Travis Ronaldson

What the community gets from working this way

Homeowners, trade clients and design studios in Cape Town come to the studio for different reasons. The value sits in the drawing set, the material decisions and the notes that come with them, not in a styled photograph alone.

Measured drawings you can build from

Every project starts with a site measure, so the existing plans match the walls you actually have. Builders and joiners work from the same set, which cuts the back-and-forth on site.

Material boards with reasons attached

Timber, tile and finish samples are pinned to a board with notes on why each one was chosen. You can see how saligna, oak veneer or lime-washed brick sit next to each other before anything is ordered.

Joinery detailed before it is priced

Elevations and sections at 1:20 show the carcass, the reveals and the hardware. Cabinetmakers quote from real dimensions instead of guessing, which keeps the tender comparable.

Constraints named up front

Heritage lines, sloping floors, a fig tree that stays put. The brief lists what cannot move, so the design works with the site rather than against it and fewer changes land mid-build.

Budget held by deciding early

Keeping the wet core in place, sticking to full tile modules, spending on glazing instead of moving walls. Each entry records where the money went and what was traded to keep the scope intact.

A drawing review before you commit

Trade clients and studios can send a plan or a joinery detail for a second read. It is a working conversation about the drawing, not a sales call, and it usually happens before the first order goes out.

New to the studio? Start with how the design work is scoped, or follow the drawing stages from measure to handover.

What the studio community can ask for

Homeowners in Observatory, trade clients fitting out a Woodstock bay, and design studios needing a second pair of eyes all come to the same table. The work below is what that table usually holds: measured drawings, joinery details, material boards and the site notes that keep a renovation honest.

If you are unsure which of these fits your project, the working process walks through how a brief turns into a drawing set, and services lists what is handled in-house.

Travis Ronaldson community

  • Measured drawing sets

    Existing plans, proposed plans, sections and a 1:20 detail where the junction matters. Useful when a builder needs to price from paper rather than a conversation.

  • Joinery and furniture detailing

    Elevations and sections for built-in storage, alcoves and kitchen runs, with timber selection noted. Saligna, oak-veneered ply and birch ply are the usual starting points.

  • Material and tile boards

    Physical samples laid out against the room's light, plus tile layouts set to full modules so cuts land where they are not seen.

  • Drawing reviews for studios

    A read-through of your own set before it goes to council or to a contractor. Spatial planning, circulation and where the budget is likely to move.

  • Site photography and record

    Before, during and after images kept alongside the drawings, so a later alteration starts from what was actually built.

  • Small commercial fit-outs

    Warehouse bays and shopfronts where the floor slopes, the services stay visible and the space should read as a workshop rather than an office.

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