T
he owners of this getaway overlooking a golf
course on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula are
grandparents who sought out a weekend retreat
for themselves and their extended family. As detailed
in the brief to interior designer Adelaide Bragg, it had
to accommodate the rough-and-tumble of youngsters
while offering the owners ‘me’ time and space.
Accordingly, Adelaide reconfigured the four-bedroom
house, melding two upstairs bedrooms into a
grandparents’ retreat and creating two new guestrooms
plus a bunk room downstairs. “It was structurally solid
and had good-sized rooms; it just needed softening,”
Adelaide says of the now warm, inviting sanctuary. As
with all Adelaide’s projects, colour, texture and pattern
play starring roles. Here’s her guide to creating a
holiday home where styledoesn’tput its feet up.
AdelaideBragg & Associates,HawthornWest,
Victoria; (03) 9818 6757 or adelaidebragg.com.au.Artworks by Richard Allen (above fireplace)& Terry O’Neill (on wall). For Where to Buy, see page 224.HGDECORATING
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JOINERY JOYA banquette is a smart way to create extra seating, especially in
an informal living space. Under a window, as here, it’s also a
lovely place to curl up with a good book, with the sun warming
your back. Adelaide often includes storage underneath, but
this banquette serves another purpose: she introduced it to
balance the shelving andthe fireplace, to createa sense of
symmetry. And, to ensure the view remains uninterrupted, the
bench was floated in front of the full-length window. Shelves
provide focus and a place to store treasures; wicker baskets
are great for things you don’t want on show.STORYChris Pearson|STYLINGTe ss Ne w m a n - Mo r r i s
PHOTOGRAPHY Derek Swalwell