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Above: Flooring in the main bedroom is original
faced reclaimed boards – the saw marks are still
visible. Off this room is a small library, plus there
is a small furnished deck behind the bed wall, with
folding windows that can be opened up – an ideal
spot for morning coffee.
Facing page: The guest bathroom in the annex
shows the more contemporary feel that has been
developed for the single-storey building – as if this
is a modern addition to the double-storey stone
building that forms the main residence.

become smaller higher up,” says Cohen.
“It took three months searching to find
a quarry to cut the stone – then we experimented for weeks with grout materials.”
Windows and doors were all custommade in steel. Concrete posts were poured
in place and needed to be precisely formed
for the windows to fit into them – with a
tolerance of only 3mm.
Inside, flooring and ceiling boards were
deliberately selected to give an aged character in keeping with an old winery building.
But once inside more contemporary

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elements are revealed. For example, the
kitchen is characterised by two 150 x
150cm islands.
“The room is so big, one island would
have been monstrous, so we broke it up”
says Cohen. “But the butcher block look of
the tops still gives a link to the past.
“There’s also a full-on scullery, which
is like a second kitchen, except there’s no
stove. With the scullery, we didn’t need
so many cabinets in the main kitchen, this
resulted in a more European look.”
The transition to a more modern look