Little Giant Interiors: Our Cabinetry Brought In-House
For years the cabinetry in our renovations was made by someone else. That’s normal in this trade, but it puts the part of a kitchen people touch every day, the doors, the drawers, the joinery, outside your own control. So in 2022 we changed it. Our parent company, Superior Construction Group, acquired an established Auckland cabinetry business operating since 2013, and from it we launched a new brand: Little Giant Interiors.
Why we brought cabinetry in-house
The reason was straightforward. When cabinetry is outsourced, you’re at the mercy of another company’s schedule and another company’s standards. A kitchen can be designed and priced well, then held up for weeks because the cabinets are stuck in someone else’s queue. The joinery is also the most visible finished element in most renovations, so any drop in quality shows immediately. We’d carried that risk on every project, and by 2022 we were doing enough kitchens that owning the work made more sense than contracting it out.
What the acquisition gave us
The business we bought was Kitchen Time Ltd, a cabinetry maker based in Henderson Valley in West Auckland that had been building kitchens since 2013. The acquisition gave us a working factory, the machinery and a team of qualified cabinet makers, rather than a name and a plan. Little Giant Interiors is the new brand built on that foundation, and it’s the in-house backbone for the kitchens and cabinetry that go into our renovations.
Today Little Giant makes custom kitchens and cabinetry here in Auckland, cut and assembled by qualified cabinet makers using laser edgebanding for a clean, durable finish on the panel edges. Because the manufacturing sits inside the group, the same team that designs a kitchen can see it through to the finished cabinets.
What this means for you
Bringing cabinetry in-house lets us control the quality, the timing and the follow-through on every kitchen we build. If a drawer runs late or a finish isn’t right, it’s on us to sort, not on a supplier we have to chase. For you that means one team accountable from the kitchen design through to the cabinets going in, and fewer of the handover gaps that cause delays. You can see the current range on the Little Giant Interiors site, and the kitchens on display at our Wairau Valley showroom reflect the cabinetry we now build ourselves.
A note on the history
To be clear about the dates: the 2013 start belongs to the cabinetry business we acquired, not to Little Giant Interiors, which we launched in 2022. What we gained was a running operation with real experience behind it, folded into a brand that now sits inside the group.
Little Giant Interiors FAQs
When did Little Giant Interiors start?
We launched Little Giant Interiors in 2022, after our parent company acquired an established Auckland cabinetry business that had been operating since 2013. The 2013 date belongs to that acquired business, not to the Little Giant brand.
Where are your kitchens made?
Our kitchens and cabinetry are made in Auckland by qualified cabinet makers, using the factory and machinery that came with the cabinetry business we acquired.
Why did Superior Renovations bring cabinetry in-house?
To control the quality, the timing and the follow-through on every kitchen. When cabinetry is outsourced you depend on another company's schedule and standards, so we brought it inside the group.
Do I have to be a Superior Renovations client to use Little Giant Interiors?
Little Giant Interiors is the in-house cabinetry maker for our renovations. You can see the current range and get in touch through the Little Giant Interiors site.
