Fliplab
Fliplab makes personalised joinery more accessible – and without the custom price tag.
The gap between design inspiration and what feels achievable in a renovation can humble even the most considered brief. Custom joinery costs arrive, lead times stretch and the original vision begins to narrow. Fliplab, founded by Sacha Leagh-Murray, was created in direct response to that disconnect.
“People are more visually literate now than ever before,” Leagh-Murray says. “They’re following designers online and developing a much stronger sense of personal taste. But there was still this feeling that truly considered joinery belonged in a different category financially – something aspirational rather than accessible.”
The concept is straightforward. Fliplab produces designer doors, drawer fronts and panels, pre-drilled to fit Bunnings’ Kaboodle and IKEA cabinetry systems. Customers begin with a flat-pack carcass – a solid, affordable foundation – then complete it with Fliplab’s fronts. Because every piece is pre-drilled, there is no guesswork; the doors arrive ready to hang. The standard result is something personal, tactile and resolved, without touching the base cabinets at all.
“When you combine these flat-pack systems with Fliplab customised doors, drawers and panels, the entire space shifts,” Leagh-Murray explains. “The mood, the palette, the presence. Fliplab allows you to elevate accessible cabinetry into something that is design-led, unique and beautifully finished.”
Leagh-Murray spent years at Laminex working alongside architects, designers and manufacturers during a time when Australian interiors were shifting considerably. When she began, kitchens were overwhelmingly white and gloss finishes dominated. Slowly, she watched homeowners grow more confident in the choices they made for their spaces. “Younger homeowners in particular are much more willing to create spaces that feel individual and expressive,” she says, “even if that means making bolder material or colour decisions.”
The Fliplab range reflects that confidence. With 12 door profiles and more than 100 colour and finish options, the possibilities extend from quietly restrained to characterful and layered. Profiles range from perfectly flat to scalloped, Shaker-influenced or sharply framed. Finishes span textured timber grains, deep saturated tones and soft, chalky hues. Every combination is custom-made in Australia using materials from Laminex and Polytec, with sustainability and ethical sourcing considered from the outset. “Bespoke means something different now than it did even five or 10 years ago,” Leagh-Murray reflects. “It’s less about excess and more about creating spaces that feel personal, thoughtful and genuinely reflective of the people living in them.”
Increasingly specified not only in kitchens and laundries but also in compact apartments, creative studios and boutique commercial settings, Fliplab offers individuality without the need to commission entirely custom joinery from scratch. It is a brand that takes quality seriously without taking itself too seriously, built on the belief that considered, personalised interiors should be attainable and adaptable for everyone.
Fliplab can be ordered online, with delivery available across Australia, or experienced in person at its showroom at 356 Burnley Street, Richmond, Victoria.
