FEELING GRAND
Belle Magazine Australia|December/January 2022
Built to impress by the power elite, this imposing heritage home reveals a softer side as a comfortable family dwelling that’s contemporary, stylish and approachable.
STEPHEN CRAFTI
FEELING GRAND

These pages, from left A custom-mixed Dulux blend matches the original colours trimming the exterior of the heritage bluestone house. Landscaping by Eckersley Garden Architecture. Haymes ‘Modesty White’ adds a crisp edge to the entry with its decorative plasterwork on arches, columns and the ceiling, from which hangs an Intueri ‘Bullarum SI-4’ light from In Good Company. Custom ‘Sencillo’ rug in Plum from The Rug Establishment over original floorboards which were re-finished. Artwork by Alma Figuerola, a previous resident of d’Estaville, from Leonard Joel.

‘Stamp’ console from Grazia&Co with ‘Basin’ vase in Cobalt Blue from Urban Eden, Arita Japan flower plate from Well Placed and New Volumes ‘Hemera’ desk lamp by Ross Gardam from Cult. Large artwork above is Le Vol by Valerie Sparks from Fletcher Arts.

This page, clockwise from top left Le Vol by Valerie Sparks from Fletcher Arts. ‘Stamp’ console from Grazia&Co with ‘Basin’ vase from Urban Eden, Arita Japan plate from Well Placed and New Volumes ‘Hemera’ desk lamp by Ross Gardam from Cult. Intueri ‘Bullarum SI-4’ pendant light from In Good Company. ‘Sencillo’ rug in Plum from The Rug Establishment. The front door sports a smack of Dulux ‘Symphony’ red. An oversized mirror from West Elm hangs above the fireplace surround on which sit ‘De Crecy’ beeswax candles from Tow and Line.

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