Colgate Cottage

Key considerations were maximising

space and functionality while

balancing the connection between

heritage detailing and a contemporary aesthetic.

Key considerations were maximising space and functionality while balancing the connection between

heritage detailing and a contemporary aesthetic.

Old meets new in our colourful design for this original worker’s cottage. Our clients were extending the cottage and engaged us before the build to perfect their interior design, selecting all colours, finishes, fixtures, lighting and completing the joinery design.

The owners love colour and were excited for us to invite fun through colour, pattern and texture across the kitchen cabinets, bathroom tiles and powder room wallpaper.

We transformed the second bedroom into a living room and worked with the architect to create arches that define the room and link with the hall and dining room. Circular patterning in the decorative ceilings mirror the curves of the arches, creating cohesion with the home’s heritage.

“Working with Annie was an element we could not have done without. Had we not used Annie our house would have just been a run of the mill renovation and all our choices wouldn’t have the flow and co-ordination that Annie was able to bring to the whole project.”

Tim, Colgate Cottage

Interior design, decor and styling: Annie Bowen Design

Architecture: Daniel Cowley

Photographer & editorial styling: ess.creative

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We acknowledge and give thanks to the people of Eora Nation, the Traditional Owners of the Gadigal land we work on. We pay respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.