Lester Street
House
Light-touch changes to an old miner’s cottage, with clearer room connections and a shaded deck beside the established garden.
The deck, pergola and cottage doorway · Project photograph.
Grove Studio · Melbourne
Grove Studio is a Melbourne architecture and interior design practice specialising in residential renovations and extensions, including heritage homes.
We work with clients who want a home that is personal, carefully resolved, and properly managed from first conversation through to construction.
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Learn moreLight-touch changes to an old miner’s cottage, with clearer room connections and a shaded deck beside the established garden.
The deck, pergola and cottage doorway · Project photograph.
A kitchen and dining-room visualisation, with a marble island, exposed beams and an outlook to the courtyard.
Stanley Street · Design visualisation.
A late-nineteenth-century cottage in Carlton North, being carefully reworked for everyday life. Building work is underway.

Rear elevation · Artist’s impression from the project billboard.
A courtyard visualisation brings together the glazed garden room, existing brickwork, planting and places to sit.
Stanley Street · Courtyard and garden room · Design visualisation.
A new coastal home with connected living, dining and kitchen spaces, shaped around garden views and places to gather.

Living room · Design visualisation.
A bedroom visualisation explores warm timber cabinetry, high-level daylight and a layered mix of furniture, art and textiles.
Stanley Street · Bedroom · Design visualisation.
A bedroom study with a fireplace, deep-green curtains and a patterned rug.
Bedroom · Design illustration.
A kitchen study exploring the scale and proportions of an existing Victorian home, with an outlook to the courtyard.
Kitchen and courtyard · Design-development illustration, September 2026.
Brickwork, green doors and a dark upper volume seen from the lane.
Brick lane façade · Design illustration.
A concept for two beach houses, exploring family gatherings, sheltered terraces and living spaces that open to the garden.

House and garden terrace · AI-assisted concept visualisation.
A dining and living-room study with an outlook through to the balcony.
Dining, living and balcony · Design illustration.
A scullery study brings together a tiled oven recess, timber and glazed cabinetry as part of a Victorian-house renovation.
Scullery and tiled oven recess · Design-development illustration, 2026.
A close view of decorative ironwork, a bay window and a black-and-white tiled porch.
Veranda and tiled porch · Design illustration.
The kitchen and dining room are designed as a connected space, with the stair above the cabinetry and storage tucked beneath it.

Kitchen and dining room · Design illustration, September 2026.
A timber dining table beside bookshelves and a wide garden-facing window.
Dining and library · Design illustration.
An early sketch explores opening the kitchen towards the dining room and garden, while keeping the separate living spaces the owners valued.
Kitchen, dining and garden connection · Unbuilt Discovery concept sketch.
A dining table beside glazing, with a view through to the rooms beyond.
Dining and corridor · Design illustration.
A facade and arrival study for a working winery, exploring how a new roof can sit comfortably with its existing brickwork and informal character.
Brick entrance arch · Existing site photograph.
A front-room window study brings together heritage millwork, timber detailing and the way the window sits within the room.

Window detail and interior view · Technical drawing and design study.
A slatted pergola shelters the outdoor dining table beside the established garden, extending the cottage into a place to sit and gather.
Slatted canopy, dining table and planting · Project photograph.