Island benches
Prep space, seating, or both. Wide enough to work on without blocking the walkway behind it — 1000 mm clearance is the number that decides whether a kitchen feels generous or tight.
Products
Everything is made to the dimensions of your room. What changes from job to job is the layout, the door finish and the benchtop — and those three decisions are most of the price.
Kitchens
The layout matters
The layout matters
more than the finish
A beautiful kitchen you have to walk around is still a bad kitchen. We start with how you cook, then work out where the cabinetry goes.
Butler's pantry
A second sink and bench behind the main run, so the mess lives out of sight. The single most requested addition in Adelaide new builds, and worth it if the floor plan can spare the metre.
Pantry systems
Full-height pull-outs, corner solutions and drawer-in-drawer. Deep shelves look like more storage but you lose whatever ends up at the back.
Overheads & bulkheads
Take the cabinets to the ceiling or bulkhead over them. Stopping short leaves a dust shelf that nobody ever cleans twice.
Appliance integration
Ovens, cooktops, dishwashers and fridges built into cabinetry made to their exact specs. Bring model numbers before anything is cut.
Splashbacks
Stone to match the benchtop, tile, or glass. Coordinated with the benchtop template so the joins land where you'd want them.
Wardrobes & storage
The difference is on the inside
Two robes can cost the same and hold wildly different amounts. It comes down to hanging heights, drawer depths and whether the shelving goes all the way up.
Walk-in robes
Full fit-out with hanging, drawers, shoe racking and open shelving. Set out around what you actually own — long hanging for coats and dresses takes roughly twice the height of shirt hanging, and getting that split wrong wastes a third of the room.
Built-in robes
Wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling, scribed into the opening. Sliding, hinged or mirrored doors depending on how much floor space the room can give up to a door swing.
Sliding & mirror doors
Framed or frameless, in mirror, glass or board to match the robe. Sliding doors cost you access to half the opening at a time but give you back the floor.
Drawer banks & internals
Soft-close runners as standard, drawers deep enough to be worth opening, and internal dividers if you want them. Jewellery inserts, tie racks and pull-down rails on request.
Everywhere else
The rooms that usually get what's left
Vanities
Wall-hung or floor-standing, single or double basin, in moisture-resistant board because bathrooms are wet.
Laundry
Trough, bench to fold on, broom cupboard and somewhere the basket actually lives. Overheads above the machines.
Study & office
Desks, overhead storage and cable management built in rather than cable-tied on afterwards.
Media & bars
Entertainment units, display shelving and drinks cabinetry, matched to the joinery in the rest of the house.
Benchtops & finishes
Where the money actually goes
Two kitchens with identical layouts can differ by twenty thousand dollars, and almost all of it is in the benchtop and the door finish. Here's what you're choosing between.
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Engineered stone The durable default. Templated after the cabinets are installed, so it lands about a week behind them. Note that Australia banned engineered stone containing crystalline silica in 2024 — we supply compliant products only.
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Laminate The honest budget choice, and far better than its reputation. Modern textured laminates read as stone at arm's length for a fraction of the cost.
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Timber Warmth on an island or a breakfast bar. Needs re-oiling and doesn't love standing water, so it's usually a feature rather than the whole kitchen.
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Door finishes Two-pack polyurethane for a seamless painted look, thermolaminated vinyl for value and shape, melamine for hard-wearing flat panels, and timber veneer for grain.
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Hardware Soft-close hinges and runners are standard on everything we build, not a line item you have to ask for. Handles, or handleless with a routed rail — your call.
The part you never see
Carcass construction
The box behind the door is what determines whether cabinetry lasts fifteen years or five. It's also the easiest place for a quote to be quietly cheaper than the one next to it.
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Moisture-resistant board under sinks and in wet areas Standard board swells the first time a tap fitting weeps, and it never goes back.
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Edged on every visible face Including the edges you only see when a door is open. Raw edges are where moisture gets in.
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Scribed to the room, not packed with filler Walls bow and floors fall away. Cabinets get cut to follow them, so the gap you'd otherwise fill with silicone isn't there.
Not sure what your budget buys?
Tell us the room and a rough number, and we'll tell you honestly what's achievable.