Twin Peaks House is a vibrant extension to a grand Edwardian homestead in Kensington. Originally built in 1913 for a wealthy family of butchers, when the surrounding landscape was pasture from horizon to horizon, the homestead endured as its acreage was carved up and subdivided into smaller terrace allotments. Our clients discovered the property decades ago during long walks around their neighbourhood, promising themselves that they would buy it should the opportunity ever arise. Many years later the opportunity did arise, and our clients made the leap. Not long after, they commissioned us to update the home for their family of five. They asked us to replace the pokey rear end of the house, shabbily renovated in the 1980s, with a generous extension that matched the scale of the original home and its voluminous garden. Our design intervention extends the massing of the original gable-roofed house towards the back garden, accommodating kids’ bedrooms, living areas downstairs and main bedroom suite tucked away upstairs gabled volume to the east earns the project its name, duplicating the main roof pitch at a smaller scale and housing dining, kitchen, laundry and informal entry. This arrangement of rooms supports our clients’ busy lifestyles with zones of communal and individual living, places to be together and places to be alone. The living area pivots around the kitchen island, positioned carefully to entice our clients' energetic teenaged boys with the aroma of cooking. A sculpted deck runs the length of the garden elevation, facing swimming pool, borrowed landscape and the sun. A first-floor hideout attached to the main bedroom floats above, vertical screening providing prospect and refuge. Neither quite indoors nor out, these spaces act as threshold between both, protected from the rain and flexibly dimensioned for either entertaining or retreat. Galvanised steel continuously wraps the exterior of the extension, distilling the decorative heritage of the original’s walls, roofs and gables into two cohesive volumes. The masculinity in this form-making is balanced by a light-filled, feminine interior. Its material palette of pale timbers and pastel shades are set against a textured white backdrop, with 2400mm high datum adding a human scale to the raked ceilings. Celebrating the tension between these design moves is a dramatic, top-lit 7m high void that slices through the centre of the house. Another type of threshold, the void bridges the old and the new, the private and the public, the formal and the informal. It acts as a clear spatial marker for each of these transitions and a living relic of the home’s long history.

Rénovation d’un studio dans le Vieux-Nice (06). La cuisine LineaQuattro se compose d’un linéaire (230 cm x 280 cm), tout équipé (réfrigérateur, lave-vaisselle, four, micro-ondes, table de cuisson, hotte, cuve sous plan de travail). Les meubles sont noirs mats, l’ouverture des portes se fait grâce à des gorges horizontales en laque noire mat et et touche-lâche. Plan de travail et crédences en céramique Saint-Laurent Marazzi.

This light and bright bathroom, with terrazzo floors, custom white oak vanity, white quartz countertop, matte black hardware, brass lighting, and pink moroccan tile in the shower, was created as part of a remodel for a thriving young client, who loves pink, and loves to travel! Photography by Michelle Drewes

This award-winning classic and retro bathroom packs a punch! This bathroom project was part of a multi-room remodeling and design project in Winter Park. The clients wanted a bold wallpaper and a feminine look to the space, but didn't want the room to feel like it didn't belong to the rest of the home. We used a similar color palette and included mid-century accents in the space to help carry tie this bathroom in with the rest of the house. The bold peacock wall paper pattern was an homage to the home's Winter Park location. Classic white shaker cabinets got a little glam treatment with oversized brass and acrylic hardware.

Master bathroom with custom floating walnut vanity and zellige tile backsplash.
This is an example of a small contemporary master bathroom in Philadelphia with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, a two-piece toilet, gray tile, ceramic tile, white walls, terrazzo floors, an integrated sink, concrete benchtops, grey floor and white benchtops.

Inspiration for a modern master bathroom in Denver with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, a freestanding tub, a curbless shower, a one-piece toilet, white tile, marble, white walls, terrazzo floors, a vessel sink, engineered quartz benchtops, white floor, a sliding shower screen and white benchtops.

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Photo of a large contemporary master bathroom in Melbourne with terrazzo floors, concrete benchtops, an open shower and grey benchtops.

Tropical, fish-themed powder bathroom with fun colored fish wallpaper, fish-shaped stone sink, unique fishnet vanity drawer inserts on shaker style drawer front, with tapered wood vanity legs and brass fish drawer pulls. Photos: Eric Gzimalowski @www.GizmoPhotos.com

Small 3/4 bathroom in Sydney with an open shower, a wall-mount toilet, white tile, ceramic tile, white walls, terrazzo floors, a wall-mount sink, grey floor, an open shower and a single vanity.

Design ideas for a mid-sized scandinavian kids bathroom in San Francisco with shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, an alcove tub, a shower/bathtub combo, pink tile, glass tile, white walls, terrazzo floors, an undermount sink, engineered quartz benchtops, white floor, a hinged shower door, white benchtops, a niche, a double vanity and a built-in vanity.

C'est l'histoire d'une salle de bain un peu vieillotte qui devient belle. Nous avons opéré une rénovation complète de l'espace. C'était possible, on a poussé les murs en "grignotant" sur la colonne d'air de la maison, pour gagner en circulation. Nous avons également inversé le sens de la baignoire. Puis, quelques coups de peinture, de la poudre de perlimpinpin et hop ! le résultat est canon !

Design ideas for a contemporary kids bathroom in Perth with flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, terrazzo floors, an integrated sink, multi-coloured floor, grey benchtops, a single vanity, a floating vanity and vaulted.

Une belle douche toute de rose vêtue, avec sa paroi transparente sur-mesure. L'ensemble répond au sol en terrazzo et sa pointe de rose.
Small traditional 3/4 bathroom in Paris with beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets, a corner shower, a wall-mount toilet, pink tile, ceramic tile, white walls, terrazzo floors, a console sink, terrazzo benchtops, multi-coloured floor, a hinged shower door and pink benchtops.

This is an example of a traditional bathroom in Venice with terrazzo floors and white floor.

Red Hill bathroom design by Interior Designer Meredith Lee. Photo by Elizabeth Schiavello.
Small contemporary master bathroom in Melbourne with brown cabinets, an open shower, a two-piece toilet, brown tile, porcelain tile, beige walls, terrazzo floors, a vessel sink, engineered quartz benchtops, green floor, an open shower and grey benchtops.

Remodeled by Lion Builder construction Design By Veneer Designs
Large midcentury master bathroom in Los Angeles with flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, a freestanding tub, an alcove shower, a one-piece toilet, gray tile, ceramic tile, white walls, terrazzo floors, an undermount sink, engineered quartz benchtops, grey floor, a hinged shower door and white benchtops.

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Inspiration for a mid-sized modern 3/4 wet room bathroom in Sydney with furniture-like cabinets, dark wood cabinets, a wall-mount toilet, black and white tile, stone tile, white walls, terrazzo floors, an integrated sink, engineered quartz benchtops, multi-coloured floor, a hinged shower door and white benchtops.

Contemporary washroom. Photo by Nathalie Priem
Inspiration for a contemporary powder room in London with flat-panel cabinets, black cabinets, terrazzo floors, granite benchtops and black benchtops.

Salle de bain rénovée dans des teintes douces : murs peints en rose, faïence blanc brillant type zellige et terrazzo coloré au sol. Meuble vasque sur mesure en bois et vasque à poser. Détails noirs.