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The study nook: built-in oak desk and shelving under the high window. Leichhardt.

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The study nook: built-in oak desk and shelving under the high window.

Oak under the hand,
the skylight finds the green tile,
the house settles in.

A whole-house renovation of an Inner West home: two new bathrooms under skylights, a new stair and oak hallway, bedroom and study joinery, and a rear elevation of charcoal cladding with hardwood steps down to the deck.

Like every house we build, the frame was wrapped in Pro Clima membranes before the linings went on. It’s the layer you never see once the plaster is up, and the one that keeps the draughts and the damp out of the walls.

Bath and stacked green tile under the skylight. Leichhardt.
Bath and stacked green tile under the skylight.
Bedroom wardrobes in oak, the balcony door open to the trees. Leichhardt.
Bedroom wardrobes in oak, the balcony door open to the trees.
Rear elevation: hardwood steps and charcoal cladding. Leichhardt.
Rear elevation: hardwood steps and charcoal cladding.
Ensuite with the timber vanity under the skylight glow. Leichhardt.
Ensuite with the timber vanity under the skylight glow.
Freestanding bath against the green tile wall. Leichhardt.
Freestanding bath against the green tile wall.
The hallway in oak. Leichhardt.
The hallway in oak.
Black and timber handrail junction on the new stair. Leichhardt.
Black and timber handrail junction on the new stair.
New hardwood deck boards. Leichhardt.
New hardwood deck boards.

Under the plaster

The work you won’t see once it’s finished

Photographed before it was covered, because this is the part that keeps the house warm, dry and quiet.

The new structural opening propped, a carpenter under it. The site report found this wall; the price included it. Leichhardt.
The new structural opening propped, a carpenter under it. The site report found this wall; the price included it.
Electrical trench with two of the crew, deck behind. Leichhardt.
Electrical trench with two of the crew, deck behind.

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