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2020 NKBA Bathroom Design Award – Drum roll please!
Congratulations to our very own Melanie John for scooping up the CDS Bathroom Design Award at the highly anticipated NKBA Excellence in Design 2020. A well-designed bathroom is key to a high-performing home and we are exceptionally proud of Melanie for coming up with something bold and innovative. Capturing the best of function and form…
Read MoreCosentino Feature Cube Dentro!
Thanks Consentino for featuring Cube Dentro in the gallery page of your website. Our internationally award-winning Karaka Lakes kitchen would not be complete without the Sirius Countertop from Consentino. Consentino are creators and distributors of the most world’s most beautiful benchtops, flooring, sinks and sidings. Leonie specified the Sirius because of its durability and solid…
Read MorePicture Perfect
Picture Perfect Picture Perfect An eye-catching powder room with its floating cabinetry in warm timber. The round sink brings a softness and contrast to the linear mirror and cabinetry, and the pendant lighting adds real interest and individualism to this practical room. < Previous Continue > Back To Projects
Read MoreTIDA NZ Designer Bathrooms – Highly Recommended
The team are super excited for Melanie’s on-point ensuite design. Not only did it pick up Highly Recommended in the coveted TIDA Awards for NZ Designer Bathroom, but it’s a 10/10 for its creative young homeowners too. This stylish sweetheart is the answer to all of the latest design trends, including curved edges, matt black…
Read MorePDL Setting The Gold Standard
The tiniest of details can raise the ordinary to extraordinary, and that’s exactly why we love including PDL switchgear in our kitchen designs. Taking out Highly Commended at the 2020 TIDA Awards, this beautiful kitchen required switches and power points that could blend meticulously with the dark colour palette and contemporary hexagonal tiles. The sleek…
Read MoreAs Featured! Noel Leeming Catalogue
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!…
Read MoreTrends International Design Awards – Runner-up Kitchen Of The Year
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…
Read MoreSuccess On The World Stage
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…
Read MoreCDS Designers On The World Stage
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…
Read MoreNKBA Awards Judging Panel
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…
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