Above: The entertaining kitchen is a fully
equipped, working kitchen positioned at the back
of the house behind the living kitchen. But this
is no dark and enclosed secondary kitchen. This
shot shows the glass pocket doors and sliding
splashback panels on both sides opened up to fully
connect the two kitchens. Glass transoms around
the top of both kitchens also ensure light streams
into both, while the conservatory structure on the
entertaining kitchen brings more light in from a
courtyard at the back of the house.
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and have designated functions, there is
in fact a great deal of flexibility in usage
between them. The back kitchen can be
used by caterers for a party, but it also
accommodates the coffee machine and
small countertop appliances to keep these
out of the living space.
Flexibility was also built into the way
the two kitchens connect.
The glass transom around the top of
both kitchens means there is always a
visual connection between them, as do
the glass doors on both sides. But these
doors can also pocket into the wall to give
a greater physical connection.
Similarly, stone splashback panels next
to the doors can slide back to give even
more openness between the two spaces.
There’s also a continuity in the mate-
rials used in the two kitchens. The dark
wood cabinetry in the living kitchen is
matt eucalyptus, while in the entertaining
kitchen lightly textured Siematic Truffle
Brown woodgrain laminate was used.
“They don’t match exactly, but they do
look really good together,” says De Giulio.