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| Original Kitchen - Timber Lined Ceilings |
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| Lining Boards to Dining/Kitchen Wall |
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| Original Entry Cupboards with Lining Boards |
Recently
I've been working on a kitchen renovation in Canberra. The house is a
fabulous 1960's Bill Batt designed home, largely in original condition. I
wasn't familiar with Bill Batt prior to taking this job and there is
little about him online, but he was the University Architect at ANU
sometime around 1959 (please do shoot me an email if you have any
additional info about Bill Batt as myself and the clients would be keen
to learn more about him). The clients were keen to rework the kitchen to
retain several of the key characteristics of the original interior
design such as the beautiful timber lined ceilings and timber paneling
in the entry, which I was more than enthusiastic about. I was also keen to design a kitchen that would have some Mid-Century qualities about it. As we were
working remotely (i.e. me in Melbourne, the clients in Canberra) I used
photoshop to render up my ideas for design and finishes. This is a great
tool to communicate your 'vision' for a space and makes it easy to
tweek the layout and materials as the design process unfolds. We did
lots of options on this job and even though we were just working with
freehand sketches, the clients found it really easy to picture the
suggested colours and materials in their space.
Stay tuned for completed pics on my other blog for RBID...
