Delighted to be writing more project stories for @cantileverinteriors and Habitat House in Northcote is an absolute cracker.
Clients Gary and Melanie waited 17 years to fully renovate the Victorian home in inner-city Northcote they bought when their now teenage kids were infants. Now, after two years inhabiting a remarkable collaboration between Ben Callery Architects, Cantilever Interiors, Sam Cox Landscapes, Natural Swimming Pools Australia and Truewood Construction, they’re still savouring every sensorial detail.
‘The light, the connection between the outdoors and indoors, every angle (framing) different light and shadow – it’s very relaxing and peaceful,’ Melanie says. ‘l love the way you move through old and new, and notice the different seasons. Through these long postcard windows at the top of the addition you get to watch the clouds and the stars, you see the moon rise up, the bats fly past. You’re always connected to the outside – morning, noon and night.’
At the rear, the living and kitchen-dining space is a stunner. A compact footprint is spliced diagonally by highlight windows (with electric louvres for cross-flow ventilation) and a pop-up ceiling above the kitchen/dining area. This creates an astonishing sense of volume and space, drenches the core in northern light, and animates the interior with those celestial views Melanie adores. Fixed and retractable glazed walls and a minimalist, stepped timber deck conjoin house, garden and pool so naturally, and from so many interesting angles, that Gary says birds often hop in to visit and humans are forever circulating. It’s precisely the energising nature connection the family yearned for.
Full story cantileverinteriors.com
Architect @bencalleryarchitects
Photography @marniehawson
Builder @truewoodconstructions
Shoot stylist @bellebrightproject
Landscaping @samcoxlandscape
Natural Swimming Pool @naturalpoolaus
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