Mitchell McCabe has been a menswear outlet in the heart of Clarendon Street South Melbourne since 1901. Current owner Andrew has been running the shop for the past 10 years. The shop is rich with history and in proposing a colour scheme for the project we tried to use colours that were clearly contemporary yet still worked comfortably with the Victorian feel of the interior space. The strong colours were contained in shop displays whilst the wall and ceiling colours were subdued.

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tags: colour, commercial, refurbishment, retail

This project involved a major refurbishment of an existing dwelling in St Kilda. All of the main spaces were retained and the rooms were enriched by the use of joinery and colour.

Simple features such as a chalkboard wall behind the spiral staircase help make the space more exciting and engaging.

tags: colour, refurbishment, residential, stairs

From empty space to open doors in just six weeks. Our goal was to quickly convert a motor mechanic’s workshop into a market-style food hall with a mark of quality for Melba Food. The new business needed to get noticed; it needed to attract custom not only to itself but also to the precinct. A flexible layout was needed too – to allow product range variation as the business grew. Careful use of lighting and shaped, floating panels avoided the time and cost to fully line the building. Native timber and a subdued palette created light and space and allowed the product to show itself off.

tags: adaptive reuse, colour, commercial, retail

This project was a refurbishment to an existing Federation style house in St Kilda. The aim was to provide additional accommodation for a 3rd child as well create a new bathroom, ensuite, kitchen, laundry + car parking facilities. The project reinstated the character of the original house that had been substantially altered when the house was being used as a boarding house . The situation was made more difficult by developers who sub-divided the rear section of the property to build apartments about 10 years ago. The design approach installed modern elements into the existing rooms and spaces. These elements complimented the look + feel of the original house to give the entire dwelling a new lease of life.

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tags: colour, federation, media, refurbishment, residential