Photography by Caitlin Mills, courtesy of Lisa Breeze.
Architect Lisa Breeze lived in her 1970s townhouse in Melbourne, Australia, for several years before she changed a single thing—long enough to know exactly what she wanted to do differently, and long enough to grow attached to the house’s personality.
As for the quirks she had grown to love, Breeze liked some design elements that had survived from the seventies—namely, “fabulous retro timber paneling in one of the bedrooms,” echoed elsewhere in a heavy wood central staircase and exposed wood beam ceilings.
The kitchen cabinets are MDF with custom routed lines for the paneled wood effect.
The cabinets are painted in blue-gray Buoyant from paint purveyor Dulux.
The induction cooktop and oven are both from Bosch.
The countertops are Super White Quartzite.
A glossy black Smeg refrigerator has the narrow profile Breeze wanted.
The cabinet pulls are made of Tasmanian oak, from Australian architectural hardware brand In-teria.
The circular table in the dining nook was a “glorious” eBay find, says the architect.