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Preceding pages and top: The family living area
opens up to a large timber deck with a pergola,
which helps to define the outdoor space as
another room. The pergola supports a retractable
sunshade that is used throughout the summer.
Above: Shelving and desking in the study repeats
a theme seen elsewhere in the house – the end
grain of the Futura plywood is exposed, bringing a
touch of visual warmth to the room.
Right: A large kitchen on one side of the addition
provides plenty of storage, with a bank of cabinets
recessed into the wall.

Exposed dark-stained beams and
cedar sarking in the living area also signal
a change in architecture, and the break
between old and new.
“Even from the outside, the broader,
wider gabled roof makes it clear that this
is a modern addition,” Holmes says.
To bring additional natural light into
the family space, a large circular skylight
was added.
“With close neighbours on two sides,
it didn’t make much sense to put windows in the side walls. The skylight

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