Stable bones and renovations over time had saved this Nineteen Nineties residence on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula in good situation, however the interiors have been largely uninspiring.
After buying the Barwon Heads property in 2023, the brand new house owners engaged Belsö Inside Design Studio to renovate the house appropriate for its new period, prioritising persona and cohesion.
‘The temporary was to create a personality-filled residence that the household might develop into over time,’ says Belsö Inside Design Studio founder Kaylene Bryce.
‘Moderately than endeavor a full structural overhaul, the purchasers needed to concentrate on a collection of thought of, focused enhancements that will considerably improve performance.
‘The kitchen, specifically, was undersized and didn’t adequately assist household life,’ explains Kaylene.
Along with Belsö, the purchasers introduced a powerful sense of fashion to the mission, offering clear course on how they needed to dwell in and expertise the house.
Early inspiration got here from YSG Studio’s Mo Jacobsen mission and their broader physique of labor, notably the way in which calm and creativity coexist by considerate materiality, texture, and storytelling.
The present flooring plan was largely retained within the renovation, albeit with a number of strategic tweaks. ‘One key intervention was the elimination of a structural column within the kitchen that beforehand ran by the island bench — a remnant of the 1998 extension,’ says Kaylene.
By good cabinetry design, Belsö have been capable of make the kitchen really feel bigger and extra open, whereas accommodating a extremely purposeful pantry, equipment zone, and workspace all inside the current footprint.
‘We additionally launched a brand new doorway off a former small bed room, remodeling the house right into a mixed walk-in pantry and research,’ says Kaylene.
What was a largely easy inside (white partitions, terracotta tiled flooring, charcoal laminate counters) was delivered to life by the considerate integration of blackbutt timber and inexperienced accents, layered with characteristic lighting and textured tiles.
The kitchen splashback is now adorned with subtly undulating zellige tiles, paired with sage cabinetry for its tonal alignment. The marble benchtop highlights a delicate inexperienced variation that enhances the encompassing finishes.
‘Inexperienced turned a central color story because it supplied each heat and a powerful connection to nature,’ says Kaylene. ‘The tone was fastidiously calibrated to really feel grounding relatively than overpowering, permitting it to take a seat comfortably alongside pure supplies and textured finishes.’
The lounge options Venetian plastered partitions and a checkered fireside tile from Tiento’s Melange collection, whereas the toilet and laundry characteristic a terrazzo tile from Artedomus and a sq. Japanese tile for an total refined palette.
The success of this mission lies within the stability of tones, supplies, and delicate variations, making areas seem each visually particular and extremely purposeful.
A second stage of the renovation is deliberate for the close to future, specializing in the upper-level foremost bed room.
