Belle Vue

Design, Reno & Build; Interior Styling; Penthouse condo; 2020

We were engaged to redesign this resale penthouse apartment, which the clients wanted to transform into a modern, elegant home spacious enough for their family of six.

We undertook extensive renovation throughout the home — we redid the flooring, gutted the kitchen and bathrooms, reconfigured the master bedroom, redeveloped the rooftop garden, and designed new built-ins for various rooms.

Please scroll to the bottom for project notes.

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Living room

  • First impressions matter. We designed a full-length mirrored feature wall with black frame detailing to draw attention to the height of the apartment.

  • The use of black and glass is echoed throughout the home, particularly through room partitions.

  • We also designed a TV feature wall with built-in cabinetry to align flushed with the main door, thus creating a seamless, extended media wall. 

Dining room

  • The clients had asked us to incorporate wainscotting as they had grown fond of the feature, which was used extensively in their previous home.

  • To keep to the modern theme of this home, we instead designed a subtly graphic panelled wall as a nod to traditional wainscotting.

Kitchen

  • Since the client cooks big family meals daily, they needed a large, functional kitchen.

  • To better integrate the kitchen with the other communal areas while keeping it functional for heavier cooking, we replaced the wall between the living and dining area with folding doors.

  • We redesigned the layout of the kitchen, working with the client to select the mixed material finishes in the space.

Bedrooms and ensuites

  • We redid the floors and walls of all the bedrooms and bathrooms on the upper levels. We also designed the built-in wardrobes for each bedroom.

  • More extensive renovation was required in the master bedroom. To make space for a walk-in wardrobe, we did away with an old tub, redesigning the bathroom layout to instead accommodate a spacious standing shower. The modern black lines seen on the first floor are again seen here in the walk-in wardrobe, where we used full-height glass panels for a bold and sophisticated boutique feel.

Rooftop

  • The rooftop garden was redesigned entirely for the husband to use for entertaining guests.

  • We replaced the rooftop of the existing structure and built a functional kitchenette with a sink, counter space, and a wine refrigerator.

  • For a botanical look in this otherwise urban landscape, we also installed artificial turf.