Category: Play Room

An Immersive Full-Wall Entertainment Unit
While broadcast television may be on its way out, your TV, and where you watch it, is more relevant than ever. With an abundance of shows to watch and games to play, nothing beats entertainment on the biggest screen in the home. The owners of this new residence are keenly aware of this fact and sought to make their multimedia room the best it could be, calling upon BoxMakers for a full-wall entertainment unit.
A Multimedia Powerhouse
As connoisseurs of home entertainment, the family wanted a space to host the trifecta of gaming, listening, and viewing. Our acutely eyed designers knew exactly what the job called for, such as tailor-made cubbies for consoles, turntables, and display materials. The power points, for example, were keenly positioned to make plug and play as easy as it sounds.
Dripping With Atmosphere
From the outset, we aimed to deliver the client’s goal of an atmospheric and immersive space. This involved a rich finish of Dark Oak Puregrain from Melteca. The melamine-on-MDF combo ensured high weight capacity while also facilitating our choice of finish.
Performance & Utility
On the left, the unit sports an accommodating assortment of adjustable shelving, while the right half features a TV display with purpose-built shelves for consoles and accessories. This side is notable for having slatted acoustic panelling, shared with the backing pattern. We partnered with Profile Panels to deliver this sleek and performant solution. Its Natural Ebony colour is a perfect collaborator for the melamine panels, bringing modernity and dynamism to the aesthetic. Its soundproofing ability boosts the room’s aural performance while also dampening its disruption to other spaces.
Quality Hardware
The bottom cabinets feature a symmetrical selection of four drawers. Featuring Häfele’s quality hardware, they are a breeze to open and close. Underneath, the toe kick features warm LED lighting from Domus Line, supplied by Fit NZ. It also appears in, and beneath the TV housing, matching ceiling light’s glow on the panel face. This gives a rich, theatrical atmosphere to the room. With room to accommodate even larger TVs, this entertainment unit allows for a veritable home theatre.
Perfectly working with the room’s blackout curtains and soft carpet, our entertainment unit combines for a superbly immersive experience. The closable panels also make it incredibly friendly for the resident feline, being able to close away shelves from the mischief of curious cats.
As a statement piece with incredible presence and function, this unit truly makes for an unparalleled viewing experience.
Designer: Mona Simathamchai
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November 27, 2025
A Multi-Room Renovation in Westmere
Last year, one of our most diverse projects was a double room renovation in Westmere. This was a highly involved project that showcased our cabinetmaking expertise in tailoring to numerous use cases. The family’s lifestyle was fast outgrowing their original rooms and required solutions that better suited their needs and activities.
Conducive Study and Work Space
To start off, the owner required an unused bedroom to be converted into a study room. BoxMakers’ role included designing and incorporating a solution that allowed for dual desktop computer placement with specially installed cable grommets to minimise visual clutter. The client envisioned a clean, neat, and productive workspace that could be used for both study and work. As a whole, the study room included a large corner desk, complete with a full suite of cabinetry – including overhead shelves and cabinets, as well as drawers and corner shelving.
Exquisite Materials
Material-wise, Dezignatek’s White Thermoform became the choice for the cabinet face panels, with their Oslo-style door profiles. Their centre indents create a subtle sense of texture and tactility without detracting from the clean look. The shelves were finished with a Timber Veneer in American White Oak while the desktop featured the same finish, and featured a mixed core Plywood constitution for lasting durability. Häfele’s soft-close series was used for both the hinges and drawer runners, hampering those jarring door sounds. iLLUMAX’s LED strips were applied underneath the open shelves to provide warm task lighting – perfect for reading and paperwork.
Well-thought Play Space
Elsewhere, the children’s playroom was renovated to serve as a general living space, adapting to the family’s evolving needs. The room had also inherited some extra space thanks to a recent expansion. Taking full advantage of the renewed space, the owner called upon BoxMakers to design and build a set of cabinetry befitting of this new and improved room.
The layout consisted of an arch arrangement of open shelves over a row of cabinets with a flat benchtop – perfect for showcasing pottery, books, and framed photos. The base benchtop features the same mixed-core plywood found in the study, keeping aesthetic consistency while providing an incredible amount of storage room. The TV-space is also immense, allowing room for large screens that could be watched from the other end of the room.
This multi-faceted project showcases BoxMakers’ ability to create purpose-built, space-efficient rooms and effectively transform spaces to accommodate a broad range of lifestyles.
Designer: Mona Simathamchai
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October 9, 2025
A Reimagined Island Getaway — A Complete Custom Joinery Work
In a trip across the Hauraki Gulf, our BoxMakers team was called to renovate a beautifully situated residence on the southwestern tip of Waiheke Island. We were adamant on delivering a product that could not only compliment, but elevate the stunning views of the island’s flora. The project called for extensive cabinetry and joinery work across multiple rooms, including the fireplace, laundry, office, and more.
Our work in the living room featured a complex arrangement of stained American Oak panels and cabinetry, which sported concealable asymmetrical shelving and large sliding panels, which part to reveal space for a genuinely enormous television. Situated above a modern fireplace, extensive care was taken to ensure the longevity of both the woodwork and the items they housed.
For the office, BoxMakers delivered high quality, height-matching cabinets complete with finger pull-handles and soft-close drawers. Subtle LED accent lighting was applied to the overhead units, providing an elegant touch of light that accentuates the cabinetwork. Similar work was applied to the full-height entrance storage units, which featured a diverse range of joinery work, offering everything from shelves, to drawers, to sitting spots. The L-profile handles and warm white toe-kick LED lighting adds both convenience and accessibility while matching the home aesthetic.
The master ensuite also featured a wide range of cabinetry work, featuring floating drawers in black stained oak, tastefully contrasting the eggshell walls while preserving the natural yet modern tone of the home. The soft-close drawer systems minimise noise disruption when opening and closing, especially during times of peace and quiet. Also receiving an upgrade was the laundry room, which was renovated with premium birch plywood and a wide array of drawers and cabinets, eliminating any storage issues. The cabinetry was made to perfectly accommodate the two laundry units, serving as a prime example of space efficiency.
With splendid views overseeing Te Wharau Bay as well as vast stretches of the lush Waiheke greenery, BoxMakers elevated the residence with complementary natural colours and extensive functionality, making the home a luxurious getaway with plenty of room to grow.
July 31, 2025