Ocean Blues

Interior designer Sue Bond transformed a dated Kalk Bay townhouse with her signature blue and white style.

- Diana Wemyss

Having worked with interior designer Sue Bond on three previous projects, the owners of this Kalk Bay townhouse kept their brief simple. After visiting Sue’s Clifton villa, they said: “We’ll have this, thank you!”

Then they departed on one of their adventures and left Sue in charge. “They didn’t ask to see a thing – not a roll of wallpaper, a throw or a cushion – before they returned from their travels,” recalls Sue. “It turned out to be one of my favourite projects.”

With her outgoing personality and positive attitude, Sue is a seasoned intuitive and has worked both locally and overseas; she lived and worked in Hong Kong for four years when her husband was transferred there. “I prefer to work organically, not committing to mood boards. I can see the completed interior and layers of detail in my mind and know instinctively what needs to be done,” she says.