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I love the refined elegance of Spanish interiors. Beatriz Aparicio masterfully blends styles with harmony, balancing current trends and timeless elegance. She specializes in combining neutral tones with vibrant accents, skillfully evoking emotions through colour … or the lack thereof. Collaborating with skilled artisans and sourcing treasures from galleries and antique shops, she creates unique, personalized spaces that reflect her clients’ personalities.

Photography by Montse Garriga.

Blank Slate was appointed to oversee the modernization and complete refurbishment of a quintessential, stone farmhouse set in the English countryside. Bari and her team sympathetically stripped the property back, preserving the original structure, and everything they added matched the house’s history and unique character. Material selection was crucial for this project—sourcing new oak beams to match the original ones, and adding open joists throughout the new extension to make the new build feel less new. They installed character-grade oak floors in creamy tones of shale, limed and smoked, cobbles for the boot room and utility, and limestone checkerboard tiles in the entry hall to give it a reclaimed and found feel. Blank Slate moved the entrance to the center, creating perfect symmetry and a large open reception area with a bespoke staircase featuring large curved steps at the base. Bari added rich marble to each of the bathrooms, creating feature showers in both the family bathroom and the en-suite. As a result, the Wiltshire Farmhouse project is a calm haven with a neutral palette of earthy tones and layered textures, embodying the Blank Slate approach perfectly.
Quite literally my dream home. This is perfect in every way. I’d just add a smidge more colour and pattern and happily live here for the rest of my days. (I’m going to be dreaming about that limestone checkerboard entry for the rest of my days)

Ken Fulk‘s summer residence, “Baxter’s Landing” is a shingled house built around 1880, overlooking the Provincetown harbor. It is a treasure trove of vintage and antique finds, is about as casual and worn as one can crave, and makes me want to find a painted dog portrait to hang at the end of my hallway.

The transformation of this iconic Pettit and Sevitt home in Sydney by Studio Prineas honours its original architecture while introducing a new layer for family life. An added upper level and integrated landscaping blend seamlessly with the existing structure, softening transitions between old and new. Outdoor terraces connect the home to the garden while a circular pool nestles like a bushland billabong. Inside a playful open-tread stair replaces the spiral complementing the original timber beams. Nostalgic design touches including repurposed curtains preserve the home’s charm and history.

Photography by Clinton Weaver.

Melbourne-based Pasquale Cook, founded by Sophie Di Pasquale and Sally Cook, is a multidisciplinary design studio known for crafting interiors and objects with refined eclecticism and individuality. The duo renovated Rachael Fry’s near-derelict Hawthorn home, drawing inspiration from European living and blending old and new elements. The home showcases designer furniture from Fry’s store, Criteria, alongside an enviable art collection, embodying elegance and purposeful design.

Photography by Sean Fennessy.