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Warm contemporary kitchen

A 1990s timber-veneer kitchen stripped back and rebuilt around a waterfall-edge island, full-height joinery and new oak floors running through to the dining zone.

The project

Camberwell

The existing kitchen has good light but a closed-in layout and tired timber-veneer joinery. The brief: keep the footprint, open the island up to the living area and make the whole room feel calmer. Everything comes out to the slab, services are relocated for the new island sink, and the palette stays with warm white, pale oak and a veined porcelain that wraps the island to the floor.

What the work involves

  • Full strip-out, plumbing and electrical relocated for a new island sink
  • Porcelain waterfall-edge island and splashback
  • Two-pac shaker joinery to ceiling with integrated fridge housing
  • Engineered oak flooring through kitchen and dining
  • New lighting plan with pendants and joinery strip lights

Before & after

The transformation

Before — warm contemporary kitchen, Camberwell
Before
Completed — warm contemporary kitchen, Camberwell
After

Start to finish

Every stage of the build

The parts of a job that decide how it lasts — demolition, framing, services and waterproofing — are the parts you never see once it's finished. Here they are.

  1. Stage 1 of 3

    Before

    The existing room or site, before any work begins.

  2. Stage 2 of 3

    During construction

    Strip-out, structure and services, then fit-out — the stages most clients never see.

  3. Stage 3 of 3

    Completed

    The finished result at handover.

Representative project imagery illustrating the scope and quality Local Tasker Construction can deliver. Final design, material selections and outcomes vary by site, approvals and client requirements.

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