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What Are 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Kitchen Design?
What Are 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Kitchen Design?Whether you’re working on a spring refresh, or just want to breathe new life into your kitchen, check out these 5 easy design ideas. If cost is a concern, don’t fret. These proven methods won’t impact your budget in a big way but will prove ...
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The Main Problem with Bathroom Design, and How Porcelain Can be a Fitting Solution
The Main Problem with Bathroom Design, and How Porcelain Can be a Fitting Solution The Archant team is involved with hundreds of bathroom projects each year in New Zealand. Every design is unique, but there’s one common issue that often needs to be overcome. The smaller scale of this room can ...
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How to Use Porcelain to Create Long Lasting and Stylish Commercial Spaces
How to Use Porcelain to Create Long Lasting and Stylish Commercial SpacesAs any design industry expert will tell you, the characteristics of a commercial job call for a unique solution. These spaces are quite different than smaller residential projects. For starters, they often endure more traffic, ...
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7 Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Porcelain
7 Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About PorcelainYou’ve already heard glowing reviews from those who have used porcelain in their design. The style and durability are often referenced, as is the ease of maintenance. Yet, before deciding if porcelain is the right material for your ...
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The Next Big Thing in Flooring – Large Format Porcelain
The Next Big Thing in Flooring – Large Format Porcelain You’ve seen the traditional products being marketed as ideal flooring solutions. A few of the common choices are timber, laminate, and ceramic tiles. All of these have positive attributes, but they also come with a fair number of potential ...
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5 Innovative Designs That Demonstrate the Versatility of Wovenpanel™
5 Innovative Designs That Demonstrate the Versatility of Wovenpanel™ You’ve perused the interior design boards on the web, and have flipped through scores of design magazines, but are still short on inspiration. There’s certainly no lack of great ideas, but you’re missing that one unique ...
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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Archant Porcelain Lifetime Warranty
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Archant Porcelain Lifetime WarrantyWarranties are supposed to offer customers peace of mind for their investments. This sounds good in theory, but what does it mean in practice? Put simply, you want to know how well your porcelain surface will be protected, ...
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The Ultimate Guide to Elevating Your Home Design with Wovenpanel™
The Ultimate Guide to Elevating Your Home Design with Wovenpanel™At Archant, we love to see big ideas on paper turn into fully realised, inspiring spaces. From kitchens to living areas, and home offices, Wovenpanel™ has been used to do just that. This unique wire mesh product is so simple, that ...
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What is Porcelain Bookmatching and How Can it Be Used to Refine Your Design?
What is Porcelain Bookmatching and How Can it Be Used to Refine Your Design?During the idea-gathering stage of a kitchen redesign, our clients often seek examples of edge styles, and other ways to use bookmatching. What should be done with the exposed front of the bench, and how about the sides? ...
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4 Stunning Ways to Use Porcelain in Your Next Home Remodel
4 Stunning Ways to Use Porcelain in Your Next Home RemodelAs a stylish and versatile solution with countless practical applications, it’s hard to find a better option than porcelain. You can select your tile to match the existing space for a cohesive look, or as a bold splash of contrast. Add to ...
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How to Optimise Porcelain Sheet Size for Kitchen Benchtops and Island Design (A Complete Guide)
How to Optimise Porcelain Sheet Size for Kitchen Benchtops and Island Design (A Complete Guide)The layout design of your kitchen will determine the flow of your space, but it also directly impacts the cost. At Archant, we often consult with New Zealand homeowners and interior designers on this ...
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The Problem with Small Kitchens and Solutions to Improve Them (A How-To Design Guide)
The Problem with Small Kitchens and Solutions to Improve Them (A How-To Design Guide)We’ve all worked in tight kitchens before. To be efficient for two or more people, a strange sort of dance must be used. While one chops the veggies, the other transfers to the oven, and we rotate carefully ...
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Top 5 Design Tips on How to Refresh Your Kitchen
Top 5 Design Tips on How to Refresh Your Kitchen If you’ve lived with your current kitchen for long enough, you may be looking for ways to refresh the space. We spend a great deal of time in this part of the house, so it’s important to make it feel welcoming. In the process, it’s a prime ...
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How to Design a Durable Overhang for Your Porcelain Benchtop and Kitchen Island
How to Design a Durable Overhang for Your Porcelain Benchtop and Kitchen IslandOur team at Archant work with customers all over New Zealand to bring their design vision to life. In some kitchens, the plan consists of boxing off any ends with flush edges.Another popular option is to create a small ...
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5 Creative Ways to Use Wovenpanel™ and Porcelain as Decorative Surfaces
5 Creative Ways to Use Wovenpanel™ and Porcelain as Decorative SurfacesPorcelain is most known for its use as a benchtop surface. Yet Archant’s large format porcelain sheets are being widely embraced by designers around New Zealand. In both commercial and residential spaces, there’s virtually ...
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How the Supply Chain is Affecting the Building Industry in New Zealand (and What it Means for Your Kitchen Project)
How the Supply Chain is Affecting the Building Industry in New Zealand (and What it Means for Your Kitchen Project)The supply chain disruptions here in New Zealand and around the globe have been well documented and reported on throughout the press. We thought it would be helpful to share our ...
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