The Studio

Having brought a dark and dingy flat in the heart of St Ives, our private client turned to Underwild Design & Development to help transform it into a highly contemporary, warehouse style apartment boasting a series of eye catching interior design elements.

The plan to create a modern, open plan space in what was originally a dark and cramped flat required the complete demolition of the existing interior fabric of the building – a challenge in itself given there was no vehicular access to the main entrance of the building and no parking facilities!

In addition to the challenge of removing existing building waste, large steels also had to be incorporated in the build to enable the new Mezzanine flooring to be created.

Once the structural aspects of the build had been completed, we set about creating a unique interior living space, completed to an extremely high level finish. In addition to the creation of a galleried bedroom on the Mezzanine floor, one of the key design features of the development was the installation of a cantilevered, suspended staircase.

Throughout the project there was an overriding emphasis on attention to detail. The 6-month development was completed ahead of schedule and within budget.

Client satisfaction levels were also extremely high with a finished product that was more likely to be seen in London’s Docklands than in a small Cornish fishing village.

FEATURES OF THE BUILD          

• Complete transformation of what was a dark and dingy flat into a highly contemporary, open plan living space with Mezzanine floor.
• Build challenges included no vehicular access to the main entrance points to the building
• Large steels required ‘craning’ into a cramped, town centre build site
• Key interior design features included the development and installation of a cantilevered, suspended staircase.