The home glow-up

Above left: Coastal kitchen design with an accent of colour using ‘Devonshire Sky’ Structured Gloss tiles (75mm x 300mm) by Beaumont Tiles. Top right: Neutral and earthy interior mood-board, combining texture and finish to create a calming and cohesive space. Bottom right: Brushed brass hardware adding a warming glow to cabinetry.

Words by Holly Wyatt.

Shaping a cohesive renovation project involves a particular design alchemy to balance space, light, colour, tone, texture, pattern, line and form. This is the special art of the interior designer.

There’s a vast difference between placing furniture in a room and curating an aesthetically pleasing space that acknowledges the flow of the house and sets a mood that reflects the people who live there.

FLM recommends checking out locally based or connected designers, each with their distinct flair including: SpaceCraft Joinery, LARC Designs, Little Road Studio, Fabrikate, Bernadette Kelly at Rollo, Enoki and Pyramid Hill (as seen on page 40). The kitchen is one of the most commonly used spaces in any home, so it’s no wonder that it’s also the most renovated. The team at Adelaide Outdoor Kitchens know kitchens, inside out. They work with their clients to create their dream kitchen (or bathroom!) – inside or alfresco – championing function, flow, aesthetics and quality. We love their powder-coated, coloured-concrete basins for a pop of personality and the Billy Smoker for those winter meals outside. FLM also recommend Innovative Kitchens (see page 45), SpaceCraft Joinery (see page 113) and Seasalt Joinery (previously Coast to Coast).

A wide range of selections and options is all well and good, but narrowing down the options can be dizzying without experts in your corner. Choosing tiles is one such classic renovation conundrum. The skilled team at Beaumont Tiles Victor Harbor or Kangaroo Island can help distil your concepts to the perfect colour, shape, size, finish

Above left: Modern coastal bedroom styled by Bernadette at Rollo, featuring Enoki ‘Cumulus’ white muslin, bedside pendant lights. Top right: Outdoor space by Coastal Landscapes, combining stone feature wall, creeping greenery and backlit, rusted patina feature wall. Bottom right: Light-filled bathroom with plantation shutters from BQ Curtains and Blinds for chic privacy.

Every home build or improvement comes about through the accumulation of decisions made, both big and small. The Fleurieu has an array of specialised designers and trades to help you navigate each choice, whether you’re building from the ground up, refreshing a space, extending or landscaping. Take time to experience the impressive and inspirational showrooms across the region as you embark on your next project.

and arrangement of tile to achieve your desired effect. Be it a kitchen or laundry splashback, a full bathroom upgrade, an impressive hall or mudroom, or a new swimming pool, they have the perfect solution.

A seasoned renovator knows to consider the land, aspect and neighbourhood in the overall home design which equally plays a vital role in landscaping decisions. Generally speaking however, builders have exclusive rights until the time of key handover, when the landscaper can then access the property. Considering purpose and aesthetics, seasonality and climate, soil, and with a sensitivity to native environs it is important to lay a foundation as early as possible to allow a garden to establish and avoid trudging through mud at key handover. As a business that’s evolved out of 30 years in the building industry, Bailey Homes offers a seamless landscaping service, Coastal Landscapes & Fencing, a specialised and savvy way to have your outdoor vision unfold in unison with the build. Curtains, blinds and awnings are often the quiet achievers in home improvements. Not only essential to finishing a room aesthetically, window dressings have key functions in managing passive solar, creating privacy, filtering or refracting harsh light and reducing drafts. BQ Curtains and Blinds in Victor Harbor are authorised suppliers of Australian-made Luxaflex window treatments and have a wide range of versatile options, from plantation shutters to weather-proof awnings and exclusive Italian imported linens to harmonise your home.

It may be trite to say that each design decision is a step towards making your house the home you’ve always wanted, but it’s also true. With skilled guidance each decision you make will combine to create your best space, your home.

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