A kitchen with no upper gap
Cabinetry was run floor to ceiling with no bulkhead gap, so there's no dust-trap shelf above the cupboards to think about.
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HouseDowner · Inner North2025
Downer Family Home
A kitchen built as the anchor of the home, with a family bathroom finished to the same standard.
TypeHouse
LocationDowner, Inner North
Delivered2025
Build time11 months
The Brief
How this home came to be.
The brief centred on one idea: the kitchen should be the room the whole house is planned around. A full-height run of dark timber cabinetry, integrated appliances and a skylight over the island give it presence without shouting for attention.
That same discipline carried through to the family bathroom — large-format tile that won't stain, a frameless shower sized for two children and one exhausted parent, and hardware rated well beyond what the warranty requires.
Site area
580 m²
Internal
265 m²
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3
Garage
Double
Star rating
7.4
Photographs
On site.
Shot over three visits — dawn, midday and dusk — so the material palette reads the way the family will actually live in it.
What's inside
The specification, in plain English.
Every line here is something we insisted on — not something added to fatten a quote.
- 01Full-height dark timber cabinetry with integrated appliances
- 02Skylight over the kitchen island for midday light without heat gain
- 03Large-format porcelain tile through the family bathroom
- 04Frameless glass shower sized for family use, not just display
- 05Whisper-rated ceiling exhaust fans throughout wet areas
- 06Matte finishes selected specifically to hide water spotting
Signature moments
The things worth
pointing out.
Small decisions that only reveal themselves once you're living in the house. These are ours for this project.
Light without the heat
The skylight over the island uses a diffusing cell that spreads midday sun without turning the kitchen into a greenhouse.
Built for real mornings
The bathroom's double vanity was widened well beyond standard so two people can use it at once without an elbow war.
Where it stands
Downer,
Inner North.
- Client
- Young family
- Build time
- 11 months
- Delivered
- 2025
