The design of a bar and media room in a family home.
Our brief was to change an existing kids playroom into an entertainment room to provide a young adults hang out and a bar for the adults whilst still utilising the youngest son for gaming, board games. darts, etc.
The design includes the latest light sound and media technology, and involved accommodating a large technical hub that is the control centre for the entire house and couldn't be moved.
Our client says "Lorraine and I worked together over a 12 month period to renovated a tired, unused, plastic littered playroom that my children had outgrown to a chic, sophisticated, totally fabulous upscale bar. My vision was a space that was versatile enough to fulfil the needs of the entire family from girlie drinks, book club, casual drinks, to the more masculine football sporting events, to the ultimate after dinner drinking session to enable us to shake a tail feather if we fancied. This could have been Mount Everest to an interior designer, but not for Lorraine. Lorraine focused on the spatial layout of the room and its challenges of a long thin room with a bay window and a unmovable technical cabinet. The bar, cabinetry, lighting, seating and sound system would need to be sourced across multiple contractors to enable selection of the right contractors based on capability. Lorraine was able to establish a collaborative working relationships through the supply chain and set up communication channels to ensure integration at touch points between contractors. She was able to bring the right level of decision making to me as the client presenting clearly the required information to make an informed decision. She displayed strong problem solving skills whilst continuously striving for the highest quality and always keeping with the original design intention. Lorraine exceeded my expectations as an interior designer and took the ‘fear-factor’ out of hiring a designer for a unique and special job. Her eye for style and knack for putting things together will impress and amaze you, all with her wonderful disposition, smiles and laughs along the way."