A CLEAN slate

After almost three years of building, these owners couldn't be happier with the fresh new family home that hits their brief in every way.

- Hanna Marton

ENTRANCE Richmond sconces, Astro Lighting. Exterior painted Wattyl Cloud Sky, Dulux Monument and Taubmans Cradle White. Cephalotaxus Harrington ‘Fastigiata’ flourish in Choob planters from The Balcony Garden.

BALCONY Harbour views make this balcony an idyllic place to reflect and recharge. Kenzo lounge chairs and side table, Cotswold InOut Furniture, enhanced with Lucy Montgomery Outdoor Blue Classic Stripe cushions. Tropea hurricane lantern, Florabelle Living.

Some renovators will give their interior designer carte blanche to inject whimsy and drama into their home, while others need a little nudge out of their comfort zone. The owners of this home on Sydney’s Lower North Shore definitely fall into the latter camp. 

After raising a big family, the couple simply wanted a practical home with a timeless Hamptons-style aesthetic in which to entertain their grown children and grandchildren.“They didn’t want anything too loud or overwhelming,” says interior designer Jacinta Woods, co-director of Woods & Warner. Fixtures and finishes had to be durable and high-quality. And the house needed to be easy to clean. So, when Jacinta was engaged in 2018 to refine the details – the architectural plans and DA were already in place – she had some gentle negotiating to do.