Taylors Bay House
‘This house presents a non-conventional approach to decorating, while also offering a fresh approach to Sydney harbourside living. There’s nothing predictable here, with the exterior giving little away of what lies inside, yet, paradoxically perhaps, the interiors and location are in perfect harmony.’
Justine Hugh-Jones
Taylors Bay House
- Architecture Shaun Lockyer
- Landscape Dangar Barin Smith
- Photography Anson Smart
- Styling Steve Cordony
The new harbourside house, Brazilian subtropical Modernist in style, presented a number of challenges on the interior design front. The brief was for a comfortable family home that would also lend itself to a range of entertaining possibilities, from the glamorous to the more casual. Additionally, while grand in scale and open plan in design, the clients wanted the house to feel welcoming and intimate.
Throughout the interior, the approach to colour and texture is bold and unexpected, and furniture choices decidedly eclectic, from contemporary and tailored to retro and whimsical. Various measures were employed to delineate zones within open-plan spaces, including the use of rugs, the style and arrangement of furniture, and the placement of lighting. The result is a house that changes its personality according to mood and purpose, but manages to remain entirely harmonious.
Taylors Bay House
‘This house presents a non-conventional approach to decorating, while also offering a fresh approach to Sydney harbourside living. There’s nothing predictable here, with the exterior giving little away of what lies inside, yet, paradoxically perhaps, the interiors and location are in perfect harmony.’
Justine Hugh-Jones
Taylors Bay House
- Architecture Shaun Lockyer
- Landscape Dangar Barin Smith
- Photography Anson Smart
- Styling Steve Cordony
The new harbourside house, Brazilian subtropical Modernist in style, presented a number of challenges on the interior design front. The brief was for a comfortable family home that would also lend itself to a range of entertaining possibilities, from the glamorous to the more casual. Additionally, while grand in scale and open plan in design, the clients wanted the house to feel welcoming and intimate.
Throughout the interior, the approach to colour and texture is bold and unexpected, and furniture choices decidedly eclectic, from contemporary and tailored to retro and whimsical. Various measures were employed to delineate zones within open-plan spaces, including the use of rugs, the style and arrangement of furniture, and the placement of lighting. The result is a house that changes its personality according to mood and purpose, but manages to remain entirely harmonious.
Taylors Bay House
‘This house presents a non-conventional approach to decorating, while also offering a fresh approach to Sydney harbourside living. There’s nothing predictable here, with the exterior giving little away of what lies inside, yet, paradoxically perhaps, the interiors and location are in perfect harmony.’
Justine Hugh-Jones
Taylors Bay House
- Architecture Shaun Lockyer
- Landscape Dangar Barin Smith
- Photography Anson Smart
- Styling Steve Cordony
The new harbourside house, Brazilian subtropical Modernist in style, presented a number of challenges on the interior design front. The brief was for a comfortable family home that would also lend itself to a range of entertaining possibilities, from the glamorous to the more casual. Additionally, while grand in scale and open plan in design, the clients wanted the house to feel welcoming and intimate.
Throughout the interior, the approach to colour and texture is bold and unexpected, and furniture choices decidedly eclectic, from contemporary and tailored to retro and whimsical. Various measures were employed to delineate zones within open-plan spaces, including the use of rugs, the style and arrangement of furniture, and the placement of lighting. The result is a house that changes its personality according to mood and purpose, but manages to remain entirely harmonious.