Above: American oak veneer
cabinetry is also a feature of the
dining room. The owners added
Mid-century Modern Eames dining
furniture with a segmented base
table and DCM chairs. The only
window coverings in these rooms
are blinds that sit beneath a timber
pelmet when not in use.
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close to the original architecture
as possible. The existing cork
and resin flooring had petrified and cracked over 50 years,
so this was replaced with bluegrey ceramic tiles that replicate
the colour of the original bluestone that clads a wall in the
living room and forms the
paving outside.
“The tiles create the same
effect as the bluestone, but are
not an imitation,” says Maree.
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To simplify the interior
and remove any suggestion of
clutter,
Bastiras
designed
custom American oak cabinetry – the same wood veneer
appears in the built-in cabinets throughout the house.
The veneer matches the colour
of the original meranti timber
that still features on a freestanding wall in the kitchen,
and the front of the peninsula,
which was left intact.
“The new joinery has a very
minimal design, so it almost
fades into the background – I
wanted it to look as though it
had always been there,” says
Bastiras. “The simple backdrop also made it easier for
the owners to personalise the
house with their furniture,
artworks and homewares.”
The American oak veneer
appears on kitchen cabinets,
cantilevered cabinets in the