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.