Travis Ronaldson

Sea Point, Cape Town

Sea Point Apartment Joinery

Storage, desk and sleeping alcove in a 52 sqm flat

The flat had three doors on one wall and nowhere to put anything. We took the partitions out and ran a single 6.4 m joinery wall in oak-veneered ply from the kitchen tall units through to the bed alcove, so the wardrobe, desk and sleeping space sit on one line instead of competing for floor area.

Compact apartment interior with a full-height timber joinery wall and recessed desk
Full-height joinery wall, recessed desk and alcove opening to the living room.

The brief

A remote worker in a 52 sqm flat needed the desk to vanish at the end of the day. Three internal doors crowded one wall and left no run for storage. The kitchen had to stay where it was.

The constraint

Removing the partitions meant losing the only separation between sleeping and living. The alcove had to borrow light from the living room without reading as an open bedroom.

The drawing set

A full elevation of the joinery wall, a plan at 1:20 and a section through the alcove soffit. The kitchen tile layout was set to full modules so no cut lands on the visible edge.

How it was built

The wall is oak-veneered ply on a softwood frame, with the desk recessed into the run and a sliding panel closing the alcove rather than a fixed screen. Tall kitchen units continue the same line, so the eye reads one piece of furniture instead of four. Joinery notes cover shelf depths, the shadow gap at the ceiling and how the sliding panel tracks clear of the desk chair.

What it settled

Storage that used to be scattered across three cupboards now sits in one wall. The desk closes off in a single movement, the alcove keeps its own light, and the kitchen stayed on its original services. The same approach carries into the other joinery work documented in the project archive.

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Project entries, drawn and documented

Three recent jobs, each with the brief, the constraint that shaped the layout, and the drawing set that went to site. Open a case to see the plans, sections and material notes behind the finished rooms.

Rear extension of a Victorian cottage with timber-framed glazing opening onto a small courtyard

Observatory

Observatory Cottage Rear Extension

Opening a tight Victorian footprint to a north-facing courtyard

The brief asked for a kitchen, dining and reading room without losing the two front bedrooms or the heritage streetscape. The constraint was a 4.2 m deep site boundary and a mature fig tree that could not be moved. The drawing set includes existing and proposed plans, a section through the new roof junction and an axonometric of the joinery run. Timber is locally sourced saligna for the window frames, with a lime-washed brick pier holding the old wall line. The budget was held by keeping the wet core in place and spending on the glazing and the floor.

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Design studio interior with a long timber drafting table and exposed brick walls

Woodstock

Woodstock Studio Fit-Out

A working drawing studio in a former textile warehouse bay

The unit is a 68 sqm bay in a Woodstock warehouse with exposed brick, a north clerestory and a floor that slopes 90 mm across the width. The fit-out levels the work zone with a raised timber platform and leaves the rest of the floor as found. Drawings cover the platform framing, the electrical layout for task lighting and a detail of the pinboard wall. Materials are birch ply, blackened steel for the shelving and a cork pin surface. The client wanted the space to read as a workshop, not an office, so the services are left visible and the storage is open.

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Compact apartment interior with a full-height timber joinery wall and recessed desk

Sea Point

Sea Point Apartment Joinery

Storage, desk and sleeping alcove in a 52 sqm flat

The flat had three doors on one wall and no usable storage. The proposal replaces the partitions with a 6.4 m joinery wall in oak-veneered ply, with a recessed desk and a bed alcove that borrows light from the living room. The drawing set includes a full elevation, a plan at 1:20 and a section through the alcove soffit. Tile layout in the kitchen was kept to full modules to avoid cuts at the visible edge. The client is a remote worker who needed the desk to disappear at the end of the day, so the alcove has a sliding panel rather than a fixed screen.

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