2024 ended off on such a high, with the completion of this truly grand old dame for this cool young family.
Synergy with my clients is so important for me as it helps maintain the smooth sailing of a project in an environment that is stormy seas at best. What I enjoyed about these cool cats is that they weren’t newbies to the renovation process and thus understood the intricacies that a project such as this entails.
Their brief was detailed and precise and their feedback was given in a cohesive and informative way, allowing for good communication throughout the project. Their critical eye for finer details and absolute obsession with clean contemporary Japandi styling was the driving force of making these spaces such a success.
Walking into this space on a gloomy Winters day for the first time, it was immediate the potential this home had. High ceilings, beautiful wooden floors and an ability to create cohesive flow between all the key living spaces.
We used clean contemporary design as the driving force in the large dramatic spaces, allowing us to be more playful and quirky in certain areas, creating a real balance between the old and the new. The result was a celebration of the grand old dame but also bringing a youthful element to the table.
We shipped off the family to live upstairs, making their guest room a make shift kitchen, and set to work making their vision a reality in a few short months. Despite no projects coming without their own challenges, each of these here were tackled in the right manner with the right energy, and resulted in a rewarding project for the team, with the end results speaking for themselves.
A beautiful family with a beautiful home.
The Brief:
Renovate the ground floor and annex, creating a new large entertainment area, bar, study, guest room and 2 bathrooms.
Renovate the kitchen, scullery and guest loo, creating a small wine storage area under stairs.
Redo the paving around pool and tiling on stoep area and redo the landscaping.
Before:
The Transformation:
- breakthrough of annex space to create large entertainment area with study, bathrooms, guest room and bar area
- redesign and renovate 1 bathroom and 2 guest bathrooms with new tiles, fixtures, custom joinery and fittings.
- redesign and renovate kitchen with new joinery and flooring
- redesign and renovate scullery with new joinery and flooring
- removal of walls and opening of walls with new arches
- new aluminium windows and doors throughout ground floor
- updating electricals and replacing existing light fittings with new
- paintwork throughout
- new small wineroom
- new lighting
- new wood burner and gas fireplace
- new curved bar area
- wood panelling in living room
- paving and tiling of exterior spaces
- landscaping
Biggest Challenge:
Crazy paving – ain’t for the faint hearted!
Best feature:
The new archways – they create so many beautiful views of the various spaces and stop me in me tracks each time I arrive on site.
AFTER:
