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The property, originally purchased by the client’s grandparents after emigrating to Australia, forms part of a family compound spanning two neighbouring lots and housing three generations. Now under the client’s ownership, the home has been carefully restored and renewed as a lasting residence for future generations. Situated within a heritage overlay, the renovation honours the Edwardian villa’s original character and materiality. To the rear, a new living pavilion extends toward a bluestone laneway, its red brick and sawtooth roof inspired by nearby industrial buildings. Oversized timber doors and exposed rafters dissolve boundaries between the interior and the garden beyond. Abbotsford House by Melbourne-based MRHN Architects.

Photography by Stephanie Rooney.

Paola Moretti’s vision combines being both an interior designer with an artistic sensibility. Ranging from contemporary art to design, from cinema to fashion and architecture, from newly built to historic buildings through extraordinaries unexpected contaminations. Therefore she has established a fertile dialogue among past and future, old and new, ancient and contemporary. A constant exchange which enhances the identity of the space. Her goal or mission is to preserve the future. A personal, richly poetic and emotional vision of interiors, comprised of tradition, contemporaneity and worlds, in a timeless aesthetic journey because nothing is more contemporary than the eternal.

Similar to the last project I featured by McLean Interiors, this spec house in Dallas, Texas is also a wonderful mix of light and dark (with dark in the rooms that I loooove seeing dark – the dining room and lounge/media/bar/games room) and an overall warm modern approach that is timeless and full of cozy furnishings. I need a big furry/fleecy chair so damn bad. Builder: Bean Co Homes; Photos: Matti Gresham.

The title of this project is Man, I Love Leather, which I don’t totally understand in the context of these spaces but I’m rolling with it because I found it amusing 🙂 I really love that this home is a blend of dark and light. The best of both worlds. That dark parlour & bar space is SUCH A MOOD! I would spend all winter in that room. Most of the rest of this University Park, Texas new build is bright and airy with soft furnishings which would be perfect in the hot Texas climate. It’s modern, sophisticated but incredibly welcoming. Interiors: McLean Interiors; Architect: Jerry Coleman; Builder: Bean Co Homes; Photos; Lisa Petrole; Styling: Jenny O’Connor.

Respect for history. Care in the details. The scent of wood. The cool touch of steel. The simplicity of it all. Peaceful. The world of Italian architect Rocco Borromini.