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ArchiPro Project Summary - A heritage-listed cottage in East Geelong revitalized with a modern Carrara marble bathroom, blending timeless elegance with contemporary functionality, while preserving the charm of its 1940s origins.

Title:: Restoration Cottage
Interior Designer:: Studio aem
Category:: Residential/; Interiors

A fresh bathroom and heritage interior design consultation

An Elegant Carrara Marble Bathroom

Built in the 1940s, this heritage-listed cottage in East Geelong, Victoria was already bursting with history charm. However, it was in need of a long-overdue refresh of the dated interior.

Thankfully, the quality workmanship that is synonymous with WWII-era buildings meant the property was graced with great bones and a workable floor plate, enabling Studio aem to work our magic. With many rooms on their wish list to renovate, the clients decided to kick off this multi-stage project with a bathroom overhaul.

As a base for the design, the first step was to reimagine the cramped space as a functional, modern bathroom with an open-plan shower and bath, making the room feel much more spacious, welcoming and efficient.

When it came to selecting finishes, care was taken to respect the period of the home, while also injecting some modernity and ensuring durability in this frequently-use space. Elegant Carrara marble, coloured polyurethane and a breathtaking terrazzo feature floor tile in monochromatic tones took care of the hard surfaces, while aged bronze fixtures and fittings added a sense of luxury and timelessness.

The end result is a finished bathroom which has preserved and honoured the original details of the property, while enthusiastically embracing a sleek, modern style.

Upon completion of this room the delighted clients have engaged Studio aem to work on their next project, a kitchen revamp which will echo the minimalist chic of the bathroom and bring the workhorse of this character-filled home back to life.

Photography: Jane Dunning Photography

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Studio aem is a Sydney-based interior design studio, offering a full suite of design services from architectural review, joinery design as well as finish and material specification through to lighting design, window treatment design, furniture and fitting specification, styling and art curation.

With sixteen years’ experience, Director Alexandra Mason has worked on design projects of all shapes, sizes and styles, including high-end residential interior design, boutique multi-residential developments, renovations, furniture design, retail and commercial projects.

She has an innate sense of style and a passion for architecture, interiors, design and art, and sees her role as a spiritual calling rather than merely a career. Through the consultation process Alex gets to know her clients on an intimate level, enabling her to create designs which tell their story and express their personality.

Alex believes our homes allow us to bare our souls to the world through the careful curation of interiors, in a way we might not feel free to do in other areas of our lives. Through her brave and playful approach, tempered with carefully-considered nuance, Alex creates provocative and whimsical, yet refined, designs, and helps her clients weave their hearts into the very fabric of their homes.