COMPLETE DESIGN SERVICES - BUILDING AND GARDEN DESIGN

The challenge of developing several properties -both rural and urban over the last 20years offered many opportunities for me to express my ideas of design in comprehensive ways with my partner a master craftsman.

A rural retreat, an urban warehouse/apartment, the makeover of our city restaurant the Iconic Cecconi’s Flinders Lane and our French property in Burgundy.

I approach each as an opportunity to refine and express my sense of style with a clear mind and the particular purpose of each.

The Restaurant Cecconi’s Flinders Lane is an icon of the Melbourne Dining scene. On a tight budget a significant but subtle reinvention of our brand was achieved through lighting, fabrics, surfaces, repurposing of furniture was very successful project on a very tight budget.

The warehouse conversion, a very coherent and functional definition of open plan living.

The French burgundy property, a complete renovation over 3 floors, paying great attention to details of stone, timber and workmanship. Our aim was to highlight the elegance and quality of a traditional French village house, and modernization of services.

A recurring theme in each of these projects has been integrity of materials be it in stone, timber or various natural fabrics.

Often there is the opportunity for repurposing in a creative and functional way that bring new opportunities to an interior space.

Prehaps the best example of my approach to such projects is the complete renovation of a village home in Burgundy, France.

I am excited to develop our Lorne extension, a great team of professionals, artists and craftsman to explore and achieve a functional energy efficient rural home.

We look for solutions out side the norm.

Stay tuned

Maria Bortolotto

A Member of the Passive House Association Australia 2023.

Certification:- KLC Certificate Residential Interior Design 2023

A Member of the Design Institute of Australia 2023

Professional Curtain Making - Victoria Hammond UK 2019

Garden Landscaping and Design - Cengage - 2010

Banksia Award 2013 - Agriculture and Food Paddock to Plate Sustainably

(As part of the integration of recycling of food waste at Cecconi’s Flinders Lane and The Cabin Lorne)