Dunkeld Avenue, Bishopscourt
Set on the slopes of Table Mountain, the transformation of this Bishopscourt residence became an exercise in interior refinement. What began as a modest intervention, replacing timber windows and doors with double glazed aluminium and lightly modernising the interiors, evolved into a deeper reconsideration of how the home is experienced.
The original layout felt enclosed and segmented. Our response was to unlock the interiors, allowing light, flow, and landscape to re enter the everyday sequence of spaces.
SCOPE
Renovation, Interior architecture, furnishing, object and art
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bureaux Editorial Agency- Greg Cox
PUBLICATION
Condé Nast House & Garden, June 2016, pp.61-69
Set on the slopes of Table Mountain, the transformation of this Bishopscourt residence became an exercise in interior refinement. What began as a modest intervention, replacing timber windows and doors with double glazed aluminium and lightly modernising the interiors, evolved into a deeper reconsideration of how the home is experienced.
The original layout felt enclosed and segmented. Our response was to unlock the interiors, allowing light, flow, and landscape to re enter the everyday sequence of spaces.
A warmer material language runs throughout. Screeded floors were replaced with timber, introducing softness and continuity underfoot.
Two fireplaces were introduced in the TV room and dining area, reinforcing warmth and creating quiet moments of pause within the main living spaces.
The staircase was reinterpreted as a sculptural thread through the home, anchoring movement between levels with a quieter presence.
Outwardly, the home opens with ease. A custom designed, almost floating, Dekton clad barbeque and reworked patio extend the interiors into the landscape, supporting relaxed seasonal living and effortless gathering, while giving the homeowner an uninterrupted view of Table Mountain.
Lighting was treated as atmosphere, composed through bespoke wall lights and sculptural pendants that gently shape the home from day to night.
A unique home filled with treasured art, vintage finds, and reinterpreted existing pieces and spaces, where quirky fabrics and custom furniture add character throughout.
The result reflects Andrea’s philosophy, layering vintage pieces, striking sculptures, and art while thoughtfully reinterpreting the client’s existing collection.
The transformation began with the reordering of the kitchen and utility spaces deeper into the plan. The kitchen was relocated into the former scullery, while the scullery absorbed the laundry and walk in fridge.
The kitchen was then extended into a softer, conservatory like room, drawing in the garden and dissolving the threshold between inside and out. This, in turn, released the original kitchen into a generous dining room with a separate coffee station, now light filled and oriented towards the TV room and covered terrace.
“We moved from a layout that felt segmented to one that feels infinite. By pushing the functional zones back, we didn’t just update a kitchen; we created a greater sense of scale, allowing the home to breathe while carving out a generous, central space for the family to cook, gather, and connect.” - Andrea Graff
