We opened our first Auckland showroom in Wairau Valley
Choosing finishes off a screen is guesswork. A tile looks one way on a website and another way in your hallway, and a benchtop you’ve only seen as a thumbnail can land very differently once it’s in front of you. So we built somewhere you can stand in the room before you commit to it. On 28 February 2022 we opened our first Auckland showroom, at 16B Link Drive in Wairau Valley.
Why we opened a showroom
By early 2022 we’d been renovating Auckland homes for five years, and the same problem kept surfacing at the design stage. People were making expensive, permanent decisions from small samples and on-screen images, then feeling unsure right up until the day the real thing went in. A photo can’t tell you how a matte tile reads under downlights, or how a Melteca panel sits next to a stone benchtop. We wanted a place where those decisions could be made with the actual materials in hand, on Auckland’s North Shore where a lot of our work is.
The showroom also gave our design conversations a home. Instead of meeting over a kitchen table with a folder of swatches, we could walk clients through full displays and let them see how the pieces work together.
What’s inside the showroom
Inside are five bathroom displays and three kitchen displays, set up as proper rooms rather than product shelves. You can open the drawers, run a hand across the benchtops, hold tiles against a Melteca panel and check Resene colours in the light. There are samples of the materials we actually build with, so the decisions get made with the real thing in hand instead of a swatch on a phone.
The appointment-only Design Studio
At the back there’s an appointment-only Design Studio room. It’s a private space where clients sit down with our team to work through the design of their renovation, away from the noise of the display floor. When we opened in 2022 this design service wasn’t something we’d made public yet, and it later grew into the in-house design work we now offer as part of a renovation. You can book time in the Design Studio as part of planning your project, and see how it feeds into our in-house interior design work.
The showroom concept was put together by our senior designers, Cici Zuo and Dorothy Li. The layout, the display pairings and the material selections on show were their work, built around the questions Auckland homeowners actually ask when they’re planning a kitchen or bathroom. The kitchen displays also show the kind of cabinetry we build through our in-house cabinetry brand, Little Giant Interiors.
Pairing the displays this way is deliberate. A benchtop, a tile and a cabinet colour that each look fine on their own can clash once they’re side by side in the same room, and that’s exactly the combination people struggle to picture from samples. Seeing the pieces together, at full size and in the same light, is where most of the useful decisions get made.
What this means for you
If you’re planning a renovation, the showroom takes a lot of the guesswork out of the finishing decisions. You can see and handle the materials before you sign off on them, which means fewer surprises once the work starts and more confidence in the choices you’ve made. Coming in by appointment means we can give your visit proper time, rather than have you wander a busy floor on your own. Our launch announcement was published on Scoop, and you’ll find the link in the references below.
Showroom FAQs
Where is the Superior Renovations showroom?
Our showroom is at 16B Link Drive, Wairau Valley, on Auckland's North Shore. It opened on 28 February 2022 and holds five bathroom displays and three kitchen displays.
Do I need an appointment to visit?
Yes. We run the showroom by appointment so each visit gets proper time with our team, including access to the Design Studio room at the back for design consultations.
What can I see at the showroom?
Full kitchen and bathroom displays set up as real rooms, plus tiles, benchtops, Melteca panels and Resene colour samples you can see and handle in person before you decide.
What is the Design Studio room?
It is a private appointment-only room at the back of the showroom where you sit down with our team to work through the design of your renovation, away from the display floor.
Do you build the kitchens on display?
The kitchen displays reflect the cabinetry we build through our in-house cabinetry brand, Little Giant Interiors, so what you see is close to what goes into a completed renovation.
References
Superior Renovations announces launch of first Auckland showroom, published on Scoop, May 2022.
