n the evening I arrive to interview the owner
of this punchy Parkhurst home, classical music
wafts a background melody throughout every
room, upstairs and down. The homeowner
- a Melville-based doctor – is dressed in neat
black jeans, a sunny leather jacket, Italian
leather shoes and yellow polka-dot socks.
His sense of personal style and predilection
for the finer things in life is emulated in his
home choices too. Colour abounds here;
yellow velvet curtains are a spirited match
for checkerboard floors, a custom canary
deep-buttoned sofa dominates the library,
and vintage Peter JA Stuart dining chairs
reupholstered in pink and green fabric
team with a modern faceted server by Nowa.
‘I have a weakness for Champagne,’ says the
owner, opening the server doors to reveal
numerous pigeonholes stocked with bubbly.
In this home, art, music and colour form an
exuberant union, indicative of the man who
lives within. There’s a fusion of contemporary
and classical, expressed in the mix of French
and Italian antiques, and slick pieces from
brands like Tom Dixon, Seletti and Pazz
Modernist. A set of sofas bought on sale
from Waterhouse Interiors has been recovered
three times; now sporting Ralph Lauren-
inspired navy fabric with chartreuse piping,
they are in direct conversation with a trio
of prints of Maria Callas by Lawrence Lang.