Arney Road Renovation

This gorgeous 1930's home had three very small living spaces across the front of the house. These rooms were too small to be practical and prevented entertaining on a larger scale. The brief for this renovation was to create a relaxing TV room and a larger more formal sitting room for entertaining friends and family.   We re-designed the layout of the three rooms, removing a wall and door, adding cavity sliders with lead light glass to add light into the hallway and speak to the existing headlight windows. Another set of cavity sliders was added between the two new rooms to enable flexibility with the use of these rooms, either one larger space for entertaining larger groups or being able to seperate the two spaces for individual use. Another part of the brief was to specify and source new furniture to complement some of the existing furniture, which was re-used. We combined existing antique pieces with more modern new pieces, including a number of custom designed pieces. A custom designed bar cabinet was designed with reeded dark timber, brass legs and handles and a surprising pop of colour in the interior. Adjustable glass shelves, drawers, mirrored interior back and soft close hinges combine to make this a stunning, much loved piece of furniture. Another custom designed item is the higher one of the pair of coffee tables, designed to nest above the lower table. It features custom brass inlay, steel legs and solid American ash, stained dark. Some existing seating pieces were recovered and new pieces were made locally in Auckland. We worked closely with Designers Collection to bring our custom designs to fruition and the quality of their manufacture and service is outstanding. New window treatments were made, shutters in the bay window and gorgeous textured gold fabric drapes on the pair of French doors. The existing drapes were re-used in the TV Room and were re-hung after a clean to freshen them up. Our clients are absolutely delighted with the two new rooms, they love the textures and colours and the richness these provide. They also love the functionality of the two spaces and have been enjoying entertaining and using the bar cabinet.