Using the words pastel and power, the one next to the other might sound a little odd, pastels being mostly correlated with sweetness, calmness, innocence and often a feminine or even “girly” mood. Lately though, more and more interior trends are emphasizing the indeed powerful impact pastel touches can have when incorporated in modern homes. It’s all a matter of the right mix, the right amounts and there you have it! The gorgeous home residence I’m sharing here with you today has been sitting in my folders as a “good example of a mix of pastels used in an overall architecturally and chromatically minimal space.
Located in Melbourne’s Caulfield and originally a mid – century modern home, its new owners were charmed by the exterior architecture. How could they not! Look at these beautiful volumes and the material combination all sharing the same color: white. Imagining this would be an ideal place for me to live in? You are totally right! Perhaps you, too? I’d absolutely love to be walking in my home passing by these white washed brick and timber walls, not to mention accepting my visitors. Total bliss!
Moving to the interior, this is one thing the owners weren’t that happy about. But with the help of an interior designer, a builder, a landscaper and themselves, they managed to create an open plan living space, where function prevails and there is a sense of unobstructed flow from one room / space to the other. Large openings and many windows allow for light to generously stream in and in fact multiply. The bright, shiny white kitchen features a rather enormous central island, where basic functions such as washing, preparing and cooking takes place. Don’t you just love this quadratic, sur mesure extractor?
Through out the whole space oak floors have been combined with white walls and simple furniture in wood, textiles in muted greys, all lightened and brightened up with the addition of a pastel palette. Mint and lilac for some of the many Wishbone chairs in the dining area and one in the office, pale blue for the Panton chairs around the kitchen table… a few pink and yellow notes here and there. The outcome is a contemporary, minimal home, with the right amount of interest brought from the pastel colors of distinct design objects. When can we move in?
Location: Australia, Melbourne
Home: mid century residence
Renovated by Hecker Guthrie
Photographed by Shannon McGrath
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