Real Living Australia - June 2018

Come on in The boot room

near the entry features a rattan

Stockholm coffee table from

Ikea and African woven baskets

from Trader Trove. The walls are

painted in Dulux Vivid White.

THE DETAILS THE ENTRANCE

WHO LIVES HERE?

LAUREN ROE, CREATIVE

DIRECTOR OF I LOVE LINEN,

HER PARTNER ANDREW

BEASLEY, OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR OF I LOVE LINEN,

DAUGHTER OLIVE, 4, AND

ANOTHER LITTLE ONE, WHO

WAS YET TO ARRIVE WHEN

WE WENT TO PRINT.

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UPSIZING HAS ITS DOWNSIDES

With her last home a two-bedroom

townhouse, Lauren was confronted with

a problem she’d never had before – huge

rooms with yawning spaces to fill. To

give them human scale, she played with

pattern and texture, incorporating a velvet

sofa, flatweave rug, woven cushions

and timber. And when confronted with

“a weird nook in the open plan, with no

purpose,” she asked her joiner to create

an inviting built-in retreat (opposite),

complete with storage underneath.

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MAKE EVERY CORNER COUNT

Despite the home’s size, clutter proved

a no-go for Lauren. “With so many

windows, there’s not much wall space

and little chance to include shelves,” she

says. So she had to edit her treasures

and make any vacant walls work for the

family’s living needs. For instance, an

idle space near the entry from the garage

has been given a sense of arrival. Wall

hooks at random intervals display special

finds, while texture in the hats, bags,

bench and rug adds a lovely warmth. A

Tactile perfection

Lauren chose a Jardan

rug, recycled wool throw

from the National Trust

Shop in the UK and one

of her own cushions to

ramp up the comfort

stakes in the living space.

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