Habitat profiles six stylish alfresco kitchens, from a Shaker-style space to a monochrome masterpiece.
BLACK IS BACK
Ferguson Alfresco Lifestyle worked with Averna Homes to create this outdoor kitchen for the builder’s Villa Nero display home in Carine, a home where black design features take centre stage.
“It incorporates one of our Ferguson barbecues and also includes a hotplate, char grill and wok burner,” Byron Hoy said.
The high-gloss black acrylic cabinetry is striking and a great pairing with the kitchen’s stainless- steel highlights, black sink and mixer tap. It features a Caesarstone Sleek Concrete benchtop to give a modern industrial look.
Averna Homes, 9373 3999, avernahomes.com.au.
Modern magic
Created by Riverstone Custom Homes as part of the build of a City Beach home, the design brief of this kitchen called for a warm, modern space reflecting its beach setting. The home won an award at the 2015 HIA-Polytec Perth Housing Awards.
“The owners were really keen on the coastal look but in in a modern Australian way,” Riverstone’s Matthew Heale said.
Covered by an electric louvred roof that has automatic rain-control sensors, manually adjustable louvres feature in the barbecue recess, too. The outdoor kitchen includes a built-in BeefEater barbecue and a sink for food prep with Caesarstone used for the benchtops and splashback.
“Our clients wanted to keep the tuart trees at the rear, which created a few challenges when it came to installing the pool,” he said. “But the stunning green views from the alfresco have made it worthwhile.”
Riverstone Custom Homes, 9284 4866, riverstone.com.au.
Forward thinking
The clever orientation of this outdoor kitchen is one of its best features in our book.
“The bench is set in so you can stand and cook and still be able to see your friends, rather than have your back to them while you barbecue,” Cambuild’s Cam Wilkie said. “It also gives a really streamlined look because you’re seeing the clean side of the island. Positioning it that way means it’s like an extension of the island inside, too.”
The matte white cabinetry, Caesarstone benchtops and travertine flooring contrast beautifully with the exposed red-brick wall and planted olive trees that line the space.
“To render the wall would have risked the space becoming too stark and glary,” Mr Wilkie said.
Cambuild, 0419 919 618, cambuild.com.au.
Red hot
When deciding to renovate their alfresco area, the owners of this striking outdoor kitchen wanted a space that would impress.
“They wanted an alfresco kitchen that would be the envy of friends and this fit-out certainly ticks all the boxes,” Byron Hoy, from Ferguson Alfresco Lifestyle, said.
In the mix is Ferguson’s Hi Roller Barbecue, which is handcrafted by the company and features a hotplate, char grill, sausage roller/ rotisserie and wok burner. A full- length exhaust canopy has extraction points above the barbecue and pizza oven and the latter can be used for pizzas and roasts. An ice-maker and slushie machine are also fun features.
The red cabinetry is painted glass with a stainless-steel mirror-finish trim. The benchtops and splashback are Caesarstone.
Ferguson Alfresco Lifestyle, 9314 6888, fergusonalfrescolifestyle.com.au.
Stone age
The owner of this Ardross kitchen design wanted it to complement the existing red-brick wall and to fit on to the deck without interrupting the indoor-outdoor flow.
Built by Infresco, the brief also called for materials that would hold their own against the weather and were Australian made.
The barbecue, which includes a hotplate and wok burner, was handcrafted by the company, while the kitchen also houses a gas- powered pizza oven, fridge and sink.
“The granite bench has a natural colour grain that embodies the rustic brick wall behind it,” Infresco’s Amanda Mitchellsaid.
“In sleek contrast to the other materials used, the glass-fronted cabinetry keeps it modern.”
Infresco, 1300 004 003, outdooralfrescokitchens.com.au.
Sophisticated style
This monochrome outdoor kitchen is the work of builder Humphrey Homes, which also won an award at the HIA-Polytec Perth Housing Awards for the plantation-style Cottesloe home this space is part of.
On the home’s upper level and part of a wraparound veranda, the kitchen features crisp white Shaker-style cabinetry, stainless- steel benchtops and rich, black stone details. The island benchtop has a built-in slot that’s big enough to chill a few bottles of wine with ice provided by the kitchen’s below- bench ice machine.
Cleverly, an Aneeta window provides direct access to the home’s scullery and commercial dishwasher.
“It’s so easy — everything just gets pushed through the window and into the dishwasher,” homeowner Tanya McMurtrie said.
Humphrey Homes, 9284 5444, humphreyhomes.com.au.