Kitchen Plus Renovation Mount Dandenong

Melbourne Kitchen Renovation: Mount Dandenong

Project – Kitchen, Robes, Laundry, Vanities +
Suburb – Mount Dandenong, Melbourne
Designer – Chris Wing Shing, My Clients and the late Peter Chrone
Builder - KBS Developments
Photographer – Axis Kitchens & Maison Snap

KITCHEN
Doors – 30% Satin Polyurethane in Dulux Natural White
Benchtops – Caesarstone ‘Nougat’
Handles – Kethy ‘Cobar’
Feature Timber – Reclaimed Timber (see below)

ROBES
Doors – 30% Satin Polyurethane in Dulux Natural White
Handles – Kethy ‘Cobar’

LAUNDRY
Doors – 30% Satin Polyurethane in Dulux Natural White
Benchtops – Caesarstone ‘Nougat’
Handles – Kethy ‘Cobar’
Feature Timber – Reclaimed Timber (see below)

VANITIES & WALL UNITS
Doors – Reclaimed Timber (see below)
Benchtops – Caesarstone ‘Osprey’ & Reclaimed Timber
Handles – Kethy ‘Cobar’

The Project

I would have never guessed the journey that I was to embark on when engaged by Michael of KBS Developments to meet with his Mount Dandenong clients.

Unfortunately his clients Mount Dandenong home had been damaged by 2 extremely large mountain ash trees a few years back landing on their home which was first built in 1979 by the late architect Peter Chrone and known as ‘The Charge House’.  Since first being built it had had some renovations done by some previous owners whom changed a lot of the architectural features of the original home and our client was hoping to bring them back to life with a more modern take and luckily had some of the original documentation for us to refer too.

The home which is spoilt with an abundance of natural light and stunning views at every angle had been closed off in previous renovations and the first detail our clients wanted to reintroduce was the floating kitchen overheads (just larger) that divided the main living area & kitchen along with some of Peter’s angled details and floating island bench in the kitchen.  We spent a fair amount of time looking at different ways of achieving all of the above features and luckily our clients had already made the decision to use the ‘Bora’ downdraught Rangehood system eliminating the need for an overhead Rangehood and ducting.  Another amazing feature of the home being completed by the KBS team were the feature timber lined ceilings and for this reason the joinery is finished in a clean and warm Dulux Natural White satin Polyurethane with Caesarstone Nougat benchtops  with a few feature timber shelves within the storage & washing station.  The Natural White continued through the robe & laundry joinery with the only change being the laundry having Caesarstone Osprey benchtops and the vanities having timber fronts and again using the Caesarstone Osprey.

Speaking of the timber the clients had made the decision to reclaim and use as much of the fallen Mountain Ash in the renovation and had engaged a timber specialist to have this milled and dried to be used throughout their home.  This has been used in the floating shelves & seating bench in the kitchen & laundry area but also for the vanity fronts and living room fronts & benchtops

I feel I’ve not done justice in my description of the works above as there are so many little details that my clients had thoughtfully brought back into the home from its original architecture but who wants to listen to me babble on for too long and I feel the finish products speaks for itself and we hope our clients enjoy their new spaces for many years to come.

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