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Because it’s often the most popular room in a home, creating an award-winning kitchen offers up a host of unique challenges for builders.

 

It’s this that inspires the Heart of the Home Kitchen Award in the Registered Master Builders House of the Year, in association PlaceMakers.

 

The award is one of four Lifestyle accolades in the competition — and every year at regional and national levels these awards are hotly contested.

 

The Heart of the Home Kitchen Award is judged on workmanship, design, functionality and style, and is awarded to a kitchen that meets the lifestyle, family and entertaining needs of its owners.

 

Competition judge Bill Irvine says winning a Heart of the Home Kitchen Award is no mean feat.

 

“To be a contender for the award, the property has to have exceptional workmanship, along with all of the basics. The kitchen is the heart of the home, so it needs to have a good mixture of practical design elements, but also provide the whole home with a feel-good atmosphere,” Mr Irvine says.

 

Award-winning kitchens come in all shapes, sizes and budgets, and it’s worth considering ways to make a kitchen stylish and functional.

 

Going the extra mile to ensure the kitchen is well suited to the rest of the home but offers something special — from a skylight to a feature bench top — can really make a kitchen stand out.

 

Many of today’s homes boast an open-plan layout, leaving the kitchen on display at all times. Adding in a scullery — anything from a generous pantry to a mini kitchen — behind closable doors can ensure that sinks, appliances, fridges and general kitchen mess can be hidden away in an instant.

 

Dave Borman, owner and operator of D R Borman, knows all about creating award-winning kitchens. Mr Borman was the proud recipient of this year’s Wairarapa Heart of the Home Kitchen Award for a property in Carterton.

 

“It was a great surprise. It’s always nice to pick up any award, not only for our team but also for the owners and the architect,” Mr Borman says.

 

He believes that in order to create the perfect kitchen, a number of elements need to be taken into consideration. His winning Carterton property was designed to be completely solar powered, and this included the kitchen.

 

“Above everything else, an award-winning kitchen must meet the needs of the client’s lifestyle. Keep this in mind and not only will you have happy clients, you’ll also have a good shot at taking out the sought-after Heart of the Home Kitchen Award.”

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