How Sherridon Homes used Easycraft’s easyVJ to bring warmth, character and continuity to a contemporary country home
Part of the builder’s Homestead Collection, the five-bedroom home features an ensuite to every bedroom and large cathedral ceilings that create a sense of openness and scale. For Sherridon Homes, the project represented an opportunity to create a contemporary take on country living, with warmth and character considered throughout the interior.
For Interior Design Manager Samantha Darmakis, creating the right feeling within those expansive spaces was central to the design. “The design intent was to present a home that felt like a modern country retreat,” Samantha says. “It was very important to include finishes that gave texture, warmth and even an element of rustic.”
A classic profile for a contemporary home
easyVJ was selected as a key design feature, bringing the familiar character of VJ panelling into the contemporary country setting. For Samantha, the classic quality and clean lines of the profile made it a natural fit for the project. “I chose easyVJ Lining for this project. It's classic. And clean lines were the profile I was interested in to feature throughout the home.”
Rather than limiting the lining to a single feature wall or room, Sherridon Homes used easyVJ extensively throughout the project, across both walls and ceilings and in interior and sheltered exterior spaces. The result is a consistent design detail that moves through the home, adding character while complementing the scale and openness of the architecture.
More spaces, same classic character
One of easyVJ’s strengths is the ability to bring the same recognisable VJ look to different areas of the home, with product options designed to suit different applications.
For Sherridon Homes, that versatility has been an important part of both the design outcome and the response from customers visiting the home. “I think customers' feedback with the easyVJ lining board has been fantastic in the sense that the amount of areas that you can utilise it around the home.” Samantha continues, “We've utilised it in our verandas, ensuites and bathrooms throughout the home too, so the versatility of the product has been fantastic.”
With easyVJ options available for interior spaces, high-moisture areas and sheltered exterior applications, the classic profile can continue through spaces with very different requirements. For this project, that has helped create a sense of continuity from the main living areas through to bathrooms and outdoor living spaces.
Looking up
Perhaps the most striking use of easyVJ within the home is overhead. Across the family, meals and living area, repeated VJ lines draw the eye upwards and emphasise the scale of the cathedral ceiling, while bringing warmth and detail to the expansive space.
It is also an application that has captured the attention of visitors. “When customers come through the home, especially walking into this area, it's the wow factor, it's amazing, it feels luxury and they wouldn't have thought about potentially using on the ceiling like here in this cathedral area.”
Taking easyVJ beyond the wall demonstrates how a familiar profile can be used in unexpected ways turning the ceiling into an integral part of the interior.
A versatile classic
The Fairway 575 home demonstrates how a classic design detail can work across a contemporary home without losing the character that makes it distinctive.
Used across walls, cathedral ceilings, bathrooms and sheltered outdoor spaces, easyVJ helps connect different areas of the Sherridon Homes project through one consistent design language.
Asked to sum up easyVJ, Samantha says: “The three words that I would use to describe easyVJ lining boards would be classic, durable and versatile.”
For a home designed around warmth, openness and modern country character, easyVJ provided a classic detail made for more.