Post-war home in Malvern East. Photo by Secret Design Studio
” Alistair is amazing. We had him out for a Dr Retro House Call. He immediately had great design advice regarding our front fence.
We then engaged Alistair to design an extension to our cream brick 1960 home. Our brief was 5 pages long! Alistair presented three concepts. One concept was modest (lower cost) and met all of our requests in the brief, plus some really good ideas from Alistair.
I’m an engineer and work with lots of architects. I find most to be very impractical and rigid regarding their designs. Alistair is just so practical. All of his concepts were really well thought out.
Highly recommend him.”
Post-war home in East Malvern with new black and white canvas blinds. Photos by Secret Design Studio
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Secret Design Studio
Secret Design Studio is a small, boutique building and interior design studio that specialises in retro homes of the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s.
I had the privilege of visiting this modestly scaled and beautifully detailed mid-century home the other day for one of my last Dr Retro House Calls in-home consultations for 2024. Built in 1959 by a Dutch bricklayer for his family, it is largely original and has been cherished by its current custodians for quite a long time.![]()
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The stand-out feature for me was the beautiful curved, steel-framed windows for the front-facing living room and kitchen. This style of window is no longer made today. One of the corner windows developed a crack after one of Melbourne’s rare earthquakes a few years ago and had to be replaced at a cost of $1700 with thicker glass. Needless to say, the current owners are NOT planning to sell in the foreseeable future.![]()
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There are a couple of in-home consultation appointments still available at the 2024 prices this year, or you can reserve an appointment for 2025 this year at the 2024 price.![]()
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