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TIMELESS UPDATE design dream With Cassandra Fenaughty Cassandra Fenaughty is a landscape architect with more than 20 years’ experience. She is the founder and owner of an innovative renovation design consultancy, creating photo-real renovation concepts for clients looking to visualise their dream renovation before it begins. For more visit cassandrafenaughty.com.
I recently bought a new home that is about 20 to 30 years old and I’m wondering what your advice would be to ensure the renovations we do are timeless and won’t be out of fashion in only a few years’ time. Thank you, Sheena. CASSANDRA SAYS: Thanks for your question. It’s a really sensible one that a lot of people forget about when they do renovations, and even new builds. Thanks to social media, it’s very easy to be lured into current trends for interior and exterior home design. This isn’t to say that you can’t have your cake and eat it too – a timeless design doesn’t necessarily mean a boring style. By establishing a timeless base for the interior and exterior design of your home, you can still add stylised layers to achieve your desired look. Unless you are happy to spend tens of thousands of dollars every few years to update your home’s look, it’s a great idea to go for a neutral base design.
So the next question is how do you establish a timeless base style for your interior and exterior spaces? 1. Material selections Try to use natural materials where possible. Timber and stone never go out of fashion. If you can’t afford the real thing, there are
plenty of stone-look porcelain tiles or timberlook cladding options that you can use both inside and outside the home. Don’t select flooring or cladding that is too different or on trend. Try to select something that you know has looked great over the decades and will continue to over time. Examples are real
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