Highlands Park, New Plymouth

  • Designer: Annika Rowson
  • Product Used: Bestwood Melamine Ebony Oak
  • Manufacturer: Rowson Kitchen & Joinery Ltd
  • Built By: David Reid Homes, Taranaki
  • Location: Highlands Park, New Plymouth
  • Interior Designer: Megan Ekdahl Interior Design

Bestwood Melamine Ebony Oak brings a natural, warm wood appearance to the kitchen at the in David Reid Homes New Plymouth show home.

Epic Homes

  • Kitchen Designer: Yellowfox
  • Product: Bestwood Melamine Sandstorm
  • Kitchen Manufacturer: Goldmark Group
  • Interior Designer: Heather Thorley
  • Developer: Epic Homes Wellington
  • Showhome location: Silverwood

In this kitchen designed by Yellowfox, Bestwood Melamine Sandstorm is the standout feature.

Nature's Vision

  • Product: Bestwood Melamine Fossilite in Kitchen
  • Designers: Yellowfox

This holiday home in Whareroa was designed by Yellowfox

Excelsa Village Papamoa

  • Designers: Yellowfox
  • Location: Excelsa Village - Papamoa
  • Developers: Bluehaven Management

Bluehaven Management commissioned the Yellowfox Design team for the interior design of their new development 'Excelsa Village' in Papamoa. The architecture of the homes reflects New Zealand's coastal heritage.

The kitchens feature cabinetry in Bestwood Melamine Arctic White. A clever feature are the benchtops in Wilsonart Blond Echo laminate which have been clashed with a white laminate to create a slick contemporary finish.

Contemporary Kitchen

  • Designer: Yellowfox
  • Manufacturer: Hibiscus Kitchens

Contrasting light with dark, and fine timber grain with corse timber grain is the key to keeping this minimalist kitchen interesting.
The aluminium extrusion handles and pocket-hinged pantry doors conceal appliances and clutter, adding to the clean lines of the design.

Product:
* Ebano Noce Bestwood Natural Wood Veneer

LeMarc

  • Designer: Yellowfox
  • Location: Albany
  • Developer: LeMarc

LeMarc have created 8 solid brick and Linea townhouses in Albany. Design team Yellowfox designed the interiors of these houses including the kitchen and bathroom designs.

There were 2 schemes created, with Bestwood Melamine Ash Pinstripe used in the kitchens and bathrooms. Bestwood Melamine Simply White is used as an accent for the on-bench pantries in the kitchen.

Products:
* Bestwood Melamine Ash Pinstripe
* Bestwood Melamine Simply White

Howick Residence

  • Architect/Designer:Yellowfox
  • Location: Howick, Auckland
  • Manufacturer: Gloucester Park Kitchens

“For this Howick home the aim was to transform the kitchen, family area to be more open plan and to enhance the outside pool/entertainment area flow.

A soft white, Bestwood Melamine Feather White, was used throughout the kitchen.

Products:
* Bestwood Melamine - Feather White, kitchen

Tomorrow Showhome Karaka

  • Designer: Bella Cassita
  • Location: Karaka
  • Manufacturer: Central Joinery
  • Builder: Brant Homes

This kitchen in Karaka’s “Tomorrow’s Showhome” is a prime example of what to expect from a Future Proof kitchen. Designed by Bella Cassita and built by Central Joinery, this kitchen offers many solutions to meet your requirements now and in the future. It has a contemporary design, intelligent storage concepts, space optimisation, ergonomics and safety features to protect both your loved ones and your investment.

This grand gracious family home - inspired by the arts and crafts style - but designed to suit today’s way of living with it’s open plan layout to the family and dining room, and generous walk in scullery it has everything to suit either the entertainer, chef or to make rural family living a delight. The curved island houses a dishwasher and sink, so that even though the kitchen and scullery are large to suit the scale of the house, the chef can still work within an efficient footprint to prepare a meal.

For the walk in scullery the practicality and durability of Bestwood Melamine Ebony Oak made it an ideal finish and material to use in this area that would get a lot of wear and tear. Bestwood Melamine Arctic Grey is featured as the carcass material throughout the kitchen for a subtle and up market look.

Products:
* Bestwood Melamine Ebony Oak - kitchen scullery cabinetry
* Bestwood Melamine Arctic Grey - inside kitchen draws

Jennian Homes Whangamata

  • Designer: Yellowfox
  • Location: Whangamata, Coromandel
  • Manufacturer: Mastercraft Kitchens, Whangamata Woodworks Ltd

Products:
* Bestwood Melamine Arctic White - Kitchen Cabinetry
* Bestwood Recon Veneer American Oak - Kitchen Top Cabinets

Art Deco Renovation

  • Designer: McBride Design
  • Manufacturer: Reilly Joinery, Feilding

Mc Bride Design and Reilly Joinery used Bestwood Natural Wood Veneer- American White Oak Quarter Cut for its distinctive grain pattern to create an area with a continuous flowing appearance from ceiling to floor.

Fijian Kauri Kitchen

  • Manufacturer: Kitchen Designz New Plymouth
  • Designer: Davina Moffat
  • Bestwood Fijian Kauri

This kitchen has a relaxed, timeless feel with extenisve use of Bestwood Fijian Kauri.

Opito Bay Waterfront Property

  • Architect/Designer: Interior Design by Claire Bruford (bathrooms) & Andrea Burney (kitchen & entertainment unit) Yellowfox
  • Location: Opito Bay
  • Manufacturer: Stanley Joinery

With sun, sand and sea setting the scene for a beach holiday, a soothing background contributes to the relaxed mood. Yellowfox designers Andrea Burney and Claire Bruford used a neutral palette to ensure nothing distracted from the view for this waterfront holiday home in Opito Bay. The house was designed to showcase products available through Carters.

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Products:
* Bestwood Reconstituted Veneer - Italian Wenge Kitchen, entertainment unit, bathroom vanities
* Shadowclad - exterior house

Country Home

  • Designer: Yellowfox
  • Location: Dairy Flat
  • Developer: Triton Ventures

Yellowfox was commissioned to design the interiors for this expansive rural home. The focus was on layers of textures and natural colours and materials. Bestwood Natural Wood Veneer in Walnut was the perfect choice for the kitchen cabinetry. This veneer was carried through into the bathrooms to feature in the vanity cabinetry.

Products:
* Walnut Bestwood Natural Wood Veneer

Lake Shore Springs Luxury Villa Wanaka

  • Designer: Yellowfox
  • Location: Lake Wanaka, Wanaka

We are spoilt in New Zealand when it comes to the variety of spectacular outlooks on show in locations around the country. For those building homes in these areas, capitalising on the view is paramount.

Design company Yellowfox is involved in creating interiors in many different locations around New Zealand. When designing the interiors of this new Wanaka development, the idea was to accentuate the drama of the outlook through choice of materials, says designer Andrea Burney.

Bestwood dark-stained oak veneer with a horizontal grain accentuates the length of the base cabinetry.

Products:
* Bestwood Recon Veneer American Oak - Kitchen Cabinetry

Cambridge Residence

The use of Bestwood Recon Veneer throughout this Cambridge property accentuates the grey Hebel walls and gives the house a very beautiful and contemporary look and feel.  The clean lines, rich colours and natural beauty of Bestwood Recon Veneer successfully achieve the modern look specified by the owners. Bestwood Recon Walnut has been used throughout all the internal doors and 2.5mm thick AvantEdge Recon Walnut provides a robust, seamless finish on all edges.

The Bestwood Recon Walnut flows through to all the bathroom vanities, bedroom wardrobes, tv cabinetry and media/shelving centre, this keeps the look and feel consistent whilst adding warmth and richness to each room. 

Bracu Restaurant

  • Designer: Burning Red Design
  • Location: Bombay
  • Manufacturer: Carlielle Kitchens, Pukekohe

Products:
* Bestwood Natural Wood Veneer - American Oak chocolate stained

AXIS Transportable Home

  • Architect: Mark Frazerhurst Architect
  • Builders: PLB Construction, Huntly
  • Designers: Yellowfox

Yellowfox developed 3 distinct interior & exterior colour schemes - Ocean, Metro & Earth. Each pays tribute to the natural materials and designer elements the AXIS transportable home has to offer.

Products:
* Bestwood Melamine Arctic White - Kitchen
* Bestwood Melamine Greyed Oak - Bathrooms