Building designer: Janik Dalecki,
Dalecki Design
Cladding: Weathertex weathergroove
Floors: Jarrah to match existing
floorboards
Awards: Trends International Design
Awards (TIDA)
Homes – Winner
Story by Charles Moxham
Photography by Dion Robeson
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This page: Line of sight – looking
from the rear entrance, you can see
right down the side of the home,
past the timber rear deck, through
the glazed dining area and past
another outdoor area complete with
firepit to the street beyond. The red
brick path provides a subtle bookend
to the 100-year-old cottage at the
front, with the addition in between.
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the home. For example the tall, narrow window
in the master suite demarks where the original
home ended and is distinctly modern in style.
However, the new family bathroom reflects
both old and new. As it is on view from the entry
hall, it had to retain a period charm – an existing
fireplace was retained here – while still offering
the bathing benefits of modern features.
Besides the living-entertaining space, one of
the features of the interior is its sheer flow and
ease of use. For example, older homes often had
bathrooms at the end of a run of spaces, mean-
ing children might have to traipse from bath to
bed through the living spaces. This new plan
allows the main bathroom to be accessed from
the existing bedrooms and the living area.
”The addition is only a third of the size of
the cottage again. However, its arrangement
and architecture gives a sense that the original
home has almost doubled in size,” says Dalecki.
While the addition has contrasting materials
and sharp, minimalist lines to let the intricate
details of the existing heritage home shine, the
neutral colour scheme and continuation of the
existing floorboards into the new section offers
a relaxed transition between two distinct eras.