Into The Colour Field

The exuberant Parkhurst home of an opera-loving doctor exposes the bond between art, music and design

- Mila Crewe-brown

On the evening I arrive to interview the owner of this punchy Parkhurst home, classical music wafts a background melody throughout every room, upstairs and down. The homeowner – a Melville-based doctor – is dressed in neat black jeans, a sunny leather jacket, Italian leather shoes, and yellow polka-dot socks.

His sense of personal style and predilection for the finer things in life is emulated in his home choices too. Colour abounds here; yellow velvet curtains are a spirited match for checkerboard floors, a custom canary deep-buttoned sofa dominates the library, and vintage Peter JA Stuart dining chairs reupholstered in pink and green fabric team with a modern faceted server by Nowa. ‘I have a weakness for Champagne,’ says the owner, opening the server doors to reveal numerous pigeonholes stocked with bubbly.