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As well as showcasing inspirational homes both here and abroad, this issue also carries the first instalment of Vogue Living’s twice-yearly Kitchen and Bathroom trends reports.
There are 26 pages of the best and brightest to enjoy: from the latest products and designs to surface in Australia and internationally, to the practical application of many of these products and ideas within Australian homes. You’ll be kept informed whilst you’re inspired to re-invent the pampering and cooking spaces of your dreams.
Feature Articles
Modern Touch
A collaboration between an Australian designer and a creative New York couple updates an historic West Village apartment with 21st century decorative restraint. James Gager and Richard Ferretti set out on an unusual renovation with the help of designer Stephen Roberts, well-known in Australia for his work on Sydney’s Rockpool restaurant. Says Ferretti, “We wanted to have an apartment that felt sort of historic, but at the same time didn’t reproduce exactly what it would have been.”
Style Stakes.
After a life lived lavishly and with only herself to please, it’s clear that in her twenty-sixth house, Lady Susan Renouf is truly at home. It’s an assurance the famously flamboyant Susan Rossiter Peacock Sangster Renouf has earned through a life lived large with three high-profile marriages. As for the confidence in her surrounds, that comes, not least, from experience. This grandly decorated Melbourne villa is, after all, her twenty-sixth.
Fabio’s Paradise
Star Italian architect Fabio Novembre’s Milan haven really is a neo-baroque Garden of Eden. When the sun shines, the façade of the home looks like an illustration out of a fairy tale. But on a typical autumn afternoon, the grainy smog and drizzle manage to blur even the dazzling emerald green Bisazza tiles that are a backdrop to a front gate entwined with a metal snake. This rather menacing entry is completely at odds with the tranquillity of the space within.
