Breathe Easy

For the owners of this 1930s Queenslander, enclosing the under-used undercroft delivered double the happiness.

- Stephen Crafti

REAR EXTERIOR Fixed timber battens lend a striking appearance without impeding airflow. Landscape design by Werner Weis Landscapes.

DINING The owners enjoy their new sun-soaked dining space. The polished-concrete flooring extends part way up the wall to create banquette seating. Seat cushion covered in Verona leather from Instyle. Wall tiles, Complete Tile and Stone. Flowerpot VP1 brass pendant lights, Cult. Floor lamp, West Elm.

THE PALETTE

Gloss White ceramic tiles (dining area)

Dulux Whisper White (exterior and interior, throughout)

Omega Black quartzite (island bench)

Located about four kilometres from Brisbane’s CBD, it’s thought that this Queenslander was built in the early 1930s – so it’s slightly younger than most of the Queenslanders in the city.

When the homeowners, a couple with two young children, purchased the house in 2016, it had already been elevated a full level above the ground to give the main living areas more breathing space. In doing so, an undercroft had been created which, for these owners, presented the perfect opportunity to create additional room for family living and entertaining.