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How to Prevent Buyer’s Remorse when Remodelling Your Kitchen
How to Prevent Buyer’s Remorse when Remodelling Your Kitchen At Archant, we’re keenly aware that remodelling a kitchen is a big undertaking. As homeowners, it’s not a project we need to tackle very often. Ideally, you want to do it once and get it right the first time. It would be ...
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6 Savvy Ways to Upgrade Your Rental Property
6 Savvy Ways to Upgrade Your Rental Property When you’re renovating a rental property there are a variety of ways to make a big impact without breaking the budget. This doesn’t mean the finished space can’t look amazing. At Archant, we believe there are at least six savvy ways to update your ...
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How Large Format Porcelain is Changing the Face of Commercial Design
How Large Format Porcelain is Changing the Face of Commercial DesignAt Archant, we believe that expansive commercial spaces call for grand solutions. For that precise reason, we’ve created a brand-new line of gorgeous large format porcelain tiles. And while this collection builds upon the success ...
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Are Stainless-Steel Sinks the Best Option? 5 Things to Consider
Are Stainless-Steel Sinks the Best Option? 5 Things to ConsiderWhen searching for kitchen sinks in the current marketplace, you’ll find many different types of makes and models. Here at Archant, we also sell a wide variety including stainless-steel options, composite bowls, ceramic sinks, butler ...
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3 Bathroom Renovation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
3 Bathroom Renovation Mistakes and How to Avoid ThemRenovating a bathroom is an exciting process. The idea of taking a worn and tired space and transforming it into something spectacular is quite a thrill. Yet, when designing a bathroom, there are all kinds of challenges that homeowners face. From ...
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3 Surprisingly Useful Accessory Kits to Enhance Your Kitchen Workflow
3 Surprisingly Useful Accessory Kits to Enhance Your Kitchen WorkflowIt's no secret that life in the 21st century gets rather busy. It seems we're all looking for clever ways to streamline our processes and make things more efficient. The same is certainly true in our kitchen tasks. Prepping dinner ...
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Are You Overlooking These 5 Essential Design Elements?
Are You Overlooking These 5 Essential Design Elements?When you're designing a space, there are all kinds of things to consider from the benchtop and island layout to furniture, appliances, colour palette, and more. Quite frankly, it's easy to lose sight of the smaller details. At Archant, we talk ...
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3 Key Questions to Ask Before Renovating Your Kitchen
3 Key Questions to Ask Before Renovating Your KitchenMany of the clients we speak with at Archant have decided that 2023 is the ideal year to renovate their kitchens. With the current state of the real estate market, an increasing number of people are choosing to simply update their space as ...
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What are the Key Differences Between Porcelain and Quartz Benchtops?
What are the Key Differences Between Porcelain and Quartz Benchtops?Our design experts field all kinds of design questions each day. Of these, one of the more common inquiries is, “should I use quartz or porcelain for my benchtop?” Considering the benchtop is the workhorse of any kitchen, ...
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Small Bathroom, Big Design – 5 Tips for Renovating Your Bathroom with Style
Small Bathroom, Big Design – 5 Tips for Renovating Your Bathroom with StyleIt’s not uncommon for bathrooms to be drastically short on space. This smaller footprint can make potential changes seem too difficult to achieve. Yet, at Archant, one of our goals is to find creative solutions to design ...
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5 Stylish Ways to Add Contrast and Transform a Room
5 Stylish Ways to Add Contrast and Transform a RoomWhen people hear the term 'contrast' they sometimes mistake it as solely a play on light and dark tones. And while that is part of the definition, there are actually many more ways for designers to add contrast to a space. Our team here at Archant ...
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How to Choose the Right Finish for Your Hardware
How to Choose the Right Finish for Your HardwareIf the idea of committing to one definitive finish for your hardware seems daunting, you are not alone. In fact, this small detail is often left as more of an afterthought or last-minute decision by those who want to avoid it altogether.At Archant, ...
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New Shades of Marble Beauty
New Shades of Marble BeautyIntroducing Capraia and Bianco Lasa, Archant Porcelain Innovation is a staple of memorable design. And for that reason, we’ve added some fresh new colours to our collection of large-format porcelain. It’s been said that a coat of paint can do wonders for a room. ...
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Why You Should Consider Using Wire Mesh in Your Design
Why You Should Consider Using Wire Mesh in Your DesignPerhaps you’ve seen us post beautiful images of Wovenpanel® on social. Maybe you’ve noticed the way it can transform a space with a sophisticated appeal. Then again, if you work in the design industry, you’ve likely heard the buzz about ...
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3 of the Most Exciting Kitchen Design Trends for 2023 (Review)
3 of the Most Exciting Kitchen Design Trends for 2023 (Review)The esteemed team of NKBA Designers (National Kitchen & Bath Association) recently released a report with trends they are seeing in the marketplace right now. In working closely with clients around New Zealand, they certainly have ...
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Considering a Porcelain Benchtop in NZ? 5 Helpful Steps to Create Your Ideal Kitchen
Considering a Porcelain Benchtop in NZ? 5 Helpful Steps to Create Your Ideal KitchenReplacing your benchtop with a gorgeous porcelain surface does not have to be a big, disruptive project. Still, we know there are all kinds of factors to consider. You may be wondering as many of our clients do: ...
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