Gatsbys Kitchen
From the 2025 NKBA Excellence in Design Awards: a kitchen by Nichole Davis of Fresh By Design Interiors, Hawke's Bay.
Gatsbys Kitchen is unapologetically decorative. Pattern, metal and strong colour are used with intent, and the room is all the better for committing to it.
The glamour is structured. Symmetry does a lot of the work — balanced tall runs, a centred focal wall, and repeated detail that keeps the eye moving in an ordered way.
Underneath the styling is a properly planned kitchen: sensible bench area, contained appliance zones and storage that keeps the theatrics free of clutter.
Finishes are handled at the right scale. The reflective elements are used in defined fields rather than everywhere, which is what keeps the room glamorous instead of gaudy.
A kitchen by Nichole Davis of Fresh By Design Interiors in Hawke's Bay, entered in the 2025 NKBA Excellence in Design Awards.
