A kitchen for Howard Springs,
drawn to your walls.
A kitchen cut to your measurements rather than picked from catalogue widths, packed flat for the run to Howard Springs or delivered with the doors already hung and adjusted.
The short answer
A Howard Springs kitchen is quoted from your measurements and photographs, not from a site visit, and the quote is fixed and itemised with freight shown as its own line. It is cut in Rockhampton and ships north-west via the Barkly and Stuart highways. You choose flat packed or delivered assembled on the same drawing. Fitting is done by your own trades — our installation team works Central Queensland only.
What brief does Howard Springs actually set?
These kitchens are photographed once and used hard forever after. We would rather put the money into the carcass and the hardware and let the finish do the talking, because the photograph does not get retaken. Build-up humidity is relentless, and it is the single strongest argument on this whole site for moisture-resistant board.
What is the run to Howard Springs?
Your kitchen is cut in Rockhampton and freighted north-west via the Barkly and Stuart highways. Flat cartons are labelled to a numbered drawing, one per cabinet where possible, with doors and fronts wrapped separately and the Blum hardware bagged against the cabinet it belongs to. Assembled orders arrive as finished boxes, doors hung and adjusted, which takes more truck space and shows as a higher freight line. Both are on the same quote so the choice is a number rather than a guess.
Who fits it in Howard Springs?
Your builder, carpenter or kitchen installer, plus a licensed plumber and a licensed electrician for their parts. Ask each for a licence number and check it yourself — in the Northern Territory that is NT Building Practitioners Board. Every order ships with dimensioned service drawings showing each waste, water point and outlet, so the trades rough in to the plan rather than to a guess. Our install guide sets out the three trades and the fixed order they work in.
Do I supply the appliances, or do you?
Most Howard Springs orders come with the appliances already chosen, and that is the easier way round. Send us the model numbers, or the cut-out dimensions from the spec sheet, and the cabinets are cut to take them. If you would rather we supplied them, they are quoted as their own lines. What does not work is guessing: a 900mm cooktop in a cabinet cut for 600mm is a new cabinet, not an adjustment.
Can I change the drawing after I approve it?
Before it is cut, yes, and changes at that stage cost nothing but time. Once the panels are cut they are cut to your sizes and cannot be re-used on another job, which is why the approval step exists and why we would rather you took an extra week over it. Read the elevations as carefully as the plan: most late changes are about where a door swings or which side of the sink the dishwasher sits, and both are obvious on the elevation.
What goes wrong with cheap cabinetry first?
In a predictable order: the edging lifts near the sink and the dishwasher, then water gets into the exposed core and the panel swells, then the drawer runners start to drag, then the doors stop lining up because the hinges have no adjustment left. None of that is bad luck. It is what 16mm standard-core board with glued edging and unbranded hardware does, and it is the reason we do not sell it.
Where else do you ship in Darwin and the Top End?
We ship to Palmerston, Humpty Doo, Batchelor, Adelaide River, Nhulunbuy on the same route. The Darwin and the Top End page covers the region, and the Northern Territory covers the state.
- Drawn to your measurements, not catalogue widths
- 18mm moisture-resistant board, laser-bonded edging
- Soft-close hinges and full-extension runners
- Pre-drilled and labelled per cabinet
- Service drawings for your plumber and electrician
- Fixed itemised quote, freight its own line
- Installation not offered in Howard Springs
Kitchenettes for a granny flat, studio or short-stay unit start at $4,500 — see flat pack kitchenettes.
Building a second dwelling? Granny flat rules in the Northern Territory.
The specification
Built for this
climate, not a catalogue.
A kitchen here spends months in air that never really dries out. That is why we will not quote 16mm standard board at any price — it is the cheaper option that costs the most, because a swollen carcass cannot be adjusted back into square.
The same three questions decide any kitchen anywhere: board thickness and moisture rating, edging method, hardware brand. Ours are 18mm moisture-resistant, laser-bonded and Blum, and they are printed on every quote. How to judge a flat pack.
- 18mm moisture-resistant board
- Laser-bonded edging, no glue line
- Soft-close hinges and full-extension runners
- Cut to your drawing, not catalogue widths
- Pre-drilled and labelled per cabinet
- Fixed itemised quote, freight its own line
What goes inside it
Anyone can sell you boxes.
This is the part that takes knowing.
Carcasses and doors decide how long it lasts. The fittings decide whether you like using it — and most suppliers charge for them at the end. These are included in your Howard Springs kitchen, not quoted as extras once the number is agreed. That is the difference, and it is the one most suppliers will not match.
Deep drawer fit-out
Dividers and rails that keep a deep drawer from turning into a single pile you dig through.
See how it works →
Tall larder pull-out
Full-height tiers on runners, so nothing lives at the back where you forget you bought it.
See how it works →
Under-sink storage
Organisers shaped around the trap and the waste, which is the reason that cupboard is usually wasted.
See how it works →There are seven in all — see the full range.
No showroom. No account.
A person draws it.
Send the wall lengths, the ceiling height and a photo of each corner. A designer draws your kitchen to the room and sends the drawing back with a fixed, itemised quote — flat packed and delivered assembled, freight to your postcode on each.
- Nothing to pay to see the drawing or the quote
- Changes redrawn until the plan is right
- Cut only after you sign the drawing off
- Freight quoted as its own line, never folded in
Or call (07) 4863 5788 — you get the person who designs it.
Frequently asked
Howard Springs — 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 deliver flat pack kitchens to Howard Springs?
Yes. Howard Springs is served north-west via the Barkly and Stuart highways, and freight is quoted to your postcode as its own line on the quote rather than folded into the cabinetry price.
Do you install kitchens in Howard Springs?
No. Our own installation team works Central Queensland only. In Howard Springs your builder, carpenter or kitchen installer fits it, working from the dimensioned service drawings that ship with every order. Our install guide covers the three trades and the order they work in.
Should I order flat pack or assembled to Howard Springs?
Both are quoted on the same drawing. Flat cartons ship for less and get through tight doorways; assembled arrives with carcasses built and doors adjusted so your installer is fitting rather than building. Over this distance most Darwin and the Top End orders go flat.
Who can do the plumbing and electrical in Howard Springs?
A licensed plumber and a licensed electrician, and you should check both licences yourself before they start. In the Northern Territory, NT Building Practitioners Board is the register to check against.
What board and hardware do you use?
18mm moisture-resistant board, laser-bonded edging and soft-close hinges and full-extension runners on every cabinet, in every state, with the hardware brand named on your quote. The specification is printed on your quote so you can hold it against anything else you are offered.
Is there a deposit to get a Howard Springs quote?
No. The drawing and the itemised quote cost nothing and carry no obligation. Payment terms for the order itself are stated on that quote.
Can I add pull-downs and organisers to a Howard Springs kitchen?
Yes, and they are quoted per item rather than bundled into a package you did not ask for. Pull-down wall baskets, magic corners, tall larder pull-outs and drawer organisers can all go into a Howard Springs order. If you order delivered assembled they are fitted before it ships; flat packed, they arrive with the cabinet they belong to.
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. Your builder or installer levels it, fixes it and fits the benchtop, working from our drawings. Prefer to build it yourself? The same kitchen ships flat pack.
Stone on a compact run
Black joinery, marble bar
New build, kitchen fitted at fit-off
Howard Springs, NT
Send us the dimensions.
We will send back a number.
A fixed, itemised quote for your Howard Springs kitchen, flat packed and delivered assembled, with freight to your postcode on each. Nothing to pay to see it.