Perfect for flooring, walls, kitchen benchtops and as design elements such as border tiles (paired with ceramic or porcelain tiles) and fireplace surrounds, natural stone adds a beautiful and lasting statement to your home renovation.

The type of natural stone commonly used is limestone, slate, granite, travertine, sandstone and marble.

Each of these has a different colour and texture, with colours ranging from soft creams through to dark ash tones. As a natural stone, you will of course see variations in one sample to the next in the same type of stone, and this is part of its warmth and appeal.

Different types of stone also vary in their degree of ‘hardness’ so some will be more suitable for areas that receive tougher treatment, such as flooring in heavy traffic areas. Slate, for example, is formed from volcanic ash and is very hardwearing and durable.

Natural stone supplied by CDK Stone

You can also achieve different looks depending on how the stone is finished. Honed stone is ground to a smooth finish. By being hand split, riven stone creates a more rustic, irregular look. With a layer of gloss applied, polished stone features a high shine.

You can highlight the colour and veins that appear in the stone through well thought out lighting.

Natural stone offers a great many advantages in terms of great looks and hardworking functionality.

Talk to the dbm team in Sydney and be inspired by the great ideas we have for incorporating natural stone into your home renovation.

Think about last time you walked into a great restaurant, bar or hotel. Most likely it featured a variety of lighting – from soft, moody light for people to relax in, to brighter, task-oriented light in ‘work areas’ to help the staff do their jobs properly.

It’s the same in your home. You can mix and match from a choice of lighting options to create a particular mood and also to supply the right type of light for work areas.

For example, a lovely ambience can be easily achieved with lamps, accent lighting such as up-lights or lights that focus on a piece of art.

Mood lighting such as LED strip lighting under the edges of cabinetry will enhance architectural details and give a subtle glow.

Task lighting over working areas (for example over kitchen bench tops) tends to be bright and broad so that you can comfortably work there.

It’s also possible to install lighting behind features such as granite walls or glass splash backs to softly illuminate their beauty. And there is a huge range of statement pendants to choose from that can quickly become the focal point of a space.

At dbm, we know that great lighting makes your home feel more inviting and easier to live in.

In the work we do with our Sydney home renovation clients, one of the services we offer is to guide and advise our clients on the best choice of lighting. In doing so, they are able to create beautiful and highly effective lighting for their kitchen, bathroom or living space at the flick of a switch.

Talk to one of our experienced kitchen, bathroom or living space designers about our Sydney lighting design service.

“I worked closely with my client’s interior designer to create a kitchen makeover that complemented the art deco style used elsewhere in the apartment,” dbm designer Tracy. “My clients love gold and black tonings and we incorporated these in the granite benchtop and also in the kitchen cabinetry.”

The result is an eyecatching kitchen that radiates personality.

“For such a one-off kitchen, unique finishes were required to create its bold look,” said Tracy. “To achieve the unusual finish on the timber cabinetry doors, I had them painted gold with a walnut stain applied over the top. They were then rubbed back to reveal the gold colouring and finished with an ultra high gloss polyurethane to add a mirror-like sheen.”

Kitchen cabinets were tailored to match the specific storage requirements of the owners.

“Like all my kitchen designs, the finish on this is meticulous,” said Tracy. “It’s a very tactile kitchen that makes you want to touch all its surfaces.”

The owners are thrilled with the result.

“There was not much room to work with so I needed to be clever with how I arranged the kitchen and the design of storage areas,” said Tracy. “The owners love coming home to it and visually, it integrates perfectly with the other living spaces within the apartment.”

Tracy designs Sydney’s most luxurious kitchens.

She can design a kitchen to match your particular style and space, ensuring your kitchen renovation delivers an end result you’ll love.

Contact Tracy today for information about dbm’s complete Sydney kitchen design service.

DBM Services: Kitchen Renovations Sydney

We at DBM (www.dbm.net.au) are interior designers Sydney homeowners can rely on to work to the highest possible standards and produce results that will please you both now and for many years to come. We consider every aspect of your home’s interior, from the way light passes through the different rooms to the way each detail fits into the overall pattern, yet also fulfils its own aesthetic function.

Seeing both the “forest” and the “trees” of the proverb simultaneously – that is, being able to handle both the details and the overall design scheme of the house at the same time – is a complex task, but one which you can count on us to carry out diligently and successfully. Keeping both factors in mind with every design decision, with both the individual function of a specific detail and its place in the décor of the entire building being carefully weighed and balanced against each other, is the way an interior designer needs to work if they expect to develop truly stunning, breathtaking designs.

Both aesthetics and functionality are fully considered when we are drawing up a design brief for your house. Attractiveness and usefulness are certainly not mutually exclusive, and we will prove this amply to you – and prove our value as top quality interior designers in Sydney – by providing you with interior decoration that will make the most of your home’s potential both for comfort and appearance. Visit DBM today on www.dbm.net.au for an overview of the services we provide, and then call us for a free planning session and estimate.

Finding the correct combination of features to metamorphose your dwelling into a fascinating contemporary fashion statement can be challenging – yet the rewards are great when you engage the help of skilled interior decorators in Sydney, such as those from DBM (www.dbm.net.au).

We have extensive experience and plenty of inspiration for designing your house anew, transforming it into something which is simultaneously familiar and excitingly different. With the knowledge, construction techniques, and nearly infinite range of decoration options that are open with both the historical knowledge and the unfettered imagination of the modern era, we can transform any house from a mundane, slightly outdated dwelling into a cosy yet energizing living space.

The first part of the process is coming to your home and seeing what the current situation is – as well as looking for the hidden potential that is present in every house. Examining your home’s layout, current design, and general setting, combined with discussing your wishes and ideas with you, will give us a solid idea of the best ways available to improve the interior design in your abode. This stage is free and involves no obligation – it will take us around two hours to get a well-rounded view of your home and come up with a design plan that will give the old place a new lease on life.

With our personalized attention to detail, keen design sense, and long experience in the field, DBM is one of the most effective interior decorators in Sydney today. Call us today to set up your own consultation with our interior design specialists and take a strong first step towards getting a new interior with flair, élan, and panache!

However, despite their basic convenience, there is no reason to settle for a generic, anonymous home that takes no consideration of your individuality or specific practical needs. At DBM (www.dbm.net.au), we offer superior home building services for the discriminating 21^st century homeowner.

The steady advance of technology has made it possible to construct houses tailored to their owners’ wishes at little more cost than a generic home would incur. Labour saving devices, global networks of supply that offer literally millions of different fixtures, fittings, and materials that can be combined affordably into a completely unique design, and the streamlining of planning through the use of powerful computer programs have all contributed to this positive state of affairs.

No two of the houses we design are ever the same – unless, of course, you instruct us to copy a design exactly, brick for brick and plank for plank. This means that when you engage our services, you will be getting not only a home but a unique architectural work of art which is not duplicated in every detail anywhere else in the world.

Our designers and home builders in Sydney have a very strong sense of the flow and balance that goes into good interior and exterior design. Ease of movement through the house, functionality of the individual rooms, a feeling of airy lightness and refreshing quantities of illumination (both natural and artificial), and the safety and comfort of the home’s inhabitants are all carefully weighed and included in the design.

All of this is combined with a sterling attention to detail and a flair for stylish, appealing, interesting modern architectural design has made DBM one of the leading house builders in Sydney and its environs today. Your home building needs are in good hands when we are handling the matter – visit us at www.dbm.net.au or call us today to learn more.