Brunswick Parlour transforms a Victorian cottage into a hard-working, personalised home for a family of four. Our clients loved the character of their Brunswick terrace home, but not its inefficient floor plan and poor year-round thermal control. They didn't need more space, they just needed their space to work harder. The front bedrooms remain largely untouched, retaining their Victorian features and only introducing new cabinetry. Meanwhile, the main bedroom’s previously pokey en suite and wardrobe have been expanded, adorned with custom cabinetry and illuminated via a generous skylight. At the rear of the house, we reimagined the floor plan to establish shared spaces suited to the family’s lifestyle. Flanked by the dining and living rooms, the kitchen has been reoriented into a more efficient layout and features custom cabinetry that uses every available inch. In the dining room, the Swiss Army Knife of utility cabinets unfolds to reveal a laundry, more custom cabinetry, and a craft station with a retractable desk. Beautiful materiality throughout infuses the home with warmth and personality, featuring Blackbutt timber flooring and cabinetry, and selective pops of green and pink tones. The house now works hard in a thermal sense too. Insulation and glazing were updated to best practice standard, and we’ve introduced several temperature control tools. Hydronic heating installed throughout the house is complemented by an evaporative cooling system and operable skylight. The result is a lush, tactile home that increases the effectiveness of every existing inch to enhance daily life for our clients, proving that good design doesn’t need to add space to add value.

Family Bathroom Renovation in Melbourne. Bohemian styled and neutral tones anchored by the custom made timber double vanity, oval mirrors and tiger bronze fixtures. A free-standing bath and walk-in shower creating a sense of space

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Subway Tiled Shower with Accent Tile

Photo: Lisa Petrole

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Lillie Thompson

We tore out the tub and made walk in shower. Custom vanity with white quartz top. Pullout drawers are perfect for hair products and everything a young girl needs for storage. We chose light gray wall color and plank tile. Bathroom is soft and feminine. Photography: Studio West

Full-scale interior design, architectural consultation, kitchen design, bath design, furnishings selection and project management for a home located in the historic district of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The home features a fresh take on traditional southern decorating, and was included in the March 2018 issue of Southern Living magazine. Read the full article here: https://www.southernliving.com/home/remodel/1930s-colonial-house-remodel Photo by: Anna Routh

A neutral palette in the children's bathroom is accented with playful deco tiles in the shower where a decorative metal panel was added over the skylight to filter the light. Project // Ebony and Ivory Paradise Valley, Arizona Architecture: Drewett Works Builder: Bedbrock Developers Interiors: Mara Interior Design - Mara Green Landscape: Bedbrock Developers Photography: Werner Segarra Decorative dot mosaic: Villagio Flooring: Facings of America Shower tile: Daltile Cabinets: Distinctive Custom Cabinetry https://www.drewettworks.com/ebony-and-ivory/

A colorful kids' bathroom holds its own in this mid-century ranch remodel.

The loft bathroom was kept simple with geometric grey and white tiles on the floor and continuing up the wall in the shower. The Velux skylight and pitch of the ceiling meant that the glass shower enclosure had to be made to measure.

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