What inspired your colour choice?

We’d just moved from our freshly renovated townhouse in Avondale. The kitchen there was white gloss so we wanted to go the opposite way. The new kitchen had to be matte black with oak-coloured timber – we’d done the white kitchen already.

FACT FILE Cabinets by Distinction Joinery. Stools from Cintesi. Pendant light from Monmouth Glass Studio. Tapware from Metrix. Walls painted in Resene ‘Black White’. Flooring is original but sanded back and sealed.