Open Plan Extension with Skylights and Bifold Doors

A 1970s brick veneer home in Mooroolbark was extended at the rear to create a 38sqm open-plan kitchen, living and dining area. The original house had small, separated rooms with low ceilings and no connection to the backyard. We poured a new slab, installed structural steel to remove the rear load-bearing wall, and built a vaulted ceiling with a large skylight panel that floods the space with daylight. A central kitchen island in deep blue-green with timber waterfall ends provides prep space and seating for four. White perimeter cabinets and a full-height pantry line the rear wall. Wide aluminium bifold doors (4.2m) open the entire rear wall to the garden. The floor is engineered timber in a wide-plank format running continuously through the kitchen and living zone. Three pendant lights hang above the island.