#largespaces

When a home unfolds and opens its rooms like a beautifully illustrated storybook, one luminous page after another, its dimensions and scale become less important. Large or small, mansion or cabin, a well-articulated home tells its story through every small and significant detail. Herein lies the majesty.

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Each tessera sparkles and contributes to one brilliant mosaic composed of many.

The radiant art on the floor can then go on to spread its rhythm. Perhaps it settles in around the base of a French-polished hall table and then continues to take form within the sleek curvilinear base. This is a one-of-a-kind table and with polished nickel perimeter floating around a glass top it provides a sophisticated and unassuming resting place through which other elements can shine and take their cue.

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Modern organic vessels grace its top and hold various loose tendrils of florals that seem to shift in shape, conforming to the pace and patterns.

The grand entry hall of Palladian-inspired volumes contains an identifiable elegance and classic beauty. Its inherent order, clean profiles and one-colour swathe allow every bit of creative licence to play out with a sense of belonging.

And the details continue to connect through synergistic paths. They take a grounding within the big features such as the commanding Gaudi-like planters of high gloss white that pose like modern sculpture in each corner of the first-impressions space. From here, bright-leaved trees reach up towards a Juliette balcony and bring a relatable connection from floor to ceiling.

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Contributing to the layered envelope, custom sconces of polished nickel tracery float on clean pilasters. They flank a classically-panelled opening and provide a lyrical introduction to a dynamic space beyond.

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The dining room is a jewel box of luxury detail that shines among large stepped wall panels and stately Palladian doors. Electric art moves within its strokes like the silk veils of a dancer. It brings a fluid and graceful energy to the room and is subdued into the curves of chairs, oval-inscribed lacquer mirrors, and the French flourish silk threads of a couture carpet. 

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The individual components are simple and powerful. Over-scaled magenta vases remain unfilled. They perform singly and in unison as the group of three stretches across a twelve-foot solid walnut table. The small details collect at their bases with clear acrylic boxes that are filled with tiny calla lilies. The display is balletic. 

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The beauty of light is what brings magic into this storybook. A duo of delicate and classic modern crystal chandeliers are a gracious focal point. They harmonise with the softly curved and stepped ceiling detail of layered mouldings. Together they bring full potential to the grand space, detail by detail. 

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Polished nickel hardware provides a sleek highlight to the wall of mirrored doors. From there, luminous satin drapery panels are detailed with pin dots of Swarovski crystal on box-pleated headings.They frame the architecture and become an integral part of the graceful whole. 

The beautiful transition prepares us for the next page - a servery of walnut millwork, inlaid crystal and silver Buddhas. But that remains to be revealed.  

And so the home continues to move and tell the story. It’s never stagnant. Rather it collectively shifts and evolves with every small and significant detail.