High Glamour Entertaining
This was a classic rumpus-to-bar makeover. Using the language and materials of the contemporary home, we raised the glamour with plenty of gorgeous marble with shadow line details. The bar includes a drop-in ice bucket and a (almost invisible) lockable glass front – to keep that top shelf safe. We designed joinery for the tv […]
The final touches to Victorian Italianate Perfection
This family house is grand and had been renovated to a very high standard. With a desire to transform a little used space into a cellar and entertaining area, we were brought in to advise on the restraints that the local listing might demand, to provide a design to accommodate those parameters, and lay the […]
Transforming an urban terrace by light touch
This large Victorian Italianate terrace house in a conservation area was ready for a restoration to revive its many original features and enhance its functionality for a busy family. With clients who’s professional lives required as little disturbance as possible, this project was an exercise in preparation, speed and tight scheduling. Our approach to the […]
Inter-War Art Deco
Again we marvel at how often ‘less in more’ in response to a desire to extend a character home. This inter war art deco semi detached house has been re- imaged by architecture firm Clare Cousins. These semi-detached cottages are not easy to renovate sympathetically. as they are often narrow and somewhat dark. Clever design […]
Villa in the Classic Style
This home had once been two town houses and was consolidated into one to create a long, open-plan interior and generous terrace. It was north facing and light filled. The brief was to define the spaces, focusing on a large family kitchen with new laundry and pantry rooms; consolidate its personality, as well as bring […]
Inner City Warehouse
The setting for this makeover was a development that had repurposed and melded two heritage listed buildings, a Victorian warehouse and the Bauhaus style Demco Machinery Co Ltd factory built in 1937, into apartments. The clients asked for increased functionality and a bit more of a grown-up vibe. We balanced the dual requests for an […]
Early Federation Garden Apartment
Our client couple required a reworking of their collection of Asian and European furniture and a considerable art collection in a Federation garden maisonette setting. Once we had arranged repairs to the lead light window and tessellated flooring, we focus on settling the furniture into the house by layering it with patterned wallpapers and fabrics. […]
An Altered Federation Dwelling
This Federation house lies in a beautiful Heritage conservation area. The house had been renovated in the 90s and its contemporary overlay was tired and no longer felt contemporary! The brief was to create its now lost Federation street frontage, incorporating the second storey addition. To this end, we replaced the large glass doors on […]
Respectfully Austere
The extensive renovation of this modernist home remains sympathetic to the original design with much of the existing façade remaining unchanged, and only small increase to the building footprint. Hemlock diamond clad joinery adds bold texture and warmth to a refined and playful material palette. The addition of a below ground cellar and swimming pool […]
A Renovated Classic 1960s Brick Dwelling
The client was updating an intact circa late 1960s house designed by architect Russel Jack. The family required it to come up to 21st century standards of living but they wished to retain some of its former character. The family had engaged a prominent Sydney architect for the redesign and we were approached in an […]