Charcoal ceiling awning with marble-white panels in Kenilworth.

The brief

A Kenilworth home needed a permanent patio ceiling that felt like part of the house. Finished, weatherproof and bright underneath.

The build

An enclosed aluminium patio ceiling on a charcoal powder-coated frame, fitted with marble-white ceiling panels and an integrated box gutter. The marble-white finish lifts the light under the cover.

The result

A smooth, fully weatherproof ceiling that extends the home cleanly into the garden. No exposed structure, low maintenance.

Kenilworth's patio as another room

Not every patio needs adjustable blades. This Kenilworth home wanted the space to feel like another room of the house, finished overhead the way an interior is, and a fixed aluminium ceiling does that better than a louvre can. The marble-white panels matter in a leafy suburb like this, where garden trees already take a share of the light.

The working part is the box gutter built into the structure. Kenilworth gets the full Cape winter, weeks of soaking rain at a time, and an integrated gutter moves that water off the ceiling without a strip of plastic guttering stuck on the fascia. Charcoal frame, white panels, dry paving. It is a simple recipe that holds up.