Windows

Kevin designed and fabricated the black walnut dining banquette. It sits with a ‘Corbett' table from Room & Board, Room & Board dining chairs, and a ‘TR Bulb Suspension Frame’ light by Tim Rundle.

Now, the main kitchen opens to the rear deck via large sliding glass doors, and the dining room is in the former kitchen space.

A Togo chair and a Romano sofa create a cozy seating area around the elevated Stûv fireplace with custom steel base.

The gable end 10’4” by 6’6” window provides plenty of opportunities to create fleeting live portraits that could hang on any gallery wall. A Santa & Cole floor lamp stands left of an heirloom chair, which is covered by a Skyeskyns sheepskin.

“Where we let loose was on the window,” Matt says. “It’s an aluminium window frame, which is bushfire compliant and easy to install, but the way that we detailed it was about hiding the frame so that the eye is drawn into the space.”

The tiles that can be glimpsed in the hallway are by Patricia Urquiola for Mutina, and have been used to clad the bathroom. They extend out into the hallway to mark the entrance.

“The owners were especially disciplined in maintaining calmness in all material and product choices,

A view of the front door, made of local lapacho. Above it, the second level is enveloped in wood cladding, whose deep brown tones are starting to fade and lighten. “We like that very much,” says Smud. “And the plants are growing and advancing over the wood.”

Inside, the original ceiling complements new Douglas fir slats. A teal sofa from Crate & Barrel picks up on a color in the stained-glass panels. The coffee table is from Salty Home.