Cairns, delivered flat.
Specified to a standard, not a price.
Far North Queensland builds carry their own freight costs regardless of supplier, so the flat-pack saving matters more here than almost anywhere else we ship.
The short answer
We design and cut every kitchen in Rockhampton, Queensland — QLD, about 970 kilometres away. We do not install in Cairns. What we do is exactly what most interstate buyers actually want: a kitchen cut to your measurements, packed flat with the hardware and a labelled drawing, and freighted to your door for you or your installer to build.
Affordable to start, not to look at
Essence, our entry collection, starts at $15,000 flat packed — 18mm moisture-resistant carcasses, laser-bonded edging and Blum soft-close hardware, the same board and hinges as our $47,000 Atelier kitchens. What changes between the collections is the finish, not the bones underneath it. If you want it to read as more than it cost, the upgrade path is short and itemised: stone benchtop, brass hardware, integrated lighting. Nothing about starting affordable means staying there.
What arrives in Cairns
Cartons labelled to a numbered drawing, one per cabinet where possible. Doors and drawer fronts wrapped separately. Blum hinges, runners and adjustable legs bagged per cabinet. Kickboards, end panels and fillers cut to length. A dimensioned drawing with every cabinet numbered, plus the service drawing your plumber and electrician rough in from.
Why flat pack over this distance
A carton of panels travels for a fraction of what an assembled carcass costs to freight, and it survives the trip better — nothing to rack or rattle loose over about 970 kilometres. It is the same reason builders and owner-builders this far from any manufacturer already order cabinetry this way. Assembled is still on the quote if you would rather; you can see what the assembly is actually worth to you before you choose.
Flat pack or assembled, decided on numbers
The cabinetry price is identical. What differs is the assembly line on the quote and the freight line, because assembled cabinets take several times the truck space of the same kitchen in cartons. To Cairns that difference is usually decisive, and most orders this far out go flat. But the quote shows both, so it is a number you compare rather than a decision you are talked into.
Second-dwelling and rental kitchens
A good share of what we ship to Cairns goes into secondary dwellings, granny flats and rentals. Those kitchens fail in a predictable order - edging near the sink, then drawer runners, then hinge adjustment - and all three are specification, not bad luck. The board, edging and hardware we ship as standard are chosen so the rental kitchen and the owner kitchen are the same kitchen.
Benchtops, and why they are separate
Laminate ships with the kitchen. Stone does not, and it should not: a stone benchtop is templated off the cabinets after they are installed and level, by a fabricator near you in Cairns, because a slab cut to a drawing rather than to the room is a slab that does not fit. We quote the cabinetry and the laminate; for stone we tell you the cut-out sizes and the fabricator works from the installed run.
Freight, quoted honestly
Freight to Cairns is quoted to your postcode on the same document as the cabinetry — its own line, not folded into the price. We would rather you see the real number than a from-price that never survives checkout. Our shipping & freight guide covers what decides that number and what to check on delivery day.
- Designed to your measurements in Rockhampton
- 18mm moisture-resistant board, Blum lifetime hardware
- Packed flat, pre-drilled and labelled per cabinet
- Stone, brass and lighting upgrades available
- Fixed, itemised quote, freight shown as its own line
- Installation not offered in Cairns
We ship flat pack kitchens to every state and territory capital, plus major regional centres — see the full list, or read how shipping and freight actually works.
Want it to feel like a bigger budget? Flat pack kitchen upgrades — what stone, brass and lighting actually add.
Frequently asked
Cairns — questions
If your question is not here, call the studio. We would rather talk it through than have you guess.
Ask us directly →Do you install kitchens in Cairns?
No. Our installation team works Central Queensland, within about 150 kilometres of Rockhampton — Cairns is about 970 kilometres away. What we ship is the cabinetry itself: cut to your room, packed flat with the hardware and a labelled drawing, and freighted to your door for you or your own installer to build.
How much does a flat pack kitchen cost, shipped to Cairns?
The same bands as everywhere else: $15,000–$23,000 for Essence, $26,000–$42,000 for Maison, $47,000 and up for Atelier. We do not charge a distance premium on the cabinetry — freight is quoted separately, to your postcode.
Can I upgrade a flat pack kitchen to look more expensive than it was?
Yes — that is most of what the collections are. Every tier starts from the same 18mm moisture-resistant board and Blum hardware; stone benchtops, brass hardware and integrated lighting are upgrades you add, not a different kitchen. See flat pack kitchen upgrades for what each one changes.
How long does freight to Cairns take?
It depends on the kitchen and the freight route, so it is stated on your quote rather than guessed here. Flat cartons move faster and cheaper than assembled carcasses over this kind of distance, which is the main reason we recommend flat pack once a job is outside Queensland.
Can I get it delivered assembled instead?
Yes, the quote shows both. Assembled cabinets take more truck space so the freight line is higher; flat pack is what most buyers this far from Rockhampton choose once they see the difference.
Delivered assembled
The assembly is done
before it arrives.
Carcasses built square on a bench, Blum hardware fitted, doors hung and adjusted to even gaps. On site you are fixing finished cabinets to a wall, not building them on the floor. Our own team fits it in Central Queensland; your installer fits it anywhere else in Australia. Prefer to build it yourself? The same kitchen ships flat pack.
Handleless rail on an assembled run
Tall units arrive as built boxes
Long island, one delivery
Cairns
Send us the dimensions.
We will send back a number.
A fixed, itemised quote freighted to Cairns, with nothing hidden in it. If the number does not work for you, you owe us nothing and you keep the drawings.