a popular entertaining spot in the home.

In the scullery, Labb avoided overhead cabinetry that would have detracted from a splashback wall of pristine white subway tiles. A strip of recessed LED lights at the top of the wall highlights this surface.

This area has something of a classic country kitchen flavour seen in a second butler's sink as well as the tilework. Smooth-operating hardware underpins the cabinetry while the wall opposite is taken up with additional open shelving.