Modern ensuite featuring double vessel style basins, overhead mirrored cabinets, Cobalt Blue finger tiles laid horizontally, back to wall corner bath with floor mounted mixer. Custom vanity and wall mounted taps.

This renovation included kitchen, laundry, powder room, with extensive building work.

This huge Master Ensuite was designed to provide a luxurious His and Hers space with an emphasis on taking advantage of the incredible ocean views from the freestanding tub.

Graced with character and a history, this grand merchant’s terrace was restored and expanded to suit the demands of a family of five.

Malvern East Kitchen renovation Photography - Suzi Appel Photography

White walls and ceiling are combined with wood and sand tones to create this beautiful open plan kitchen.

Periscope House draws light into a young family’s home, adding thoughtful solutions and flexible spaces to 1950s Art Deco foundations. Our clients engaged us to undertake a considered extension to their character-rich home in Malvern East. They wanted to celebrate their home’s history while adapting it to the needs of their family, and future-proofing it for decades to come. The extension’s form meets with and continues the existing roofline, politely emerging at the rear of the house. The tones of the original white render and red brick are reflected in the extension, informing its white Colorbond exterior and selective pops of red throughout. Inside, the original home’s layout has been reimagined to better suit a growing family. Once closed-in formal dining and lounge rooms were converted into children’s bedrooms, supplementing the main bedroom and a versatile fourth room. Grouping these rooms together has created a subtle definition of zones: private spaces are nestled to the front, while the rear extension opens up to shared living areas. A tailored response to the site, the extension’s ground floor addresses the western back garden, and first floor (AKA the periscope) faces the northern sun. Sitting above the open plan living areas, the periscope is a mezzanine that nimbly sidesteps the harsh afternoon light synonymous with a western facing back yard. It features a solid wall to the west and a glass wall to the north, emulating the rotation of a periscope to draw gentle light into the extension. Beneath the mezzanine, the kitchen, dining, living and outdoor spaces effortlessly overlap. Also accessible via an informal back door for friends and family, this generous communal area provides our clients with the functionality, spatial cohesion and connection to the outdoors they were missing. Melding modern and heritage elements, Periscope House honours the history of our clients’ home while creating light-filled shared spaces – all through a periscopic lens that opens the home to the garden.

Living room with fireplace. Conspicuously absent is the large screen TV...... Bounded by three wall of glass this room is intended to be a place to sit and engage with others, the park and lake across the road and outdoors areas to the rear. With rain falling and the fireplace roaring it is a special place to be.