Mid Century Muse
From the 2025 NKBA Excellence in Design Awards: a kitchen by Rebecca Bailey of Rebecca Bailey Design, Auckland.
Mid Century Muse takes its cues from a period that understood kitchens as workrooms. The lines are horizontal, the timber is warm, and the detailing is honest.
The referencing is handled with restraint. Proportion and material do the work; there is no pastiche, and nothing has been added simply to signal the era.
Cabinetry runs long and low, with tall storage grouped rather than spread, which gives the room the clean horizon the style depends on.
Contemporary requirements — appliance integration, drawer storage, task lighting — have been absorbed without disturbing the period logic of the space.
A kitchen by Rebecca Bailey of Rebecca Bailey Design in Auckland, entered in the 2025 NKBA Excellence in Design Awards.
