Mid-Century Before and After
Looking back on this project it is hard to believe it is the same house, but these three photos prove it.
The clients had a pleasant enough mid-century home, with the entry tucked around the side, and a beautiful rear garden.
The cathedral ceilings and rear garden excluded a traditional rear or first floor addition without compromising the mid-century features that the clients loved.
Fortunately there was enough room at the front of the home to extend forwards giving the old home a new face to the street, a better entry, and a stronger mid-century modern feel than their original home.
Concept and design by Secret Design Studio, documentation by Detail 9.
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