Thursday, August 12, 2010

Enviro Cottage Sneak Peek...



This picture is a little sneak peak of a project we have been busy on over the past few months. We were fortunate enough to be chosen as the joinery partner to the 'Spring Hill Enviro Cottage'. It has involved the renovation of a typical Queensland inner city worker's cottage into a benchmark for an environmentally responsible modern home.

We constructed the kitchen, glimpsed in the photo above, out of some of the most exciting sustainably sourced materials we have ever used. The star of the kitchen are doors, drawer fronts and panels fashioned out of leftover recycled Australian hardwood salvaged from the demolition of a local bridge. The timber's graceful aged patina has been enhanced with the use of a natural oil to finish it. The recycled timber is a beautiful textural contrast to the shiny modern materials that surround it making it a stunning decorative element in the space.

The project will soon be open to the public to tour. Watch this space for more details and some more glimpses of our joinery....

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