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It was great to team up with our favourite appliance friends recently. Nicola Chan from Fisher & Paykel invited us to appear in this smart looking instore catalogue for Noel Leeming. It was pretty tricky limiting our top tips to just three, we could have talked for hours about the opportunities and challenges to consider!…

Thanks to TRENDS for another fantastic and hotly contested competition. It has been great to experience a bit of positivity among a disruptive year. Runner-up Kitchen of the Year is a wonderful accolade for a kitchen design we were thrilled to piece together.  Congrats to all entrants and thanks to our clients who put their…

German Design Award Ceremony 2020 Leonie travelled to Frankfurt, Germany in February 2020 to collect a coveted 1st place in the German Design Award.  We’re proud as punch of this momentous achievement! The German Design Award is a prestigious award system.  Leonie’s Karaka Lakes kitchen is an excellent example of modernity and thoughtful design that…

Leonie Hamill is the only finalist in the KBB category, with two kitchens in the running for awards. Both kitchens have already been nationally recognised through the NZ National Kitchen & Bathroom Association (NKBA) Excellence in Design Awards, NZ Master Joiners Awards, NZ Registered Master Builders Awards and the NZ Trends International Design Awards. Following…

Leonie Metge believes in taking innovative design steps beyond the visual. Perfecting her craft for more than 20 years, Leonie has researched, designed and implemented hundreds of kitchens, bathrooms and life-spaces. Her work has been recognised at the highest level with industry-leading NKBA. She was the chairperson for the Auckland chapter, and a member of…

The annual NKBA Excellence in Design Awards is a date etched into our busy work calendar every year. Ultimately, the awards are a chance to showcase the hard work and innovation that whirs away behind the scenes at Cube Dentro. While our team of designers, cabinet makers and installers are busy enough ‘on the job’,…

The annual NKBA conference is a highly anticipated event on Cube Dentro’s calendar. Over two days our creative tank overflows with kitchen inspiration and new products, culminating with a glamorous Excellence in Design Awards evening. This year our very own Leonie Metge was one of the judges. Cube Dentro’s Kitchen Designer, Melanie John joined Leonie at…

Auckland based Kitchen Designer, Leonie Hamill of Cube Dentro, is the only designer to have two Kitchens shortlisted for this year’s SBID Awards. The first kitchen is situated in Karaka Lakeside (pictured above right) and has already won numerous awards at the 2018 National Kitchen & Bathroom Awards. More recently taking out ‘Best Kitchen Design’ at…

Our TIDA New Zealand Kitchen Designer of the Year property featured in volume 35 of Trends Magazine. Skilful design of this award-winning kitchen, not only ensures it ties in perfectly with the aesthetics of the contemporary rural home, it also greatly enhances the wider, open plan living spaces.

Leonie Hamill of Cube Dentro won the TIDA New Zealand Designer Kitchen of the Year Award with a kitchen designed for a country house in Whitford. Leonie says the main challenge was finding a way to make a bold, complementary statement within the dramatic context of the wider space. Read more here.