Specification
What it's
made from.
We keep a short list. Fewer materials, known deeply, beat a catalogue nobody has lived with.
Specification
We keep a short list. Fewer materials, known deeply, beat a catalogue nobody has lived with.
Our four palettes
Honed Elba marble. Soft, matte, forgiving of daily use — it takes a mark and wears it well.
Honed marble and quartzite for benchtops, engineered stone only where a client insists. We will always show you the actual slab before it is cut — stone is not a sample chip, and the difference between the two is the veining you live with for twenty years.
Rift-sawn American oak and European walnut, oiled rather than lacquered so it can be repaired in place. A lacquered door with a scratch is a new door. An oiled one is an afternoon.
Moisture-resistant board throughout, not just under the sink. Blum runners and hinges on every drawer and door, because they are the only components in the room with a genuinely serviceable spare parts chain.
Unlacquered brass, blackened steel, and brushed nickel. We do not use PVD-coated finishes — they look perfect for four years and cannot be touched up when they stop.
Handmade tile, concrete bench
The short list
We would rather know eight materials properly than offer eighty we have never lived with.
A note on cost
In a typical project, joinery is about half, stone and appliances a quarter each, and trades the remainder. The single biggest swing is appliances — the same room can vary by thirty thousand dollars on that line alone.
Which is why we quote the room and the appliances separately. You should be able to see exactly what you are choosing to spend.
Specification
Yes. It will etch around lemon and wine, and it will take a mark near the cooktop. Sealed and honed it hides this far better than polished. If a permanent patina is going to bother you, we will specify quartzite instead and it will look almost identical.
We will use it if you ask. But Australian regulation around silica has tightened significantly, and natural stone has no equivalent question mark hanging over it.
Oiled timber, yes — a scratch is an afternoon with a cloth. Lacquer, no. That is the trade you are making when you choose the finish.
Unlacquered brass, blackened steel, or brushed nickel. We avoid PVD coatings because they look perfect for four years and cannot be touched up when they stop.