Award Winner

I was thrilled to hear that the Inverloch House won a HIA Award this week (entered by building designers Beaumont Concepts).

You can see full details of the award here, and more pictures of the project here.

RBID was responsible for the interior design and was also instrumental in the overall look of the house selecting render & cladding colours, the chartreuse entry colour, the external stonework and the aluminium louvres which add an architectural element to the facade whilst controlling light and privacy within. The clients were fantastic to work with and were thrilled with the result - you can read their testimonial here.

Laundry & Bathroom Renovation Elwood

A client recently emailed some photos (thanks PH!) of a completed laundry and bathroom renovation I worked on late last year so I thought I would share them on the blog.

The client's brief was to turn the pokey laundry/toilet into a powder room & secondary bathroom as well as a laundry space - a tall order from a room measuring just 2200mm x 2400mm!! They also wished to extend their existing family bathroom into the hallway to give them enough space to have a separate bath & shower as well as a toilet & vanity. I've included some plans to show how we reworked the spaces. The house is late Edwardian and the joinery style, colours and materials were chosen to give a nod to the era of the house but with some contemporary flavour.

LAUNDRY / POWDER ROOM 

This room had some very shallow impractical storage and for guest using the facilities, it really did feel like the toilet had been plonked in the corner of the laundry. The clients were keen to give the room more of a 'powder room' feeling also incorporating a shower so it could be used in conjunction with the family bathroom.

Powder & Bathroom facilities in Laundry

Beautiful & Functional - Powder Basin / Laundry Trough

 FAMILY BATHROOM

The bathroom had an existing pedestal basin and medicine cabinet on the side wall - no bench space and no where near enough storage for a family of four! It also had a tiny 1200mm bath with a shower over the top - compromising both the ability to relax in the bath or enjoy the shower. We overcame this by having a shower open to the bath on one side, making the room feel much more open and allowing both a full sized bath and a walk in shower. 

Bathroom BEFORE SHOT

Walk in Shower & Hob Bath

Bathroom Vanity with Medicine Cabinets Above

Tangled up in Blue

One of my clients sent me this snapshot of their new kitchen late last year,  I'm very excited about this project.  Stay tuned for professional photos later this year.

New Kitchen

Shipping Steel

Recently I've been working with Cubed Project Consulting on a roll-out of highly customized temporary site offices made from re-purposed shipping containers.  We are currently working on phase II of this project so stay tuned for some new designs.  

Don't hesitate to contact Cubed if your business requires something of this nature.

Highly detailed interior.

Stylish exterior colours and more corporate branding.

Study in Progress

A few pics of a study currently being installed on one of my jobs. 

The client has a great collection of antique furniture pieces so we decided a dark custom designed and made wall unit would be the ideal back drop for their many varied timber pieces, not to mention books and curios from their travels.

Just need the joiner to finish off the skirting and paint it dark and to get the right timber desk for the room!

 

Steel Yourself, Part II

I spent a good chunk of Friday on site in Essendon arranging a clients impressive collection of china and porcelain into her new custom designed and made display cabinet (the one with the steel doors). Here are a few snapshots of the cabinet - the glass had only been installed that morning, so the glass needed cleaning and the gaffer tape to be removed but otherwise it looks fantastic!

Industrial steel doors, timber bench tops and plenty of storage space.

Impressive china collection!

An enormous TV and custom designed unit for speakers, subwoofer, sonos, dvd, amplifier etc

Steel Yourself

First week back at the desk and its getting to the exciting stages on a few of my projects. Today I got an update on a custom designed wall unit / display cabinet for a client. It has been an fantastic project to create something so unique yet totally customised to the clients requirements. 

The inspiration:

Here is a teaser - I will be sure to post an update once it is all installed later this month.