PICTURES DIG DESIGN/RACHEL LEWIS
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Be sure to seek professional advice
before spending a great deal of time
and money on a DIY job. And always
do your research when enlisting a
builder, architect or designer, engaging
one with experience in period home
renovations. Ask for references and
photos of similar past projects.
‘Working on anyone’s home is a real
responsibility. he family home is for
most people their largest monetary
investment, but there is also a very large
emotional investment,’ says Lindsay.‘he family’s needs now and for the
future are paramount, and if you are
not in love with the plan you have
been presented with, you are not at
the solution yet.’ ❖and aesthetics. Natural materials such
as timber and stone always it within
our contemporary classic approach.
But don’t be afraid to be contemporary
in your additions. he most beautiful
solutions come through the perfect
synerg y of old and new.’
Interior designer Jasmine
McClelland advises linking the past
and present through a key decorating
inish, such as the interior paint
colour or the looring.
‘It’s nice to bring one thing through
the entire home to help it low from the
front to the back. Colour-wise, there
are no rules when it comes to period
homes. hey can take lots of colour and
also work well with neutrals, so don’t
limit yourself when it comes to the
palette,’ she says.New additions need
not be built in the
original style of
the residence
... But embraces all things
modern in the backyard.The rear of the home reveals
an ultra modern design.A period cottage retains
the charm of yesteryear ...Handyman.net.au JULY 2018 39RENOVATE