This modern kitchen is an artful fusion of country-style elements and beautiful functionality. Before the renovation, the galley kitchen restricted movement. It also had a sense of disconnect to the rest of the open-plan living spaces. It was dark, due to a single window and heavy timber cabinetry from floor to ceiling, and there were storage issues that needed to be addressed.

During the renovation, the existing skylight was replaced with a clear glass version, and two large windows fitted to invite in more light. The cabinet doors and panels in two-pack finish add a touch of elegance. A custom island bench replaced the L-shaped benchtop, offering plenty of much-needed storage.

As part of the renovation, a wall was removed to add space and a sense of connectedness, as well as to increase the volume of natural light that filtered into the space. The final result is a beautiful custom kitchen that will serve the family for many years to come.

For more information

Austaron Surfaces
E sales@austaron.com.au
F austaronsurfaces
I austaronsurfaces

mystoryco
A 98 Turner St, Scarborough Qld
P 0402 462 264
E hello@mystoryco.com.au

The post Light, Bright and Fresh appeared first on Completehome.

Designed for optimal use, Evostone can be easily cut and trimmed. It is a durable, waterproof, UV resistant and easy to care for solid surface. Whether used for benchtops, splashbacks, or wall panels, these made-to-measure surfaces bring a refined, high-end look to any space. With a selection of warm, natural hues, Evostone enhances interiors with an inviting and sophisticated charm.

Nover takes the convenience of Evostone one step further, offering precision-cut panels delivered directly to your door. Their state-of-the-art machinery ensures an exceptional level of craftsmanship, including near-seamless edges in both white and natural finishes. With advanced Holzher Lumina edgebanding technology, Nover provides an ultra-sleek look, elevating the standard of premium panel manufacturing. For those seeking an ultra-modern aesthetic, select colours are also available in laser edge, offering an almost imperceptible join for a flawless finish.

Whether you’re updating a kitchen island with a seamless benchtop, introducing a bold feature panel in the bathroom, or refining cabinetry with a beautifully edged surface, Evostone makes achieving high-end design effortless. It comes pre-polished in a range of colours and sizes to provide unrivaled value, or simply select your colour, provide your measurements and let Nover take care of the rest – delivering a tailored, ready-to-install solution that brings both practicality and sophistication to the heart of your home.

Photography Rd Cabinetmaking, North Mackay, QLD

For more information:

NOVER

1300 668 371

The post Effortless Elegance with Evostone appeared first on Completehome.

This is a harmonious white surface with delicate charcoal veining that perfectly captures the Hamptons light-focused aesthetic whilst giving a nod to the grey undertones often found in this style.

If the kitchen is the heart of the home, the benchtop is the life of the kitchen. This is a space to gather around, to prepare food for those you love and in a Hamptons kitchen, where island benches are signature elements, they can serve as a space for dining too.

One of our favourite benchtop solutions would have to be Staron. A zerosilica product, Staron has been available within Australia for many years, well before engineered stone became a popular benchtop option. Used in both commercial and residential projects, Staron Solid Surfaces are an excellent alternative to engineered and natural stone products.

The Staron Story

Developed in 1992, Staron is manufactured from refined bauxite, a safe silica-free mineral, and blended with pure acrylic resin. This combination results in a high-performing and safe solid surface. Thanks to its non-porous nature, Staron is both stain-resistant and easy to clean. It offers a durable, hygienic surface with high strength and UV stability. Plus, its inconspicuous joining method eliminates dirt-trapping crevices. Staron can also be easily thermoformed into graceful curves and routed to customise vertical applications. A value-adding product, Staron is a renewable and repairable surface. After years of use, it can be easily sanded and restored to its original condition.

Material Matters

Staron is an ideal option for benchtops and many other areas of a Hamptons kitchen project. Staron can also be paired with laminate benchtops for those with a more budget-friendly criteria. As it is able to withstand the ill effects of water, prioritising Staron in key areas will maximise the longevity of the kitchen.

Timber is another material that teams beautifully with Staron. Together they provide a warmth and quieter work surface, and both look amazing together when sanded to a matt finish. Additionally, both Staron and timber are easily renewable, providing usability for the long term.

Although natural stone has often been favoured in a Hamptons kitchen design, it requires sealing around food preparation areas due to its porous nature. Take the stress out of your benchtop with Staron. Compared to natural stone, Staron is silky and warmer to touch, nonporous, seamless, lightweight and hygienic, and it provides a quieter work space.

Staron In The Hamptons

When it comes to colour options, Staron doesn’t disappoint. With a large offering to choose from, the Staron Supreme and recently launched Premiere range offer plenty of different designs to personalise a Hamptons-inspired project.

For this kitchen, Supreme Morning Sky offers a harmonious white surface with delicate charcoal veining that perfectly captures the Hamptons light-focused style. The white base with its satin finish also reflects the light, making the room feel brighter and creating a relaxed aesthetic that suits country and coastal homes alike. Additionally, the ease of customising edge profiles makes incorporating specific design detail even more versatile for capturing that timeless Hamptons style.

For more information

Austaron Surfaces
Hodgman Kitchens and Cabinets
Benchtops by Acrylic Benchtops Tasmania PL

The post Solid Surface Solutions appeared first on Completehome.

This kitchen is an excellent example of how a compact space can be designed to be aesthetically pleasing, yet incredibly functional too. Gone are the days of needing vast amounts of space to attain your dream kitchen – a clever, considered design like this can transform a smaller area into a charming contemporary kitchen.

The design team chose a neutral palette, giving the kitchen a light, bright ambience. The Shaker-style cabinetry provides interest, while the exquisite splashback featuring Southern Cross Ceramics Artisan Vienna Clay adds extra depth to the mostly white design.

The Staron benchtop in Cotton White is without a doubt the kitchen’s hero feature. Staron is the benchtop surface of choice for many renovators and kitchen designers. Why? Because of its versatility and durability. Staron surfaces are all non-porous in nature, making them easy to clean. They can be re-sanded and restored back to their original condition after a few years of use too, meaning this kitchen’s benchtop can stay looking crisp and new for years to come.

Staron surfaces also offer great design flexibility, thanks to their homogenous nature and inconspicuous joining capabilities. The design team used this to their advantage in this kitchen, resulting in a beautiful U-shaped benchtop without any unsightly join markings visible.

The end result is a stunning culinary space that’s bound to stay functional and contemporary well into the future.

Design response

Objective: To design a light, bright kitchen that makes the most of the compact space available.

Solution: A neutral colour palette, a considered floor plan, and a stunning u-shaped Staron benchtop.

Design & Build: Mint Kitchen Group.

View the extensive collection of Staron Silica Free Solid Surfaces and start creating benchtops to suit your individual needs.

For more information

Austaron Surfaces
Email: sales@austaron.com.au
Instagram: @austaronsurfaces
Facebook: @austaronsurfaces

Credits: Kitchen Renovations Melbourne, Australia | Mint Kitchen Group

The post Charming contemporary appeared first on Completehome.

The recently added Sanded Iceblue captures the light-blue hues of frozen treetops and the essence of an arctic winter. Semi-translucent and with a soft blue background with fine white particulates, Sanded Iceblue is a gentle colour for any project. Add backlighting to this new release for a real design impact. While Neo Mint shook up interiors as the 2020 colour of the year (according to WGSN), Sanded Mint was creating a softer impact in homes. This soft, pastel mint green is inspired by the lush nature found around natural waterfalls.

Another semi-translucent colour perfect for backlit settings, this placid colour features fine frosty-white particulates for depth. Terrazzo Como draws on the tones found in nature and the architecture of Como, Italy. With a lustrous grey background hue and larger white and clear particulates, this colour redefines the desirable terrazzo effect. Staron surfaces are comprised of a natural and pure mineral derived from bauxite and blended with an advanced pure acrylic resin, resulting in a premium solid surface material.

With a non-porous nature, inconspicuous joining capabilities and the ability to renew the surface, Staron can be used for endless applications. This beautiful, affordable and low-maintenance product is also backed by a 10-year warranty for peace of mind.

Austaron Surfaces

The post Colours to inspire appeared first on Completehome.

Terrazzo Venezia: Energetic, inviting, elegant. This colour introduces an entirely new Staron^® colour pattern collection – Terrazzo. Inspired by the soft whites, earthy tones and cool greys found in the beautiful architecture of Venice, Italy. Translating into a unique and modern colour with large particulates that complement an endless selection of colour palettes in any type of project.

Supreme Flux: Flowing, dynamic, calming. A milky white background with delicate flowing white veining and soft white particulates. This versatile colour will complement any palette and create a sense of tranquillity to any application.

Supreme Noir Concrete: Urban, rich, luxurious. A deep natural grey tone with small particulates and soft veining throughout. This colour emulates the flecked pigment of concrete and delivers a contemporary and luxurious colour.

Staron^® is comprised of a natural and pure mineral derived from bauxite and blended with an advanced pure acrylic resin, resulting in a premium solid surface material. With a non-porous nature, inconspicuous joining capabilities and the ability to renew the surface – Staron^® offers a surface solution that is beautiful in aesthetics and easy to clean and maintain.

Staron^® can be used for monolithic flowing benchtops, splashbacks, bathroom vanities, shower walls and table tops. Staron^® is silica free, non-toxic so it’s perfect for your home!

Staron^® is an affordable quality solid surface backed by a 10 Year Warranty for peace of mind.

For more information

Staron Solid Surfaces 

The post The new colours you need in 2020 appeared first on Completehome.

The clients — a family of four with two teenage children — wanted a clutter-free, low-maintenance interior with minimalist, natural-coloured materials and colour scheme. Designed by Alec Pappas Architects, this new house located in Kyle Bay, south of Sydney, is designed to take in water views. The clients wanted a minimalist, contemporary home that wouldn’t date and that would complement the streetscape with other modern homes nearby.
The client has a close working relationship with FORM-RITE Co, which suggested the use of Dekton®.

Kitchen
The kitchen is used by the family during the week and for entertaining on the weekends (including 60 people for Christmas). The 3-metre-long island, clad in Dekton® Aura15, is the showpiece of the kitchen and a place for family and friends to comfortably congregate around.
Inspired by Calacatta and Carrara marble, Dekton® Aura15 provides timeless colour and style, with soft winding veining to complement the concrete-slab floor and timber-veneer joinery. Even with so many people using the benchtop, the surface is very easy to clean with liquids simply wiping away with no fear of stains.

Formal Dining Table 
The clients wanted a dining table that has a glass aesthetic but with the durability of Dekton®. They selected Dekton® Spectra, which is so black it looks like glass and reflects the sparkling objects on it.

Bathroom
Large-format slabs on the walls and floors of the bathroom create the streamlined, minimalist look the clients desired. The bathrooms have a natural colour scheme to create soft, sanctuary-like spaces, with Dekton® Blanc Concrete and Dekton® Keon providing neutral tones to complement the European oak joinery. Basins in Dekton® Halo offer a crisp, glossy surface on top of the timber vanities.

For more information

Dekton by Cosentino

Originally in Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly Vol. 26 No. 2

The post The Dekton House is a contemporary entertainer’s dream appeared first on Completehome.

The long benchtop and island characterise the space, decked out in the incredibly durable and beautiful HI-MACS Andromeda. The sleek white of HI-MACS Andromeda offers a contemporary and sleek twist to this stylish space. HI-MACS is an innovative, long-lasting and elegant material that can be customised to suit any space and design style. It allows for seamless joins, giving every surface a smooth finish. The material’s unique character means it can be shaped to follow sharp angles or curved walls, so it can be formed to continue a bench surface into a splashback or wall panelling. Unlike other surfaces, HI-MACS does not absorb spillages that may occur on a daily basis. This means it leaves surfaces hygienically clean, perfect for use in both bathrooms and kitchens. Easy to clean and grout-free, HI-MACS will stand the test of time, while keeping a space fresh and immaculate at all times. HI-MACS is available nationally through kitchen showrooms and can be accessed easily for your upcoming renovation.
Designer Driva Designs
Built by Kitchen Gallery

For more information

HI-MACS or Gunnersen

Originally in Kitchen Yearbook 23

The post Go beyond the surface with HI-MACS appeared first on Completehome.

It seemed the only time available was after the phones had stopped ringing, the kids were in bed and the dishes had been put away. This gave experienced stonemason and installer Peter an idea. What if you didn’t have to wait to plan a project based on appointments? And so Simple Benchtops was born, with a mission to make it convenient, easy and quick to get an instant online estimate for your next benchtop project.

Offering customised kitchen and bathroom benchtops to meet your individual needs, the Simple Benchtops website allows you to enter your customised dimensions and select from a huge range of colours and materials for a no-obligation estimate. With a choice of brands such as Cosentino’s Silestone, WK Quantum Quartz, Caesarstone, YDL Stone, RHF Stone and Stone Ambassador you’ll be spoiled for choice.

Not just for kitchen and bathroom renovations, explore the possibilities of using quartz, natural or porcelain surfaces for different parts of your home, from laundries to barbecue areas and fireplaces.

With 18 years of experience in the industry and a dedicated team, Simple Benchtops is passionate about helping you fulfil your dream renovation with just a few clicks, a call or a visit to its showroom. Simple Benchtops’ determination to succeed and commitment to quality is a guarantee of a project you’ll love for years to come.

For more information

Simple Benchtops

Originally in Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly 26.1

The post Keep it simple for your home’s benchtops appeared first on Completehome.

Transforming imagination into functionality, Neolith is more than a breathtaking Sintered Stone. This surface is scratch-, stain- and heat-resistant, as well as being impervious to chemical cleaners and easy to clean – making it perfect for the kitchen!

With so many colour options to choose from, it might be hard to pinpoint the colour for your dream home. Recently, we chatted with CDK Stone’s director, David Onesti to discuss which Neolith styles are currently on-trend.

“Neolith has a colour for everyone and for every design. Whatever look you are going for in your home, Neolith has a colour and finish to suit you. Right now, there are three Neolith styles that are clearly dominating the Australian design community,” David says. “Neolith Estatuario is by far the most popular style in the range. With a bright backdrop and elegant marble veining, it is hard to go past the sense of luxury Neolith Estatuario adds to a home.”

Neolith Estatuario is characterised by its combination of thick and subtle marble veining. This contemporary twist on a classic oozes tranquillity and harmonises with light, dark and timber elements effortlessly.

“The industrial look is still a popular choice for many renovators. Neolith Beton takes the timeless look of concrete and turns it into a modern masterpiece. Beton adds character and maturity, as well as a tone base to your home,” David explains.

Besides the popular grey and white stones, there’s also a bold Neolith colour on the rise.

“Neolith Iron Corten is one style that has been popular for months. This colour draws inspiration from a rusted iron look. I have seen this style growing in popularity for use outdoors, especially as facades, feature walls and features around barbeque areas,” continues David.

But what if you don’t want the status quo? There is more to Neolith than the popular styles. With designs that draw inspiration from marbles, granites and other exotic stones, as well as timeless elements such as timber, concrete, metals and sand, Neolith has a style and finish for every look.

David goes on to explain some other trending colours and the hidden jewels in the range.

“Neolith’s newly released Blanco Carrara BC02 and Zaha Stone are also popular, especially with home renovators. These two Sintered Stones are elegant representations of white and grey marbles, rounding out the Neolith Classtone range.”

“There are some undiscovered gems in the Neolith range too. I personally love Neolith La Boheme’s representation of Labanese cedar and I have seen this stone used perfectly in creating a uniformed floor from the kitchen out to an alfresco.”

Whatever design you are after for your dream home, Neolith has a colour for you. This premium Sintered Stone is ideal for adding a sense of luxury to your next project.

For more information

Discover Neolith today and request a sample at www.cdkstone.com.au/neolith

The post Which Neolith style is right for you? appeared first on Completehome.