When building designer, and small-space-specialist Paul Hindes from Soul Space was approached bythe clients to open up their compact beachside duplex in Sunshine Beach, Noosa, he knew it was going to be a challenge. What he didn’t expect was that he would end up redesigning two very different homes within an ‘80s duplex, with two very different briefs at the same time. What followed was a complete overhaul of the space, quite literally turning the original design on its head.
“The design was challenging – the nature of the duplex meant that there were two clients with two different budgets,"Hindes says. “Unit one allowed for a complete redesign, putting the living spaces on the lower floor, and two bedrooms and a study space on the top floor, with a garage at the front. They wanted to have their living space open to a rear garden with a new plunge pool, seamlessly connecting the indoor and outdoor spaces. The Unit two clients only wanted to renovate the existing spaces and put a new roof over the front balcony.”
Hindes set to work increasing the connection between indoors and out, allowing for design and air to flow through this classy and sophisticated home.There was a disconnect between the inside space and the garden which Hindes fixed by placing sliding glass doors along the full length of the room that stack on top of each other making the entire wall seem to disappear. The idea was to make the home appear much bigger than it was and to ‘do as much as possible’. A void was incorporated in the design in order to open up the connection between both floors and create the appearance of space with height. The room feels larger as light pours in.Beautifully landscaped courtyards accentuate the open, flowing feel of a beach house that effortlessly integrates outdoor and indoor living.
A glass pool fence separates a covered, casual seating area from the pool terrace and inviting water. Glass was used as much as possible to create that seamless indoor-outdoor flow.
