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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 countertop, 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.
Facing page: Crafted meets contemporary with
this entertainer’s kitchen island, one half of a
linked kitchen and scullery fit-out by designer
Robin Labb.
Top: The scullery is nearly half the size of the
front-of-house kitchen area just around the corner.
The inner wall of the scullery separates it from an
adjacent circulation corridor.
Above: This countertop starts out in slender
format at the cabinetry-end of the island and
then deepens to a more chunky character at the
cantilevered end. Steel underpins the structure.
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