THE SAGE
When it acquired right here to updating her personal residence in Glen Waverley closing 12 months, Jacqueline and her companion appeared to the prevailing choices of their Seventies abode for inspiration. Whereas they swapped out a couple of of the dated (and broken) house tools for an induction cooktop as rapidly as they moved in, they decided to utilize the outdated kitchen for a 12 months sooner than they tackled the renovation, with the intention to find out ‘what was working and what wasn’t’.
‘Curiously, there was a positive attraction to the kitchen’s darkish ambiance and cosy actually really feel that we grew to love over the 12 months. Consequently, we decided to keep up a couple of of the present components when designing the model new kitchen,’ Jacqueline gives.
They tackled the entire helpful factors — along with the shallow counter, inadequate fridge space, tiny pantry, and rearranged the format to create new joinery — whereas preserving the slate flooring and genuine timber window frames to combine the earlier with their stylish aesthetic.
‘The Seventies had been recognized for his or her daring and vibrant inside design, that features pure provides, daring patterns, and open layouts,’ Jacqueline says. The renovation pays homage to this era with a relaxing sage inexperienced coloration scheme, teak picket detailing and beige and grey limestone counter tops. It’s a cohesive and up to date sort out the retro references, and all of the finishes had been fastidiously chosen to play into the inexperienced, brown and orange tones of the slate flooring!
That they’d initially opted for Japanese finger tiles as a attribute, pretty than your full splashback. Nonetheless when their chosen stone splashback cracked by the arrange, they decided to draw back treatment by using the tiles all through the realm — and whatever the preliminary frustration, Jacqueline says they wouldn’t have it another technique now: ‘Typically, a mistake could even end in a better finish end result.’