Kitchens: Beyond The Pale

Timber Blends With White and Form Meets Function in This Light and Luxe Kitchen

- Jackie Brygel

GLEAM DREAM

A trio of ‘HD3’ glass pendant ball lamps from ISM Objects have an ethereal feel in this white-and-timber kitchen, with bang on-trend gold accents carried through to the brass wire bar stools from House of Orange. “It’s nice to have a bit of glam and sophistication in the kitchen,” says homeowner Sally.

BENCHTOPS

Caesarstone Statuario Maximus was chosen for the island and Caesarstone Snow for the workbench, the composite stone selected over its natural counterparts for its stain and scratch resistant qualities. “I read that you have to be very careful with marble and I didn’t want something that would be tricky to look after,” explains Sally. “The kitchen needs to be very functional as well as beautiful. I particularly love the look of the stone on the island. It’s such a feature.”

They may have been planning for the home rather than the classroom, but high-school teachers Sally and Malcolm knew exactly where to begin with the renovation of the dated kitchen in their bayside Melbourne home. “We started by doing lots of good research, which is what we always tell our students!” says Sally. “We were also very clear in our objectives and we had a good plan.”