Cantilever + CO | A Seamless way to Renovate
Cantilever &CO | A Seamless way to Renovate
Written by Aleesha Callahan and Photography by Martina Gemmola
Cantilever &CO is our end-to-end design-and-build service that pairs clients with a trusted builder – creating a single, accountable pathway from first briefing to final handover.
Through the many years of designing, making and installing, we started to notice clients often getting stuck at the same problems, and searching for alternative solutions when renovating their home. Cantilever &CO is designed for people who want the certainty of a resolved interior and the confidence that it will be delivered with efficiency and care. By aligning design intent, budget and programme as early as possible, we’re able to support clients to make informed decisions against their investment expectations.
“Like all our products and services, the Cantilever &CO service emerged from client need. Informally we’ve been pairing builders and trades to our projects for years. Cantilever &CO has formalised that. It takes the most difficult part of renovating – project managing – off clients’ shoulders,” summarises Kylie Forbes, Cantilever Interiors’ Creative Director.
We select local builders who share our standards of quality, communication and culture, and who are familiar with our products and interior approach. It makes for a streamlined process where designers, builders and trades speak the same language.
Finding a purposeful fit
Through our extensive network of builders and trades, we’re able to design and facilitate a smooth process. Together with our building partners we deliver spaces that work beautifully from day one and keep working for years to come. Plus, our range of collections means there are solutions for all types of projects and aesthetics.
The K3 Kitchen System and Cantilever &CO are, in many ways, made for each other. K3 offers a refined, modular design language, where ply edges are expressed with precision, square cut-out handles and high-quality laminates. While Cantilever &CO provides the delivery framework that protects those details on site.
These recent projects illustrate how K3 and Cantilever &CO combine to deliver homes that respond to family life, spatial constraints and characterful briefs.
Design Horizon: apartment living, elegantly resolved
At our Design Horizon project, the owner’s Vivian and Anna preferenced re-creation over replacement, embracing apartment living by focusing on flow and long-term quality. Having admired K3 for its exposed ply edge detail, honest materials and sustainability ethos, they chose a kitchen that complements the open-plan horizon rather than competing with it. We introduced them to Nexus Design Homes to deliver a new kitchen that is a calm, functional heart that elevates daily rituals.
Inside and Out: Thornbury tactility and tone
In an inner-north home defined by garden life and easy conviviality, the brief called for a new kitchen, walk-in pantry and laundry within the existing footprint. Delivered with one of trusted build partners, Nexus Design Homes, the scheme pairs matte black SoftTouch laminate with warm timber accents, as part of the K3 collection. The finish wears beautifully, reads timelessly and brings mid-century restraint to a house rich with texture.
Personality Plus: colour, character and clarity
For Melissa and Johnny, personality and functionality had equal billing. Drawn immediately to K3’s ply edging and timber details, they engaged us to coordinate the full pathway – design development, drafting oversight, required professional services and permits – delivered alongside our trusted builder Richard from Lytton Design and Construction. It’s a vibrant home, that hit the mark sliding easily between busy family life and entertaining.
Labour of Love: opening up in Coburg
A liveable ‘renovator’s delight’ became a light-filled entertainer by removing a load-bearing wall between laundry and dining, adding a push-out kitchen window and French doors, all made possible through collaboration with Lytton Design and Construction. The palette balances navy K3 cabinetry against sunlit surfaces and richly toned mosaics. As the clients described it, the Cantilever &CO process felt like a “well-oiled machine” – the kind of coordination that makes space for moments of delight.
If you’re planning a renovation and want the assurance of a resolved design carried through to meticulous build, Cantilever &CO offers a tested route: clarity up front, craftsmanship in the middle and confidence at the end.