Lifting and extending a Queenslander cottage to create a new Kitchen/Dining Extension and Rear Deck, plus Ground Floor Entertaining, Music Room, and Master Retreat.

Bris•tol = Brisbane + Bristol - two cities meaningful to our wonderful clients.

It’s been a real joy for us to work on this interesting character home in the heart of Annerley. With a leafy rear yard and views of an adjacent school oval, we wanted to create a modest, understated home for our clients and their family.

The extension plays with familiar forms and the idea of “timber and tin” - quintenssentially Australian materials that are modest, yet hardy and suitable for our climatic context. We referenced motifs within the existing home - with its white-and-bright-blue colour schemes and square-tiled existing bathroom, and played on those characteristics with dashes of blue in the new interior.

Ground Floor contains a new Rumpus and Master Retreat area - the idea that the parents enjoy an immediate connection to the garden, resting in the shadows at the end of the day. Upstairs sees a new Kitchen and Dining Room with generous rear deck - more connected with the canopy and the views, and a bright place for family gathering. Throughout the home we have kept a modesty of scale, with right-sized spaces that speak with the original home.

There is also a sound-proofed Drum Studio, and a feature stained glass window at the entry with a personalised design of Bristol by our own Georgina.

The end result is a home that is simple, immediately connected to the lush rear garden, and setup for family enjoyment. We love that our clients have a tradition that every room has a particular place or city as its theme - what a brilliant idea to make a home unique, personal, and playful!

Project Type

Renovation and Extension

Price Range

Under $3000/sqm

Status

Completed 2022