Brunswick East development puts home entertainment on the menu
The Brunswick East development by Milieu has hospitality-inspired interiors.
Melbourne homebuyers are dining out on a northern suburbs development that’s designed for eating in.
Each home in Milieu’s Brunswick East project has a restaurant-inspired kitchen, a concealed bar and a colour scheme selected to put owners and visitors in the mood for good food.
Just nine apartments are left on the menu, with a mix of older professionals and families having gotten a taste for the 43-dwelling project’s mostly three-bedroom floorplans.
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Foolscap Studio director Adele Winteridge applied her hospitality background while designing the apartment interiors and said her aim was to encourage entertaining.
As a result, the kitchen is the functional heart of the home, featuring stainless-steel surfaces and splashbacks with a mirror-like quality.
The building’s ground floor is expected to include a dining destination.
And its rooftop adds another space to embrace your inner chef.
A gantry above the stone-topped island bench offers space to hang cookware.
A nearby concealed bar will have space for liqueurs, glassware and a marble benchtop for mixing, while cosy timber and terracotta colours are also a nod to buyers’ tastes.
“I always think warm colour tones are good eating colours,” Ms Winteridge said.
Open-plan living spaces add convenience for entertaining a crowd.
Buyers have appreciated the restaurant-style kitchens.
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A communal rooftop will add outdoor cooking and dining space and is intended to have a working garden.
Milieu director Shannon Peach said the firm had embraced the concept of thinking with one’s stomach. It owns three hospitality venues as a “side hustle”, and is looking into making the $50m Lygon Street development’s ground floor home to a fourth venue.
Tempting buyers’ tastebuds was an “educated guess” in a suburb known for its diverse cuisines and cultures, Mr Peach said.
The development is set in a part of Lygon Street increasingly recognised for its dining scene.
Bathrooms will also be tastefully decorated.
Cobild will commence construction this week and expects to finish in 2022.
Two-bedroom units are priced from $775,000-$1.095m and three-bedroom homes from $975,000-$1.795m.
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