The art of joinery-led design
None of these projects started with a colour or a finish.
Every one started with the floor plan, the flow, and the joinery, resolved before anything beautiful was chosen, because that's the order a home has to be built in to work as well as it looks.
The result is what you'll see below: spaces that absorb the daily chaos, hold up in the rush, and match the life being built in them.
Selected Works: Inside the Transformations
Before, after, and the methodology behind them.
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The Hosting Hub: Art Deco Kitchen
An award-winning kitchen engineered for effortless entertaining. Discover how reshaping the existing footprint turned a disjointed room into a guest-ready space without adding square metres.
In collaboration with Tones & Co, Molloy Joinery, Green Joinery, Moth Lighting, and Simon Clarkson Architect.
Photography by Tones & Co.
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Moody Terracotta: Mid-Century Family Bathroom
A dark, south-facing room transformed into a vibrant family retreat. We resolved the awkward layout first, ensuring the terracotta finishes layered over a highly functional floor plan.
In collaboration with Rise Builders.
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Beyond the Curve: Art Deco Bathroom
A double award-winning transformation of a dark, cramped layout. Reimagining the floor plan created a highly functional statement space that finally matches the investment in the home.
In collaboration with Tones & Co, Green Joinery, Moth Lighting, and Simon Clarkson Architect.
Photography by Tones & Co.
A look at the new builds and full-home renovations currently moving through the studio in NZ and Australia
On the board
Over the last ten years and more than 500 kitchens, I have learned that beautiful finishes are a given. The real luxury is a floor plan engineered to effortlessly run itself.
A decade of joinery-led design
"I was so nervous about making the kitchen smaller and changing the layout, but it's made my life ten times easier. The walk-in pantry means everything has a home, and the kitchen is now where my family naturally ends up. I'm not tucked away missing time with my kids anymore, they're in there with me. I'm not isolated."
— Sarah, Napier · Kitchen Redesign
Work with Nichole Davis
is a rare blend: years designing cabinetry inside a joinery company, and years of interior design with personality. Four national awards recognise that mix, all of them for real homes, not showrooms.
“I design spaces that feel like you, work beautifully in everyday life, and hold up through the busy seasons you're moving through, all guided by my signature FLO method: floor plan first, finishes last.”