{"id":2439,"date":"2025-12-08T15:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/12\/08\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-seventies-era-overhaul-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T15:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:21:22","slug":"kitchen-of-the-week-a-seventies-era-overhaul-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-seventies-era-overhaul-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"La cucina della settimana: Una ristrutturazione degli anni Settanta in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architect Lisa Breeze lived in her 1970s townhouse in Melbourne, Australia, for several years before she changed a single thing\u2014long enough to know exactly what she wanted to do differently, and long enough to grow attached to the house\u2019s personality.<\/p>\n

The kitchen was a top priority for an overhaul; it had limited storage, cheap hardware, and Breeze\u2019s personal \u201cpet peeve\u2014a configuration that doesn\u2019t enable you to speak with guests while cooking,\u201d she says. Since the townhouse is small, and Breeze lives with her husband and two dogs, the kitchen also needed to hold the dining room, laundry, and a makeshift potting shed for the couple\u2019s petite backyard. \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of clutter,\u201d said Breeze, \u201cso finding a home for everything was really important.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the quirks she had grown to love, Breeze liked some design elements that had survived from the seventies\u2014namely, \u201cfabulous retro timber paneling in one of the bedrooms,\u201d echoed elsewhere in a heavy wood central staircase and exposed wood beam ceilings. She wanted to lighten the overall effect while celebrating the timber vibe, so she copied the pattern of the timber wall paneling and had lines routed in the kitchen cabinet fronts to re-create the look. In the end, she says, the design process was \u201cefficient and fun,\u201d and gave her a chance to experiment while elevating her favorite part of her home\u2019s original design.<\/p>\n

Photography by Caitlin Mills, courtesy of Lisa Breeze.<\/p>\n


Above: The kitchen cabinets are MDF with custom routed lines for the paneled wood effect. \u201cEach line was drawn and dimensioned to work with the cupboard openings,\u201d says the architect.
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Above: The cabinets are painted in blue-gray Buoyant from paint purveyor Dulux. The architect retained the exposed beam ceiling to extend the retro timber theme.
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Above: The induction cooktop and oven are both from Bosch.
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Above: The countertops are Super White Quartzite. The backsplash is a structural brick wall, painted white. The Soap Dispenser is from Muji.
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Above: A glossy black Smeg refrigerator has the narrow profile Breeze wanted.
Above: The cabinet pulls are made of Tasmanian oak, from Australian architectural hardware brand In-teria.
Above: The circular table in the dining nook was a \u201cglorious\u201d eBay find, says the architect. She had the Thonet chairs custom painted in blue. <\/p>\n

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