Storage & Organisation — kitchen guides for Auckland
23 guides from the MTN Kitchens & Joinery workshop team on storage & organisation. 23+ years in trade · 2,000+ kitchens supplied & installed across Auckland · Laminex NZ fabricator.
Scullery and Butler’s Pantry Design for NZ Homes — What a scullery actually does, how to size and service it, when it earns its floor area, and how to hide the mess in open-plan — from an Auckland kitchen builder.
Kitchen Storage Solutions That Actually Get Used — An Auckland kitchen maker on storage that earns its keep: drawers vs doors, deep pot drawers, corner solutions, pull-outs and inserts, what is worth the money and what is a gimmick, sorted by household.
Walk-In Pantry Design and Organisation — When a walk-in pantry earns its floor area versus a tall cabinet pantry — sizing, shelf depth, bench, power and ventilation, with a worked Auckland scenario from a kitchen builder who fits ten a week.
Open-Plan Kitchen-Living Design — How to design an open-plan kitchen-living space that actually works: sightlines from the couch, hiding the mess with a scullery, taming acoustics, flooring transitions and quiet appliances. Auckland trade advice from MTN Kitchens.
Small Apartment Kitchen Design — An Auckland kitchen maker's guide to small apartment kitchens: galley vs single-wall layouts, where integrated appliances earn their keep, and vertical storage.
Corner Cabinet Solutions Compared — Lazy susan, magic corner, blind corner or diagonal? An Auckland kitchen maker breaks down cost, access and dead space — and the corner that wastes the most.
Granny Flat Storage Ideas NZ: Where It Goes With No Mezzanine — The granny flats exemption bans mezzanine floors, so the sleeping loft is out and the cabinetry absorbs it: full-height towers, uppers to the ceiling, over-fridge, toe-kick drawers.
Whangaparāoa Kitchen Renovation: Bach to Full-Time Home — A 1970s Whangaparāoa bach kitchen was built for a fortnight in January. What to change for year-round cooking: bench, ducted extraction, pantry, salt-tolerant hardware, one delivery.
St Heliers & Mission Bay: The Kitchen That Earns Its View — Eastern Bays kitchen design where the glazing took the wall: what the view really costs you in overhead cupboards, the H1 glazing caps, and why the money moves to internals.
Kitchens for Licensed ECE and Childcare Centres in Auckland — How the Education (ECE Services) licensing criteria shape a childcare centre kitchen: separation from nappy and play areas, handwashing, lockable chemical storage, wipeable surfaces.
Medical Practice Joinery: Treatment Room Fit-Out Guide — What GP and medical practice joinery actually needs: clinical handwash basins, non-porous cleanable benches, lockable drug and consumables storage, and a cold-chain fridge cavity.
Wall Oven Height: Getting the Tower Cabinet Right — Wall oven height in NZ explained: oven floor at 700-900 mm in a 2,220 mm tower, what stacks above and below, landing space, and when under-bench still wins.
Garage Spice Kitchen Layouts That Actually Work in Auckland — Garage spice kitchen layout for Auckland: why the single-wall straight run wins, keeping the car in a 3m single garage, wok-landing-wash zones, extraction on the external wall.
What Goes in a Spice Kitchen? The NZ Spec Guide — The item-by-item Auckland spice kitchen spec: gas wok burner vs induction, ducted extraction, benchtops that cope with turmeric, pot drawers, spice pull-outs and 20kg rice storage.
Wheelchair-Accessible Kitchen Bench Heights & Clearances — The measurements that make a kitchen usable from a wheelchair: worktop and knee-clearance heights, roll-under depth, clear floor space, turning room and reach ranges, with NZS 4121 as the reference and height-adjustable options.
Safety in a Special-Education Teaching Kitchen — The safety layer in a teaching kitchen for students with disabilities: induction over flame, staff-controlled isolation, tempered water, rounded edges, non-slip floors, secure storage and clear sightlines for supervision.