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The look of your space is the absolute last thing you should be thinking about, says award-winning designer Davinia Sutton.

They're the rooms every homeowner wants to look top notch, but are also the most expensive to revamp.

Unusually, the appliances came first in this award-nominated kitchen, which cost north of $100,000.

Amanda Cropp05:00, Apr 30 2021 JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Up to half the bench tops made in New Zealand are made from engineered stone, but the health risks from exposure to silica dust are coming home to roost. The big slab of Carrara marble in Fabio Valle’s Christchurch living room is a monument to his country of birth and the stone masonry job he abandoned to protect his health. In late 2019 a CT scan showed the 33-year-old former ultra-marathon runner had nodules on his lung, and four months ago he became a real estate agent. “It was a shock. I was quite fit, and I never had any issues wit...

SUPPLIED Shows such as MasterChef Australia, with talent that has included Nigella Lawson, have helped spark a renaissance in the home kitchen. Blame it on cooking shows, such as MasterChef, or maybe the nesting we did during the pandemic, but either way the desire to excel in the kitchen is greater than ever. And it’s the high-end kitchens that are leading the way. One kitchen designer tells us it is not unusual for his clients to spend $30,000 to $40,000 on a Miele or Sub-Zero refrigerator. They’ll often spend $9000 to $17,000 on inbuilt ovens with the latest moisture-plus systems and...