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HOME&PROPERTY
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Aug-Sep15
Living and dining
Enter the open-plan living/dining and
kitchen area, and the feel is predominantly
French; a buttoned, formal sofa sits opposite
two French-style easy chairs sourced from
Bowerbird, and Alex has installed white
plantation shutters on the numerous
windows. But at the end of the room there’s
a stunning mirrored Art Deco fireplace
– Alex saw it in a magazine and had it
copied – complete with a flickering Biofuel
fire. The fireplace is flanked by elegant
tables, also Art Deco, bought during a
two-year work stint in New York, and beside
the sofas there are perspex tables from
White Contemporary Homewares. Classic
standard lamps from Indigo and Altfield
Living, and a host of beloved family pictures
adorn a glamorous Chinese-style cabinet,
and an occasional table Alex carried back
from Phuket.
Moving through into the dining area, Art
Deco gives way to contemporary retro,
with a distinctly 50s-style walnut and white
wood sideboard, table and chairs, which
Alex found at HC28 in Ap Lei Chau. She’s
teamed them with a huge gold-antiqued
rococo mirror she picked up years ago
from Tequila Kola (“It looks like it’s been in the family for years”) and
an ultra-modern kitchen. “It’s such a mix of styles and different things,
but somehow it all works,” Alex muses. “The colours tie it all together
– they’re very mellow, so you can pretty much combine what you like.
There’s a French sofa, a Chinese cabinet from Chine Gallery, a table
from Thailand and an Art Deco fireplace, but the soft greys, blues and
creams help everything blend seamlessly.”