In most places, many are taking advantage of summer as the best time to renovate their kitchens. During sunny and dry days, the weather makes it ideal and beneficial for kitchen and bathroom renovators to work on your modern design. Even during a summer storm, it is still an ideal time to carry out interior renovations. It provides the resident owners with the convenience necessary, and it benefits the tradies of getting inside the house and out of the humidity.

If you missed the December holiday window, there’s still a chance to take advantage of the season. Don’t listen to the popular belief that “summer is too busy”. A sunny Brisbane summer is the perfect time!

Why Is Summer the Best Time to Renovate Your Kitchen?

1. Less Intrusion – It’s the season when kids are out of school, most families go to the beach or travel for vacation, which means they’ll be away from their home for a period of time. Renovating your kitchen means you’re also having meal times without kitchen appliances and a sink.  It is also when most parties are hosted outdoors. And since summer is the best time to grill – for homeowners, kitchen designers and renovators, this is a convenient time to install wood works, kitchen tops laminate and other kitchen bench materials.
2. Show Off Your Kitchen this Spring, Autumn and Winter – Your kitchen is ready for indoor entertainment by the time autumn and winter comes around. It will be an inviting area for your guests. Whether you want to install stainless steel kitchen benchtops or laminate countertops, your space will be ready for cooking, prepping and featuring food. Start your parties and meals with an upgraded kitchen with modern kitchen appliances. It will be the talk of the party when you tell them that you cooked with the latest in appliance technology.
3. Less Weather Delays – This is the most beneficial time for tradies as there are fewer weather delays. The dry and warm season means they can work with tools outdoors and indoors with fewer challenges when installing storage, furniture, fixtures and appliances. It also provides ample lighting, since summer days are longer, and ventilation – goodbye dust and odor!

We at Craftbuilt Kitchens can assist you in fulfilling your kitchen dream this summer. Take advantage of the warm weather and upgrade your home with your new 2019 personality, goals and modern kitchen designs. Our designers at 76 Old Cleveland Road, Stones Corner are happy to help you. You can also call us at (07) 3341 9172 to set an appointment.

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Homeowners are now looking for ways to maximise their living space. Many are now opening their kitchen up to nearby rooms and to the outdoors, taking advantage of the space in surrounding areas. And when these clients came to us for their first design appointment, they indicated that they were wanting to open up their kitchen area & were even happy to remove the entry wall into the kitchen. The client wanted to make sure that her family can enjoy a spacious kitchen.

Removing one wall can bring out the best in the whole kitchen feel and design. The removal of this wall opened up the space, incredibly, and that saw us develop a number of designs that would all work. What wonders one less wall can bring in design opportunities. It also provided a massive improvement over the original 1980’s kitchen. Not that this was difficult, as the original kitchen was so cramped and fragmented in design. Sticking to its 80’s theme, it featured blue laminate benchtops and the client wasn’t sure how she managed to raise her family with such little benchspace and storage!

It was time for a change. We worked with the client on various kitchen designs and, in the end, the design featuring an open plan design with an island bench was selected. The design enabled two entry points, which was great as her boys becoming young adults, were becoming more and more involved in the everyday cooking.

The open plan design enabled us to incorporate a wall opposite the kitchen. In the same space, we fit a large double door pantry (with internal pull outs), a large double door fridge provision, and an additional appliance nook with open shelving for cookbooks. Perfect for a built-in microwave convection oven or storage of other kitchen appliances.

The client was so pleased with all this extra storage and bench space. With a large open plan kitchen, this meant that we could also now satisfy her final request. She was excited to fit a 90cm freestanding stainless steel stove.

When it came to the style, the client chose a shaker style door in a fresh classic white tone. It was then finished with timber laminate benchtops which complemented the freshly polished timber floors.

Transformation complete and we have another satisfied Craftbuilt Kitchens customer!

Call Craftbuilt Kitchens at (07) 3341 9166, or visit us at our new Kitchen Design studio at 76 Old Cleveland Road, Stones Corner and set a 3D appointment with our kitchen designers so you can see for yourself what your dream kitchen looks like virtually. You will be amazed at how simple it is, and will be sure of how the end result will look in your home.

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Most apartments are equipped with a stock standard square look. A unit on the 21st floor was no different. When our Craftbuilt Kitchens designer, Justine, came in, she found that the existing kitchen was built within 4 walls with only one small entryway. It was going to be an extensive project. Further assessment of the space included plumbing and air conditioner ducts that were positioned in several locations which restricted the simplicity of the design.

The clients wanted their Brisbane apartment kitchen to achieve a stylish modern look with ample storage, modern functionality and a streamline finish. It was going to become a highly functional kitchen with maximum storage. At the same time, it was going to be a stunning focal point for a new open plan living area. This kind of lay-out provides the look and feel of a wider living space. Craftbuilt’s clients were also looking for a unique feature to make it their own with a touch of class.

To accommodate this, Justine designed the unique box mitred features, which border the two ends of the kitchen, and tie in beautifully with the feature colour on the wall of tall cabinetry.

The particular fridge chosen by the clients was extremely deep and they did not want to impede on any walk space.  The design allowed for a new nib wall which externally looked like an extension to the hallway. It internally increased the footprint of the kitchen and allowed a step back in the wall to house the fridge’s depth without any impact to the walk space around the kitchen whatsoever.

And what a transformation to the entire living space! It was definitely far from the original stock standard square kitchen they knew.

The clients today proudly admit that anyone visiting their unit for the first time without fail always comment favourably on their stunning kitchen. To date, these clients have already had seven kitchen projects built and designed by Craftbuilt Kitchens. Four of which were for their own homes. Some were for real estate sales in Brisbane. Every time they sell off their home, they commend that the beautiful cabinetry of the kitchen were major assets to the sale.

Planning to sell off your apartment or Brisbane home? Craftbuilt Kitchens also services kitchen renovations in the Brisbane South East areas. Give us a call at (07) 3341 9166 for a kitchen renovation-lift or visit our showroom in Underwood and meet our lovely designers!

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