Before & After: A Pitch-Perfect Remodel Strikes Harmony in a Home Atop a Violin Shop

Tsai Design fine tunes a convoluted Melbourne apartment in order to let the light in.

After 15 years of living in a one-bedroom flat above their specialty violin shop in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the owners were ready for a remodel. Why? They were tired of trekking downstairs to their workshop in order to use the building’s only bathroom.

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Melissa Dalton
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Melissa Dalton is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing for Dwell since 2017. Read more of her work about design and architecture at melissadalton.net.

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