Embrace the enchanting warmth and organic ambiance of this tight apartment kitchen, where sage-green cabinets harmonize flawlessly with the natural birchply open box and plywood edged benchtop. Experience a space that exudes both coziness and style. Not to mention, the white appliances and sink add a refreshing touch, brightening up the entire area.
Project Location: Brunswick
Project Year: 2020
Project Type: Apartment Kitchen Renovation
Project Size: Small/Compact Kitchen
Kitchen Style: Modern Country
Feature Design: Pastel colour scheme; Birchply open box & Plywood edge reveal;
Door/Panel Finishes: Laminex Possum Natural & Birchply
Benchtop: Plywood
Hardware: Hettich & Hafele
The Brief
To improve storage, benchtop space, correct the workflow within the kitchen, allow for the addition of a small freestanding table (so that there was potential for an interaction zone) by the client and improve the aesthetic to soften the kitchen and make it more homely yet complement the brutalistic mid century architecture of the apartment building and surrounds in Brunswick, Victoria.
The Transformation
Layout
Moving the fridge closest to the entry door, utilizing drawers within pantry to increase usable storage yet reduce the pantry’s foot print allowed us to reconfigure the kitchen onto only 2 walls, making the kitchen feel more spacious and allowing the addition of a free standing table by the client.
Storage
Use of drawers in pantry and in base cabinetry drive storage effectiveness as it increases access and capacity efficiency.
Workflow
Having distinct space for preparation adjacent the cooktop and separating cooktop and sink areas improve workflow and better allow for multi person participation within the kitchen.
Aesthetic
Use of green (insert actual colour from spec) laminate to cabinetry doors, ply open shelves and benchtop edge with a clean with laminate benchtop create a warm, earthy yet clean look and feel and the exotic tiles make a huge statement that is in keeping with the desired aesthetic, the taste of the client and the era of the home. Graphite handles soften what could be hard black and are reminiscent of the industrial history of the area … but all in a way that is not formulaic.
