High end, formal dining room in a large 1930s home in Toorak, Melbourne, recently renovated using oak timber flooring, custom wine cabinet, and vintage lighting

HEYINGTON RESIDENCE

Interior Architecture + Furniture and Object Curation

Toorak : Melbourne : Australia

Positioned amongst Melbourne’s leafy inner-suburbs, Heyington Residence is a renovation of a 1930’s interwar single-residential dwelling. The home’s original architect sought inspiration from the Arts & Crafts movement, placing emphasis on quality materials, skilled labour and the honest expression of function. We’ve preserved and paid homage to their ideas.

In researching the original era we explored historical references that are unique to Melbourne in the 1930s, something we felt was well worth nurturing. The Arts & Craft criticism of high volume industrial manufacturing and its contribution to the decline in quality construction was our main inspiration, a sentiment still very relevant in our current day industry. 

Renovated in the nineties, the home had sadly lost the majority of these original details. Our studio set out to reinstate the building’s original charm, imbued with modern day functionalities to suit the client’s lifestyle. 

Elegant french La Cornue stove in a recently renovated Toorak home, featuring viola marble benchtops and architraves and Mardouro Kettle from Pan After

Intricate timber panelling found in the preserved study provided a guideline for the newly inserted joinery throughout the home. Contrasted with dramatic natural stone and polished plaster walls, the intention was to embody Art & Craft sensibilities by enlisting a team of skilled trades and truly celebrating their expertise. 

The end result of Heyington Place seamlessly merges a contemporary family home, equipped with the comforts and technologies of a high-end design, whilst celebrating the charm and character of its original era. 

Traditional wood panelling in the recently restored study in the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The custom fireplace uses viola marble in reference to the kitchen. A Rachel Donath burl walnut table lamp sits on the office desk
Kitchen view at Heyington Residence, a large Toorak home recently renovated by Studio 11:11, using viola marble throughout the kitchen running up the architraves. Aluminium kettle by by Mardouro from Pan After, Collingwood
Master ensuite at Heyington Place used floor-to-ceiling Lorde White Marble and dark bronze tapware
Original timber detailing in the recently restored study at Heyington place. Uses rich walnut timber to frame the inbuilt bookcases and pelmets for linen drapes
Dining room setting with a large walnut table from Great Dane Furniture, Pigreco chairs,Rachel Donath stone vase, Sozou Studio Three Halves Lamp
Entry staircase in the traditional Arts and Crafts Movement style from the 1930s, recently restored by Studio 11:11, a Dish Stool by Lowe Furniture sits by the stair

Interior Architecture : Studio 11:11 in conjunction with Jack Merlo

Building and Construction : Wesley Old

Landscape Architecture : Jack Merlo

Cabinetry : Kitchens Now, Sunset Kitchen, Made by Stu

Photography : Nicholas Wilkins

Styling : Jess Kneebone

Close up of the fluted viola marble architrave in the newly renovated kitchen at Heyington Residence
Front facade of Heyington Residence in Toorak, Melbourne
Powder room detail at Heyington Residence with a viola marble framed mirror, aged brass fixtures, and custom basin
Guest bedroom featuring the Madonna Lamp from Studio 11:11 with vintage silk fabric shade and a Heavy Linen Bedcover by In Bed