Winning ways
Crisp white lacquer is teamed with a warm timber veneer in this new kitchen by
Sarah Burrows, winner of the NKBA 2014 Smeg Student Challenge Award
Winning a major prize in a national
student design competition is a certain
springboard for a future career.
Sarah Burrows, winner of the NKBA
2014 Smeg Student Challenge Award, has
followed her win with commissions that
include this family kitchen.
Burrows says the owners wanted a
streamlined, contemporary kitchen with
a simple, highly functional layout. To this
end, the designer specified a mix of white
semi-gloss lacquered cabinets and Laminex
Timber Veneers Allure Ash. Recessed
70
aluminium handles enhance the sleek look.
The kitchen has a galley layout, with an
island featuring a cantilevered benchtop
and waterfall side.
“We used 12mm Heritage Hardware
Euro stone for the top of the island, but
mounted this on a substrate to achieve a
more substantial look.”
In addition to a vertical pull-out
pantry next to the oven tower, the kitchen
has a walk-in pantry with a second sink.
There is also a benchtop cupboard with a
Tambour door, for small appliances.
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Smeg appliances include the Linea
SFPA140 colour touch-screen built-in oven,
FQ60XPA French Door fridge-freezer,
CK2000HC powerpack rangehood and
SIH5935B induction cooktop.
The designer says her winning design
also featured Smeg appliances.
“There was a specific brief to work
to,” she says. “The kitchen needed to suit
two owners who were not very tall. They
didn’t require a lot of storage, but they did
need recycling facilities. The aesthetics
were a little more tricky – one of the