04The Kitchen Studio

Vawda House

Typology: Residential / Kitchen
Context: The Kitchen Studio
Location: Johannesburg
Date: 2024

A family kitchen, television units and a cloakroom, drawn as one warm run of oak, stone and soft white cabinetry.

Designed by Nicole Sen as Designer / Consultant at The Kitchen Studio. Joinery by The Kitchen Studio. Images are design visualisations.

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Narrative

The kitchen is organised around a stone island with pendant light above, the tall bank of units and appliances kept to one wall. Television units and the cloakroom repeat the same oak and white palette so the house reads as one hand.

Key decisions

Stone island as the working and gathering centre
Tall units consolidating storage and appliances
Oak and soft white repeated in the TV units and cloakroom

Nicole's role and scope

Client consultation
space planning
cabinetry layouts
3D renders
technical and shop drawings
site measurement
installation visits
snag lists

Next project

The Kitchen Studio — Further Work

Eckelmann sideboard in pale timber beneath a window seat