In my practice I am interested in the way my clients wish to live.
In my practice I am interested in the way my clients wish to live.
A dreary bungalow transformed into a light and spacious family home with minimal but considered interventions. Discrete additions of vertical slot windows with deep external sills and dreamy obscure glass allow light into living room and kitchen and the house comes to life. Ripping up decades old carpet and finishing the hardwood floors with a matt clear coat throughout, even in the bathroom, brings continuity and a sense of greater space. Clever planning to open up small rooms. Introducing joinery with a simple and natural feel enhances the no-fuss, no-trend approach creating a warm and liveable home.
The addition of tall, obscure glass windows brings the light and the sense of greenery inside.
The rawness of stainless steel benches and the exposed edge plywood cabinetry sits against a clean white palette. There’s a robustness to the design that works in a lively family that includes, amongst everything else, two large dogs!
The natural shading of a vine - so underrated, brings such a beautiful quality to a room.
Simple sliding doors conceal laundry and pantry.
A small bathroom, that looks and feels spacious, though continuity of materials and simple planning.
Storage is hidden below the timber ledge.
Original details of the house, a collection of found objects, detail of painting by Alison Binks and plant pot by ceramicist Jane Wallace Mitchell.
A carefully detailed wardrobe wall sits quietly within the original bedroom.
Photography by Jonathon Griggs