Client Studio Atelier

This was such a lovely project. I was asked by Studio Atelier to work on the furniture, rugs and placement of the owners’ existing pieces in the new home, plus advise on some colour decisions in fixtures, plus the owners asked me to help arrange their art once they had moved in (a dream job!). Building designers and interior designers, they had designed a classic home for a young couple and their late-teen children. There were two contemporary-classic sofas to choose from: the Chester Moon by Paola Navone from Baxter, or the Windsor from Arketipo and available in Perth from Ultimo Interiors. The latter won out! The chairs and the chaise needed to be rounded. I originally put forward pieces by Vladimir Kagan, but the owners wanted to try them out, so I looked to the Lady chair by Cassina from Mobilia and Ultimo Interiors put forward the Wittner chaise that also now sits in the space. We went through several incarnations of the coffee table before I put forward the idea of a piece by functional artist Olive Gill Hille. I had been in love with her work since her student exhibition, and knew the owners were great supporters of the arts, so it was a match made in heaven. The result in ebonised jarrah is just beautiful and something to treasure and pass down through future generations. The rugs were one of the first things I looked at, putting forward the Tocca Pearl by Battilossi at Temple Fine Rugs, originally in a plain colourway, then looking at bleached out mushroom tones as a barely-there feature in the rug. The dining room rug was another obvious choice, again by Battilossi from Temple Fine Rugs, as were the original midcentury rosewood table and Kai Kristiansen dining chairs from Hunters and Collectors - there was no other choice really, it had to be them covered in a white boucle fabric. My studio had also designed a really beautiful brass sideboard with legs by Olive Gill Hille, which didn’t move forward — but it was gorgeous!

For the photoshoot, it was lovely to work in the space with magnolia, moss and the owners existing pieces and additional pieces I brought in… beautiful Polish glass vessels from Kartique, additional sculpture, objects, bedding, lamps, side tables and vessels from Kartique, Editeur and artists Olive Gill Hille and Pamela Tang - most of which the owner purchased for the home.

Interior Curation and Styling Anna Flanders
Photography Dion Robeson

Building design and interior design Studio Atelier
Landscaping Time Davies Landscaping
Builder RJC Construction

Big thank you to Kartique, Olive Gill Hille, Pamela Tang and Editeur for the pieces for the shoot. Special thank you to Editeur for the beautiful brass side tables (the specced side tables didn’t arrive in time for the shoot), and the bedding and lamps in the main bedroom. And huge thank you to the owners for being so stylish and lovely xx