Kitchen Design: The Amari

When designer, Tamara Whitsed sits down to create a new display home kitchen, she tries to think about what people want.

The hub of this home – the kitchen – is ample testimony to Tamara’s practical and pleasing layout skills.

What makes this design of the Amari kitchen stand out are the finer details- predominantly those solving storage needs – which are thought out and installed before a client can move in.

Tamara says when it comes to the homes’ interior, she’s constantly thinking about how each family member can easily access everyday items and store away the more seasonal things.

There is an open breakfast bar at one end of the island bench with storage at either side in the form of pull-out pot drawers and two cutlery drawers.

“You can keep day and evening silverware separate,” Tamara says.

She has taken some European styles and positioned the stove top and sink side by side, with the sink hidden from view from the living area. Above the stove and sink are overhead cupboards that open in a similar manner to aircraft overhead lockers. “I wanted the cupboards to look as if they were floating, with the glass windows above and below them,” Tamara says.

The kitchen has plenty of pot drawers, an everyday pantry to keep the children’s after school snacks, a large walk-in pantry with more bench space and interchangeable appliance spaces such as the microwave that could make way for an in-built coffee machine instead.

“When designing, I try and think about what others would want even if it’s not something I would like,” Tamara says.