Modern Alchemy

The chemistry between the introspective hallways and the extraverted visual gestures throughout this grand residence is undeniable.

- Lindyl Crabb

This page Custom glass and steel doors by Dylan Farrell Design are cleverly aligned to allow natural light to pour through one space into the next. A custom pendant in the corridor meets a graceful ‘Bijout’ chandelier by Serip. Opposite page The ground-floor garden room is framed by French polished ebony walnut door jambs and custom quarried white and smoke marble floors. Stools from Orient House surround a custom aged-oak table. The Guaxs vase on top is from Conley & Co. To the front, a 1960s Palwa chandelier in brass and glass from 1stdibs; behind, a ‘Bijout’ chandelier.

Staged across three levels, the interiors of this Melbourne home dance in a choreographed display of giving and take, extraversion and restraint, movement, and stillness. One moment you’re gliding through near-empty hallways designed with balletic lightness and the next you’ve waltzed into an exquisite formal living room with a cocktail of burnished brass, curvaceous velvet and a pistachio onyx fireplace beneath a chandelier studded with selenite wands.