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Home update: Design wizardry

This playful Melbourne reno by Northbourne Architecture & Design will make you smile - by Anna McCooe
  • 18 Oct 2016
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry
Home update: Design wizardry

Tricks and treats

Sally Holbrook, director and founder of NORTHBOURNE Architecture + Design has pulled off a miraculous renovation to a Melbourne home that makes the existing footprint feel so much bigger without actually extending.

Originally briefed to add a second storey, Sally instead devised a clever internal redesign of the existing space – saving time and money while still ticking every box on the wish list. 

Every inch of the interior design is infused with a love of patterning, texture and contrast. For more fabulous design inspiration from Northbourne, check out their Instagram page here.

Photography: Eve Wilson

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Wardrobe wonder

The wardrobe is a high-performace fitting, weaving together amazing storage with abstract and artsy timber joinery detailing. 

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Hanging space

Pull-down rails make use of the space overhead.

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Ingrained art

The wardrobe exterior takes inspiration from the client's art collection.

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Graphic bathroom

An Agape Vieques basin and black steel make an impact in the bathroom.

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Look inside

Sally took up every opportunity to delight, finishing the inside of the mirrored cabinets with the same attention to detail as the outside.

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Hall

New smoked and limed American Oak flooring from Royal Oak was laid over the top of the existing floor. 

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Lounge room

In the new living room, Sally created all ammer of warmth with a new a wood burning Jetmaster fireplace. A floating marble hearth below doubles as a bench as well as a wood stack.

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Master bedroom

A hotel-like suite was high on the wish list. Sally's team knocked down the wall between two bedrooms to create this large master suite, which includes the ensuite and walk-in wardrobe.

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Ensuite

In the ensuite, Star tiles from Academy Tiles climb across the floor to a new dado line, drawing focus to the existing arched window.

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Main bathroom

Consolidating the wish for a big bathroom for grooming and a spacious laundry without extending, Sally combined the two. Now both activities can enjoy the run of the room. Just not at the same time.

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Laundry

The washing machine and lashings of workspace sit behind bi-fold doors, where piles of laundry can be concealed in an instant.

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