Projects in the design pipeline: Alexander Project | Fletcher Project
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Whiskey Project
Originally an 80’s brown brick classic in Brisbane’s bayside suburbs, this home was an eclectic maze filled with loads of little nooks and crannies. The renovation included a major interior alteration repositioning the kitchen opening out onto the front and back yards – drawing in the wide blue sky that comes with living by the water – and refurbishing the bathrooms and laundry. The repositioning of the kitchen also provided clear sightlines with a planned swimming pool and the pool includes tiles that are a nod to the beautifully refurbished interior fireplace. The design brief is light and airy, with some bold touches of texture and colour integrated throughout the design. It has been designed with a young family of 5 growing up within this home for years to come. Soon to come is renovation phase two, an extension to provide an additional bedroom, a dedicated study and a double carport to alter the current front facade of this 80s style home. Whiskey Project is full steam ahead with wrapping phase one and kicking off phase two.
Bravo Project
Bravo Project is a grand old Queenslander that originally came from Main Street at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane. It’s relocation onto a generous sized Wavell Heights block called for some master planning to retain the original charm of the 3 bedroom home and to integrate an extension to bring back family life in the old home. Romeo Whiskey Designs provided spatial planning and lifestyle briefing to demonstrate identified renovation opportunities at different budget levels to assist the client with articulating their design brief to a draftsperson engaged as part of the house removalist team.
Romeo Project
The Romeo Project challenged the notion of blurring the ‘small feeling’ and scale of a home on a 407m2 Brisbane Small Lot in the northern suburbs. This renovation involved the conversion of a 2 bedroom Queenslander cottage – who had seen far better days in her heyday! – into a functional family home. The final design incorporates a ground floor footprint defined by three existing mature trees on site with a simple large open plan area that spilled out onto a levelled backyard. The upper floor was predominately retained with a recalibration of the original Queenslander, sensitively altered and extended to suit a family of 5 whilst retaining the original character of the home. The interior stairwell was positioned to provide the least impact to the original Queenslander but to also capture the warm Brisbane winter sunshine and funnel this as a skylight to the ground floor. A stunning original black and white Aboriginal painting bought years prior to the renovation during Northern Territory travels became the design compass for the overall interior design. A minimal colour palette with varying textures was used to keep a clean and crisp interior with Blackbutt timber introduced as a warm contrast.