They say the magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave and even better to come back and that is exactly what this family wanted to create when they purchased their Bondi home and prepared to renovate. Like Marilyn Monroe, this 1920’s Californian-style bungalow was born with the bone structure to be a great beauty. From the outset, it was important the design reflect their personal journey as individuals along with celebrating their journey as a family. Using a limited colour palette of white walls and black floors, a minimalist canvas was created to tell their story. Sentimental accents captured from holiday photographs, cherished books, artwork and various pieces collected over the years from their travels added the layers and dimension to the home. Architrave sides in the hallway and cutout reveals were painted in high-gloss black adding contrast and depth to the space. Bathroom renovations followed the black a white theme incorporating black marble with white vein accents and exotic greenery was used throughout the home – both inside and out, adding a lushness reminiscent of time spent in the tropics. Like this family, this home has grown with a 3rd stage now in production - watch this space for more... Martine Payne & Deen Hameed

Vista del bagno dall'ingresso. Ingresso con pavimento originale in marmette sfondo bianco; bagno con pavimento in resina verde (Farrow&Ball green stone 12). stesso colore delle pareti; rivestimento in lastre ariostea nere; vasca da bagno Kaldewei con doccia, e lavandino in ceramica orginale anni 50. MObile bagno realizzato su misura in legno cannettato.

n the powder room, we went for a completely different look. I always say, there are no rules in a powder room, you can do whatever you want in there (from a design perspective at least). In ours, we opted to black it out. The walls are wrapped in a black and brass inlay tile, the ceiling is painted black and the vanity and faucet are black. Even the toilet and the toilet paper are black…we did not hold back. Above the vanity, we incorporated an antiqued mirror with brass talons wrapping around it to give a luxe, dramatic touch and suspended one single pendant in front of it.

Il bagno dallo spazio ridotto è stato studiato nei minimi particolari. I rivestimenti e il pavimento coordinati ma di diversi colori e formati sono stati la vera sfida di questo spazio.

This Guest bath was created by incorporating the original laundry room space off the kitchen. From a space-planning perspective, it made more sense to create a guest room and bath for needed value. This bath was a fun twist of light and dark keeping within our overall moody aesthetic.

Master Bath

The master bathroom features a custom flat panel vanity with Caesarstone countertop, onyx look porcelain wall tiles, patterned cement floor tiles and a metallic look accent tile around the mirror, over the toilet and on the shampoo niche.

Amazing wall paper makes an impact on this one of a kind black powder room with gorgeous gold accents including an antique oval mirror.

Авторы проекта: Ведран Бркич, Лидия Бркич и Анна Гармаш Фотограф: Сергей Красюк

Tony Soluri Photography

Kim Sargent

All Photos by Nikolas Koenig