Flooring: Quick-Step Intenso Timber Flooring in Raisin Oak

Installed by: Flooring Xtra

Photography: Olivia Pitcher

Nestled in green on the picturesque Bucklands Beach peninsula is where you’ll find the home of Skye Turner and builder Jamin Cockroft. Just a stone’s throw from the ocean, this modern family adobe introduces a design-led, elevated edit to the relaxed Bucklands Beach lifestyle. But this wasn’t always the case – when Skye and Jamin acquired the home it was tired and neglected – a testament to bygone days. The house was in bad shape, but the couple recognised its potential and through sheer tenacity, and a mutual passion for design and renovation, were able to transform it into the contemporary, discerning home it is today. Adhering to the “less is more” school of thought, Skye’s love of minimal, sculptural design resonates throughout each room.

The previous tenants had been inside smokers, so we tore up and replaced the carpet, sugar soaped the walls and painted everything Dulux Southern Alps, their brightest white. A small wall and door closed in the lounge, pulling these down opened up the house and made it feel less like a rabbit warren. There were dark wooden venetians covering all of the windows, so they were all swapped out for white linen look sheers hung from the ceiling to make the ceiling height feel taller. These cosmetic changes took about two weeks and changed the entire feel (and smell) of our home. We have now removed the hot water cylinder from under the stairs, creating a new standalone laundry hidden behind hallway doors, redone two bathrooms and are about to start demolishing the en suite. To come is the new kitchen, new double-glazed joinery and a full exterior reclad.

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