A tiny workers cottage in Perth is transformed into a spacious and modern three-bedroom home with an modern industrial vibe. See the transformation.
Dolls House a workers cottage renovation project in Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, designed by local architecture firm Edwards Moore.
Like many un-renovated inner-city homes, the bathroom of this Melbourne workers cottage had the best light and views in the house!
A young designer and her husband extended their Brisbane home to create a contemporary beach-inspired family haven.
ENTRY HALLWAY MASTER BEDROOM NEW SITTING ROOM (FORMERLY A BEDROOM) NEW KITCHEN (FORMERLY A LIVING ROOM) NEW LIVING ROOM (FORMERLY A BATHROOM) FRONT VERANDAH Before BACKYARD
Dolls House a workers cottage renovation project in Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, designed by local architecture firm Edwards Moore.
When you've got a tight block, you need to use every square centimetre. That's how you make a compact home feel spacious.
A once-humble workers’ cottage in West End has become one of the suburb’s most stylish homes after an award-winning makeover.
The Repose – a heritage workers cottage turned holiday home in the town of Dubbo, NSW – really lives up to its name. Bede and Jemima Aldridge, co-founders of local boutique Saddler & Co, together with friends, have transformed the historic home it into a luxurious boutique retreat for regional travellers.
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Artist and stylist Kerri Shipp from Driftwood Interiors turned a small, unloved workers cottage into a light, modern Hampton's style home, while still retaining the original charm.
In this Reno Rescue Spotlight, Amelia helped these homeowners to breathe new life into this old home, so it can become a modern, inner-city, family home.
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A Tiny 1900s Workers Cottage, Sympathetically Restored For A New Era Tiny Homes Bea Taylor Contrast of light and dark materials brings depth to the compact space. Photo by – Clinton Weaver.
A young designer and her husband extended their Brisbane home to create a contemporary beach-inspired family haven.
This blog was always intended to be about the renovation of our little blue house called Betsy. Along the way, it has become a creative outlet, a space to share a love of op shop finds and a pictorial memory of some of the best moments with my children. A bits and pieces, all over the shop kind of blog. As we are still a little way off starting Betsy's makeover renovation, I thought you might like to see what we got up to last time we did this renovating caper. This renovation is pretty much spot on ten years old, and I still love our old house. We will be doing some things differently this time but the underlying threads are still the same. There will be white vj walls, there will be pine wood floors and there will be lots of colour. There will also be a view of trees from every window. In my mind, that's a perfect house. Want to take a peek at a queenslander renovation circa 2002? (I might add these photos are all from the real estate agent and my house was never actually this tidy or clutter free in real life). When we bought this workers cottage in 2000 she was shabby and had a red roof, cream walls and forest green trim. The front fence was falling down and the stairs came straight down from top to bottom and were very steep and dangerous. She had three bedrooms, a small lounge/dining/kitchen area and a tacked on bathroom at the back. It was a long skinny block that sloped up towards the back of the house. We did not want to raise and excavate under the house so we simply added an extension onto the back. We used a draftsman and virtually all the design was our own. It took 11 weeks and there were some medium sized dramas with the builder. We swore at the time we would NEVER renovate again. It then took us about another two years to finish painting the interior of the house ourselves. I swore I would NEVER gap fill or paint another VJ ceiling ever again. We took a long time planning the kitchen, luckily we are both details people. I miss this kitchen. The island was Corian, the other bench stainless steel, the cupboards laminate . The red wall was simply painted in case we changed our minds, but we never did. It was a very functional kitchen and we will be taking all the best bits of this one for Betsy. It had symmetry, no overhead cupboards and a huge shallow pantry along one wall. My only regret was perhaps the stainless steel bench, it scratched easily, rusted slightly and it was a total pain to keep the splashback clean. We chose to keep all the joinery in the original red cedar and this really suited the tropical vibe of this house. For Betsy we are doing all the doors and windows white. The living/dining/kitchen/deck was the bulk of the extension, see the pale yellow floors of new pine. These were quite white when installed but yellowed up over a decade, still never as honey as the original floors but as the join was in the hallway, the transition was not obvious. Before kids we would lie on this daybed all weekend reading books and gazing up into that mango tree. That tree clinched us buying the house. Snap when we bought Betsy, her huge poinciana was the clincher. We intend to do a similar style of gabled deck roof for Betsy, however she will have a much wider span than this. There is no money to give Betsy a new bathroom. I'll just fondly remember this one. This shower did not need a door ( I hate cleaning glass) and that bath was the deepest and widest we could find (the kids miss that bath- it was practically a pool). We thought we were buying purple mosaics but they ended up looking more like a shimmering mermaids tail. Can I add that white tiled floors were an exceptionally bad idea with small children. We are still experiencing karmic payback for this exceptionally poor decision as Betsy also has white tiled bathroom floors. The ensuite had a double shower and a vanity made from an old balinese cabinet. Because the open plan living/kitchen/dining room was white, we painted all the bedrooms different colours ( I had to get my colour fix somewhere). The colour of our bedroom was very restful. That doona cover is the only one I liked for a decade, it finally retired last year and now that I have discovered vintage sheets I want to sew my own. Looking back I see that perhaps I am to blame for miss Liongirl's pink obsession. Before kids this room was a dark dark navy and was an office. See the gorgeous honey coloured pine in this old part of the house? Roboboy's room was lilac and the spare room was a neutral kind of coffee colour. The two front bedrooms faced north and had wonderful french doors that opened onto the front verandah. We would lie in bed with the doors flung open on the weekends the let the sun drench the room, while the kids zoomed their ride ons along the verandah. Both my children were born while living in this house and I have lots of wonderful memories. Luckily, she is just around the corner so I can check on her every day on the drive home. She was bought by an investor and the family renting her have been kind enough to say that they love our old house so much they are having trouble leaving her to buy their own house. So, now that ten years have passed and the bad memories of renovating have faded, we are getting excited about doing it all again, with a lot more wisdom, experience and a new vision for a new girl called Betsy.
A young designer and her husband extended their Brisbane home to create a contemporary beach-inspired family haven.
A significant renovation to a late-19th century workers cottage completed by Melbourne-based Bryant Alsop Architecture Studio.
So...remember my recent post on the perfect Queenslander? Well I have a little update I think you might like. Last year, I was enjoying my usual weekend real estate stalking browsing, when I came across this cottage. As soon as I saw the interior shots, I thought it looked familiar, and sure enough, the same owners had worked their makeover magic on another gem in just the next suburb: this was an original workers' cottage with a new extension added to the rear the new side entrance, linking the original cottage and the new addition if you look closely you can see some of the owners' amazing art collection love the dark floorboards and the glass louvre splashback - what a great idea! love this! the outdoor area was one of the home's best features as soon as I saw this pic, I recognised the bedhead and lampshades straight away - remember this from my previous post? all images from here So, now the big question - which do like the best? The original homes are quite different, but the common theme with both renovations is the addition of large modern extension to what was originally a small Queensland colonial. Do you like the idea of combining old and new, with the extension visible from the street? Or would you rather a more subtle approach, with no clue to what's in store? I'd love to hear what you think so leave a comment and we can debate the pros and cons! Have a great day everyone,
A young designer and her husband extended their Brisbane home to create a contemporary beach-inspired family haven.
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Image 1 of 27 from gallery of Urban Cottage / CoLab Architecture. Photograph by Stephen Goodenough
A tiny workers cottage in Perth is transformed into a spacious and modern three-bedroom home with an modern industrial vibe. See the transformation.
Photographer and stylist Kara Rosenlund’s characterful Queensland workers’ cottage is a true reflection of her unique style and love of nature, travel and antique finds.
Stunning Queenslander renovation retains the character of the original home while creating a modern addition for a growing family.
A modern Melbourne renovation teaches others how to live sustainably without compromise.
Located within Fairlight, a leafy harbourside suburb, this remarkable home was formerly a workers’ cottage, built in the 1860s.
When you've got a tight block, you need to use every square centimetre. That's how you make a compact home feel spacious.
The Repose – a heritage workers cottage turned holiday home in the town of Dubbo, NSW – really lives up to its name. Bede and Jemima Aldridge, co-founders of local boutique Saddler & Co, together with friends, have transformed the historic home it into a luxurious boutique retreat for regional travellers.
