Woollahra House sees a modern layer added to the heritage surrounds, enriching the home and its connection to the past in the process. The idea was to ensure the crafted details of the original house remained in place, while an overall lightness brings the home into its present day, reflecting its current owners.

Woollahra House reflects both the original era of the hope and a nod to the art deco movement in parts, with an emphasis on certain geometries and materiality. The original home features generous and lofted interior spaces, iconic of its Victorian era. While formal separation of this traditional planning can sometimes obstruct a sense of flow and connection aligning contemporary lifestyles, in this case however, that separation was embraced and instead encouraged a framework for the home and for certain elements to be grouped internally.

The newly revisited bathrooms and kitchen combine the beauty and classic reference of natural stone with more modern touches and elevated appliances, fittings and fixtures replacing the existing. The expressive state of each of the selected stones further animates the tucked away spaces, yet the clean lines and concealed joinery ensure there is a crispness at play, allowing the eye to not be distracted by any of the introduced elements and for the home to feel bound together and conceived from the same core ideation. The use of soft and light finishes creates a sense of calm, which together with the incoming natural light, feels softened in place.