Mar27
With the easter holiday season fast approaching, we’d like to let you know that we will be closed for the duration of the Easter period.
We hope you have an enjoyable break and please drive safely over the extended holiday period.
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Feb6
Radio announcer and mother of two Ali Clarke (nee Carle) has joined the team at Farquhar, taking on the voluntary role of Brand Ambassador across the Farquhar Group of companies. Darren Farquhar made the announcement this morning and says the company is thrilled to be working with one of SA’s most loved radio personalities. Read More | Comments
Feb24
Just a quick one to let you know that our kitchen showroom is open each and every saturday from 10am to 2pm.
We’ve also just added some stunning brand new kitchen displays for 2012, featuring some of the latest kitchen design trends.
Whether you’re building or renovating, we highly recommend you come in and talk to our staff about your kitchen and cabinetry needs.
Open Saturdays 10am – 2pm
See you soon!
Nov1
Update 19th November: Kitchen has now been sold.
We’re updating our showroom with a brand new display to feature some of the latest and greatest materials and colour schemes and in order to make room, we’re selling an ex-demo kitchen at a significantly reduced price.
The kitchen (as shown) features top of the range quality Blum Stainless Steel Tandembox (soft-close) drawers and internal pullouts as well as all appliances, sink, tap, rangehood canopy and splashbacks. The kitchen will be available from December 9th 2010 and will be snapped up quickly, so please don’t hestiate to get in touch. To see pricing and images read on…
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Jul5
Here’s one of our most recent and exciting kitchen projects. This modern minamilistic kitchen features high level gloss in acyrlic and man-made veneer. A durable “Freestyle” benchtop with a high gloss feature veneer servery. All frontals are touch open featuring electronic BLUM servo drive and BLUM orgaline system, with alarge focus on feature LED lighting and technology via a touch screen PC.
The brief from the first consultation with the customer was to have the kitchen as the focal point of the home – a minimalist kitchen with clean lines, modern finishes and susceptible to a young growing family. The customer was also looking for technology via a computer or similar in this project as they loved the idea of being able to access the internet for recipes, online food shopping and other daily activities. From this initial brief we gave the customer a list of websites, and magazines to look at.
May21
In mid April, Michael and Darren Farquhar travelled to Milan to visit the world famous Eurocucina Furniture Fair, held every 2 years. Fortunately both Michael and Darren were able to spend 2 full days at the fair before the Iceland volcanic airline dramas unfolded which prevented many people from other parts of the world attending the fair later in the week.
Michael had visited this fair on 3 previous occasions but explains that this far was by far the largest it has ever been, best quality displays every produced and most relevant to the Aussie kitchen industry.
At the Eurocucina Fair, there are over 100 kitchen companies displaying products, many with more than 8 full kitchens on display plus entertainment & selection areas. European kitchen companies spend what appears to be millions of dollars on displaying the latest and greatest in an attempt to woo new distributors and revitalise what has been a very ordinary GFC effected European kitchen industry in the recent 12 to 18 months. Many display areas rival the size of the largest kitchen showrooms in Australia, full of kitchens that can only be described as simply breathtaking. Amongst the more contemporary designs are often some pretty “out-there” concept kitchens, such as the kitchen that has drawn heavy inspiration from that of a sailing boat (see above).
Mar4
For the month of March we’d like to share with you a recently built home that will showcase a vast range of joinery that Kitchens By Farquhar can produce for the whole home. We had the pleasure of working closely with the client to achieve fantastic results across all rooms. Also, by choosing our quality workmanship you can be assured that your entire home can look as good as your kitchen, and this example presented here is no exception.
Also, make sure you click on the images below to see these photos full size. 
Kitchen
This head turning PVC Caribbean White & Jet Black Gloss kitchen is the “showpiece” of the room. It has features such as lift up translucent glass doors with downlights, Blum Tandembox corner & pot drawers & walk thru pantry doors which lead into a full size larder. The benchtops have a combination of Smartstone ‘Regal Black’ & ‘Hamilton’ to tie in with the black & white theme that this kitchen shows off. The black multi-coloured pearl glass splashback is a real feature with downlights casting light and shade to the worktop.
Bar
This bar definitely has that “wow” factor with features such as Aliedge Slimline 55 Black gloss doors, tiered shelving, stainless steel splashback & 2 tone glass splashback. The ‘Hamilton’ smartstone has a dropped front apron with downlights that accentuates the depth and tone in the glass splashback.
Ensuite
The sleek looking vanity features Chocolate Pear 2mm laminate doors with 3 Blum Tandembox drawers with stainless steel laminate kickers. A 20mm ‘Latte’ Caesarstone benchtop completes this room.
Walk In Robe
This features not just your standard hanging but also SU Units with Blum Metabox drawers, adjustable shelving units and also a dresser. It is featured in chocolate pear 2mm laminate with a step in the centre benchtop and high mirror.
Laundry
The laundry is a large size with all the accessories needed to make the washing more enjoyable. It features a pull out wire laundry basket on a Blum tandembox runner, underbench washer & dryer provision, Broom cabinet with broom clips & overhead cabinets with chrome hanging rail under for hanging space while ironing. The doors are in PVC Latte colour with Laminex Lunar Stone coloured laminate benchtop which keeps the laundry a neutral colour and a pleasure to work in.
If you like the look of anything you see here, and are thinking about renovating or building, then please come in and talk to us today.
Jan22
During a recent reshuffle, we came across some of our old marketing material that had been stored away. We thought might be an interesting news post to take a look back and share with you a little slice of our company history.
Below is a couple scans of an old Kitchens By Farquhar brochure circa 1980′s. As you’ll notice, the styles and trends have come a huge way since then, and along the way we’ve grown in size, improved our methods and evolved to where we are today.
Since this brochure ran, we’ve built a brand new manufacturing facility that simply dwarfs the factory shown on the back page of this brochure, as well as completely renovating our showroom and updating our logo.
One other thing you might notice is the younger Michael, Pete and Cathy Farquhar 
Jan14
Throughout 2009, we were proud to throw our support behind a very worthy cause – Cara (Community Accommodation and Respite Agency). 
Cara is a provider of innovative support services for individuals with disabilities and their families, by the South Australian community.
To assist families in the south-western suburbs of Adelaide, a Children’s Respite was proposed for Weroona Avenue in Parkholme. The project was backed generously by Westfield as well as a host of Adelaide retailer’s and contractor’s.
Kitchens By Farquhar, in conjunction with the Kidman Park Rotary Club, were able to donate the kitchen and cabinetry for the project. Trevor Williams, a senior designer at Kitchens By Farquhar, worked alongside the builders and Cara staff to ensure that every need was met. Accessibility was of extreme importance throughout the design process.
The renovation of the Westfield respite house was completed in the latter stages of 2009 and the grand opening was held on Thursday 3 December 2009, International Day of People with Disability.
If you’d like to read more about the fantastic service that Cara provides, head over to their website here
Dec10
Over the Christmas and New Year period we will be taking a short, but well earned break.
Our showroom will be closed from noon on Wednesday 23rd December and we’ll resume our normal trading hours on Monday 4th January.
If you require an appointment outside of these hours, please contact your designer or get in touch with our staff at the showroom.
Alternatively if you’re looking to browse, our sister company ‘Farquhar Kitchen Centre’ at 144 Magill Road, Norwood will be open over the break. For their opening hours, please click here
On behalf of everyone at KBF, we wish you a very merry festive season and a fantastic new year!
Established in 1978, Kitchens By Farquhar has the experience and the knowledge to ensure you get the best for your home.
A proud South Australian company with excellent relationships within the building industry. We value our reputation and take pride in every job we do.
