This chalet was initially constructed as considered one of six adjoining, slender houses for vacation goers visiting the snow in Mount Hotham, Victoria.
Its design was easy and utilitarian, offering a spot to sleep for dozens of visitors each snow season.
‘It had taken a beating over time, each by the sheer variety of folks it had accommodated through the years, and in addition by the intense local weather: freezing and icy in winter and excessive warmth in the summertime,’ says Katie Sargent, proprietor of Katie Sargent Design.
The homeowners needed to replace the house to swimsuit their model and want to go to the property 12 months spherical.
‘Every thing wanted changing and updating to utterly seal the chalet and elevate it to match the proprietor’s imaginative and prescient,’ says Katie.
Your entire chalet inside was gutted to introduce new flooring (a mixture of tiles, carpet, and timber), joinery, lighting, window therapies, and hydronic heating.
Structural modifications had been saved to a minimal, with solely the kitchen barely modified to open up the area positioned on the centre of the higher flooring.
The outside was additionally given new cladding for a extra up to date look whereas adhering to bushfire zone restrictions of the world.
Supplies within the new interiors had been chosen for his or her imperfect, textural, and soulful qualities: ceramic tiles, limestone flooring, Artedomus porcelain benchtops, walnut joinery, and wool carpets.
‘Every thing has a rumbled, natural and imperfect really feel to it. Nothing shiny. We needed the house to really feel lived in,’ says Katie.
Roughly 80 per cent of the gentle furnishings had been customized made in collaboration with native and nationwide makers and suppliers, such because the espresso desk by Studio Clean and Kate Bowman Ceramics.
Setting up this mission introduced many challenges attributable to its comparatively distant location and place adjoining different properties.
Katie explains, ‘Development may solely happen in the course of the off season, subsequently the precise renovation was on a really tight schedule with little room for motion.
‘All stakeholders needed to plan all the pieces to the minute element to verify we stayed on schedule.’
Its profitable completion is a credit score to the complete staff who offered their experience, from contractors to removalists who hauled the furnishings up the property’s slender and winding staircase.
