Located on a quiet hillside, overlooking Banks Peninsula and the Akaroa Harbour, this holiday home expresses the owners love of land and sea. Having worked with these clients before on their city home, we were well attuned to their design aesthetic and things that were important to them.
The clients have a passion for design, they wanted nothing overtly coastal or typically Scandinavian, but with aspects of each genre - an aesthetic that engaged as much with the water as it did with the land.
The interiors needed to beautiful but not precious, robust enough to withstand children, dogs and sand from the beach.
The level of design detail throughout the home is evident. Deliberately pared-back, the minimal furnishings include curated objects and sculptural statements to lift the home from a typical “kiwi bach”.
There is an emphasis on detail, but not on dissolving the practical: black wall sockets and plugs, and black-steel bracketing on the trusses are a visible, deliberate act.
The black is then continued through into the bathrooms where black plumbing fixtures and fittings are used. The bathrooms are deliberately dark and moody to contrast with the rest of the home, these are intentionally compact spaces as priority was given to the living/public areas within the home, vertical towel rods are space savers, their parallel bars set against the geometry of a trio of rectangles in the mirror cabinet, wall hung vanity and a shelving cube.”
Though effortless in appearance, the interiors are a result of a complex approach where each element of the design plays a vital role, while at the same time celebrating the architecture and liveability of each space.
In the kitchen a delicate yin-yang balance is achieved, with white finger tiles and V-groove cabinetry punctuated by black sockets and pull handles. Up-lights in the characteristic trusses wash the ceiling with a gentle glow at night, to complete this picture of intimacy and ease.
The oversized “Dome36 Scraplight” pendant from Graypants at nearly 1000mm diameter is a bold statement above the dining table but is appropriately scaled within the generous volume of the primary living space.
Deliberately minimal furnishings are robust enough to withstand families on holidays.
The owners eschewed a TV in the living room leaving the picture window and fireplace as focal points. Grouped into an intimate setting around a rattan coffee table is a modular Matteo Sofa by David Shaw and a black leather sling chair. The Sherpa rug ‘grounds’ the setting and adds a textural element.
All bedrooms have a restful palette of washed grey and charcoal that subtly reflects the coastal location.
This is an enchanting home where family and friends gather to relax and be together, a place where memories are made and traditions are forged.
Material Used :
Kitchen
Barstools – Tim Webber Wrap Stool
White Vases on bench – Osona Vases
Drawer & CPD Handles – Furnipart ‘Harlequin’ 9005 Black
Overhead Cabinetry – Sage Doors Timbalook colour Matakana
Dining/Living
Dining Table - A-joint Table by Henry Wilson
Dining Chairs – Aspen Chair from Citta
Pendant – Dome36 Pendant White by Graypants
Occasional Chair – Black Leather Sling Chair from Corcovado
Rug – Armadillo & Co Sherpa colour Pumice
Bathroom Tiles (both bathrooms)
Floor & Wall Tile – Liviana Grigia 600 x 600mm
Wall Tile – Matt White Subway 300 x 100mm
Bathroom 1
Vanity Top and Basin – Custom Surface Solid Surface Basin Top from Plumbline
Bathroom 2
Heated Towel Rails – Heirloom Heiko Pole Noir Towel Warmer
Vanity Top and Basin – Custom Surface Solid Surface Basin Top from Plumbline
Bedrooms
Curtains – not worth mentioning
Bedlinen – not worth mentioning
Lamp – Louis Poulsen AJ Table Lamp
Interior paint colour throughout – Resene Merino
Outdoor shower fitting – Elementi Ion Slide Shower in Matt Black
Roof – Coloursteel colour Ebony
Exterior Cladding – Abodo Vulcan Sioox Coated
