Today is one of those days where I’m stuck in my office catching up on paperwork, making phone calls and sitting at the computer - not getting out and seeing much to inspire me! So I thought I’d share a couple of photos a client sent me of the progress being made in her home. My clients recently moved into a beautiful modern house, with gorgeous sandstone walls and water views, but wanted to inject a little more colour and punch with the decor. We also wanted to work with their amazing Aboriginal art collection. Here’s a before shot of the ‘adult’ living space, which centred around a painting by Minnie Pwerle:
And here’s a couple of progress shots with the key pieces in place. Apparently the hot pink rug is a big hit!:
In the bedrooms my clients inherited these slightly strange and dated upholstered panels as feature walls, which were recovered with wallpaper to tie in with the other decor choices. Here’s an idea of the bedrooms before:
and after:
My client had the idea of turning what was formerly the dining room into a smart playroom (keeping the large wall aquarium). Here’s what it looked like before:
Again, we wanted to work around a painting, this time by Gloria Petyarre:
and then with the new rug:
The following isn’t the world’s greatest photo but I also wanted to show you a pic of the progress in my clients’ bathroom renovations. I love the wall of black and white Moroccan - inspired tiles in the shower!
Have a great Thursday! xx






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The hot pink rug is to die for!!
Love the pink rug! Is it Madeline Weinrib? The other black and white rug is great too. Thanks for the peek!
Hi Sam, thanks for stopping by! Yes, the pink is MW, isn’t it great? Love those colours..
I’m dying over quite a few things in this post Naomi! The views, wow, do you really call that work?! I need to save harder for a new bathroom because my heart stops anytime I see black and white geographic tiles. That shower is gorgeous, so too is the wallpaper, the black and white rug and the black chairs.
oh so lovely.
and the peeks of the view - nice!