A kitchen designed for your home, not adapted to fit it.
Direct Kitchens has been designing and building custom kitchens across Melbourne since 1985, in our own Bayswater factory. Every one is drawn for the room it goes into.
A designer visits your home and prepares a design and an itemised price. No cost, no obligation.
Marble and herringboneClassic shaker in creamMatte black and stoneOak and brassTimber, stone and warm light
Family owned since 1985
Made in our own Bayswater factory
Three Melbourne showrooms
Best of Houzz Service, 2020 to 2024
Every trade managed by us
Custom built to your space
Lifetime hardware guarantee
Family owned since 1985
Made in our own Bayswater factory
Three Melbourne showrooms
Best of Houzz Service, 2020 to 2024
Every trade managed by us
Custom built to your space
Lifetime hardware guarantee
Forty years of doing it the same way
Our story
A family business that never stopped making things itself
Direct Kitchens started in 1985 building custom cabinetry for boutique builders across Melbourne. Working in existing homes taught us where renovations come unstuck, and it is rarely the cabinetry. It is the disruption, the waiting, and the number of people you end up chasing.
So we built the business around that problem. We make our own cabinetry instead of ordering it in. One designer stays with you the whole way. We coordinate every trade ourselves. And we tell you the production timeline before you order, not after.
Nothing is square in an old Melbourne home. That is the difference between cabinets that line up and cabinets padded out with filler.
1985Established
ThreeShowrooms
6 to 8Weeks build
LifetimeHardware
What makes us different
Four things that change how the job runs
Most kitchen companies sell you cabinetry and leave the rest to you. These are the differences you feel once the work starts.
01Made to measure
We make it ourselves
Designed and built in our own Bayswater factory. Nothing is ordered in from a third party and reinterpreted along the way. You can visit and watch your kitchen being made.
02Fitted around what you own
Custom means custom
Every kitchen is designed for the space it is going into, not adapted from standard sizes. In older Melbourne homes that is the difference between cabinets that line up and cabinets padded out with filler.
03Walked through, drawer by drawer
One designer, start to finish
The designer who sits in your kitchen on day one is the same person you deal with through selections, ordering and installation. You are never handed off to someone new.
04The finished result
We run the trades
Rip-out, plumbing, electrical, plastering, carpentry, tiling, splashbacks and waste removal. We coordinate all of it, because sequencing six trades around a household that still needs to eat is the part that goes wrong.
The process
What happens, and when
No surprises. Every project follows the same five steps.
01
Showroom visit
See full-scale displays, handle the finishes and open the drawers. Our consultants walk you through materials and storage.
02
In-home consultation
A designer visits, measures properly and works through layout and ideas with you. No obligation attached.
Free
03
Design and pricing
Your kitchen is drawn up and priced line by line, so you see exactly what each part costs.
Itemised
04
Check measure and build
A technical advisor remeasures and confirms plans in your home, then production runs in our Bayswater factory.
6 to 8 weeks
05
Installation
Our own installers fit the kitchen with trades sequenced around them. Our service team stays available afterwards.
Come and see
Three showrooms across Melbourne
Kitchens are hard to judge from a screen. Open the drawers, handle the finishes and see how the storage really works. Walk in without an appointment.
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A showroom consultant will call shortly to arrange your free design consultation. If you would rather not wait, call 1300 449 799.
All three showrooms are open six and seven days. You are welcome to drop in without an appointment.
Good questions
Questions people ask
Is the design consultation really free?
Yes. A designer comes to your home, measures the space, discusses what you want and prepares a design and price. There is no charge and no obligation to proceed.
How long does a kitchen take?
Production runs approximately six to eight weeks in our Bayswater factory once your design is confirmed and check-measured. Installation is scheduled after that, and your project manager gives you the dates in advance.
Do you handle the trades, or do I need to organise them?
We handle them. Rip-out, plumbing, electrical, plastering, carpentry, tiling, splashbacks and waste removal are all coordinated by us. You can choose which ones you want us to take on.
Where is the cabinetry made?
In our own factory at 1 Power Rd, Bayswater. It is also a showroom, so you are welcome to visit and see how your kitchen is put together.
Do you work in my area?
We service Melbourne and Greater Melbourne. If you are not sure whether you are in range, put your suburb in the form and we will tell you.
What does a custom kitchen cost?
It depends entirely on the size of the room, the finishes and how much cabinetry is involved, so we will not quote a figure before seeing the space. Most of our kitchens sit somewhere between $30,000 and $80,000 including installation. Your designer gives you an itemised price so you can see what each part costs.
Do I need to know what I want before I book?
No. Most people come to us with a room they are unhappy with and a rough idea. Working that out is the designer’s job, and it is what the consultation is for. Bring photos, measurements or Pinterest boards if you have them, and nothing at all if you do not.
What happens after I enquire?
One of our showroom consultants calls you for a quick chat about the project, then books a time for a designer to visit. The designer measures your home, works through layout and ideas with you, and prepares a design and an itemised price.
Forty years, one kitchen at a time
Still made by the same family, in the same city
If a new kitchen is something you have been putting off, the consultation costs nothing and gives you a real design and a real price to work from, whether you go ahead now or later.
Made to measure
Forty years of doing it the same way
Fitted around what you own
Walked through, drawer by drawer
The finished result
Made for gathering