Kitchen Showroom Checklist: What to Bring, Check and Ask
What to bring to a kitchen showroom, what to check in person and what to ask before you get a quote. A checklist for Melbourne buyers.

What to bring to a kitchen showroom, what to check in person and what to ask before you get a quote. A checklist for Melbourne buyers.

Standard base, wall, pantry and corner cabinet sizes used in Australian kitchens, with a measuring checklist for flat-pack buyers.

Which flat-pack kitchens suit a DIY install, which ones do not, and the mistakes that cost more to fix than the installation you were avoiding.

The costs Melbourne kitchen quotes often leave out, the difference between an estimate and a fixed price, and the six questions to ask before you sign.

Almost everyone asks about cost first and timing second, then finds out the hard way that timing is what actually disrupts the house. Here is a realistic kitchen renovation timeline for Melbourne, broken down stage by stage, plus the things that quietly add weeks. The short answer A full kitchen renovation usually runs 4 to […]

Walk into any kitchen showroom and you will hear the same four words: particleboard, MDF, plywood, timber. Nobody explains what they actually mean for your kitchen. This guide compares kitchen cabinet materials on the three things that decide whether a kitchen lasts — moisture, strength and cost. The short answer For most Melbourne kitchens, the […]
Cabinet finish is one of the decisions that has the biggest effect on how a kitchen looks and holds up over time — cabinets get opened and closed dozens of times a day, so the finish needs to handle real use, not just look good on install day. Two pack is one of the most […]
Lighting is one of the most commonly under-planned parts of a kitchen renovation. It’s easy to focus on cabinets, benchtops and finishes and treat lighting as an afterthought — but retrofitting lighting after a kitchen is installed is far more disruptive and expensive than planning it up front. The position of downlights, the colour temperature […]
A benchtop takes more daily wear than almost any other surface in the house, so the choice of material affects your kitchen far longer than any cabinet colour or splashback tile. Natural stone is a popular option because of its durability and the fact that no two slabs look the same. Here’s what actually differs […]
A kitchen only works well when the cabinetry actually fits the room — not the other way around. Off-the-shelf cabinet runs are built to standard widths, which means most kitchens end up with awkward gaps, wasted corners, or a fridge that doesn’t quite sit flush. Custom cabinetry solves this by starting from your kitchen’s actual […]