Who Should Design My Kitchen?
Interiors and Design, Renovating and New Homes Penelope J. Herbert Interiors and Design, Renovating and New Homes Penelope J. Herbert

Who Should Design My Kitchen?

Who Should Design My Kitchen? Interior Designer, Kitchen Designer or Cabinetmaker?

They can all draw you a kitchen. They are not all solving the same problem.

You've decided the kitchen has to go. The benchtop is giving 2007 display home. The corner cupboard requires the flexibility of a Cirque du Soleil performer. And three people cannot make toast at the same time without triggering a minor domestic incident.

So you need someone to design a new kitchen. Easy. Except... who? An interior designer? An interior architect? A specialist kitchen designer? The cabinetmaker your neighbour swears by?

Here's the answer nobody puts on a brochure: it isn't about which profession is "best". It's about what you're actually asking them to design.

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There’s A New Room Replacing The Kitchen. It’s A Borðstofa!
Interiors and Design Penelope J. Herbert Interiors and Design Penelope J. Herbert

There’s A New Room Replacing The Kitchen. It’s A Borðstofa!

In Iceland, the word Borðstofa refers to the dining area of a home — specifically, the idea that this space is where the household truly gathers. Not the kitchen, with its noise and heat and perpetual motion. The dining room: slower, more deliberate, designed for the pleasure of being together rather than the efficiency of getting food on the table.

Australian homes have been obsessed with the kitchen for thirty years. Open-plan living gave us kitchen islands the size of aircraft carriers and benchtops that cost more than the family car. But something is shifting. The dining room — properly designed, properly considered — is reclaiming its place as the room where life actually happens.

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Top 10 Renovations That Add the Most Value to Adelaide Homes
Renovating and New Homes, Wet Areas Penelope J. Herbert Renovating and New Homes, Wet Areas Penelope J. Herbert

Top 10 Renovations That Add the Most Value to Adelaide Homes

Let’s cut the beige and get straight to the point: not all renovations are created equal. In Adelaide’s chewy, competitive property market, you need upgrades that sell houses, not just pretty Instagram carousels.

Here are the Top 10 Renovations That Add the Most Value to Adelaide Homes in 2026 – with a side of anti‑vanilla design logic so you don’t just blend in with every other renovation in Ascot Park or Norwood.

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