PHOTOGRAPHY ABBIE MELLÉ
Jaunty timber ceilings set the cottage mood, a formation that is repeated in dado wall panelling throughout the home.
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Florals, crushed linen and four very different takes on country style, from the pages of Graziher.
PHOTOGRAPHY ABBIE MELLÉ & CLANCY PAINE
PHOTOGRAPHY ABBIE MELLÉ
Jaunty timber ceilings set the cottage mood, a formation that is repeated in dado wall panelling throughout the home.
PHOTOGRAPHY ABBIE MELLÉ
A subtle palette of copper, sage and grey runs throughout the home, from the lounge room’s velvet cushions to the artwork in this bedroom.
Lydia Nettlefold, the owner of the Clarendon Arms hotel in Evandale, Tasmania, purchased the 1840s convict-brick cottage next door on a whim in 2017. Following a full restoration, Charleston Cottage now operates as boutique holiday accommodation. These bedrooms each have an ensuite, kitted out with brushed-copper tapware. “There’s not a bit of stainless steel in the place,” Lydia says. “Copper is nice. It’s warm.”
PHOTOGRAPHY CLANCY PAINE
Kip & Co rattan lamp from Jumbled. Trit House bedside table. Custom-made bedhead from The Interior Collective in custom-printed fabric from Bonnie and Neil. Original painting by Spencer Shakespeare — prints available from Jumbled. Wall paint, Dulux Scribe.
PHOTOGRAPHY CLANCY PAINE
Custom-made bedhead by The Interior Collective in fabric custom printed by Bonnie and Neil. LM Home bedlinen with Jumbled Linen. Kip & Co rattan bedside lamp from Jumbled. Wall paint, Dulux Hog Bristle.
These beautiful bedrooms are the handiwork of Pip Brett, the founder of Orange’s Jumbled store. With help from her builder husband, Nick “Speedy” Luelf, and architect Felicity Slattery of Studio Esteta, Pip has converted Molong’s old Commonwealth Bank into holiday accommodation.
This section of the building is where the bank manager once lived. The small still-life painting of flowers that hangs in a front bedroom (above left) has special significance as it was a gift from the owner of Relic, a vintage shop in Orange. “I saw this little painting, loved it and knew I could do something special with it,” Pip says. “I was very touched that she gave it to me.” Click here to see more of Sona’s transformation.
Jumbled’s Pip Brett talks to Graziher’s Life on the Land about her love of colour. Article continues below.
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This stunning bedhead has been upholstered in Thibaut’s ‘Chatelain’ fabric.
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Metal cladding lines the walls of both bedrooms, a relic of the home’s early days.
Parts of the building on Chris and Margot Shannon’s sheep property, near Bookham on the New South Wales Southern Tablelands, date back to 1875. But perhaps the most significant addition arrived in 1890 on a boat from Germany: its Wunderlich metal cladding.
The cladding is used on the home’s exterior, where it’s designed to look like sandstone blocks. Open the front door and you will see that it plays as big a role inside as it does outside, where it is used to great effect on the bedroom walls and ceilings.
Like what you see? Take a look at Margot’s lifestyle and homeware store, Merchant Campbell.
PHOTOGRAPHY ABBIE MELLÉ
The bedhead in Sandy and Tim Palmer’s main bedroom is painted in Jolie Paint Noir, and complemented by the linen ticking-stripe bedding.
PHOTOGRAPHY ABBIE MELLÉ
European grainsack cushions and scrubbed pine furniture add to the room’s textural details.
Inveterate furniture restorer Sandy Palmer is known for her blend of Scandinavian, French provincial and traditional Australian homestead styles. That’s certainly the case with the bedrooms at her 1950s home just outside Tenterfield, in northern New South Wales. The home’s three bedrooms are havens of miscellaneous collectables: bird cages, baskets, trophies and sweet chests of drawers.
Click here to see more of Sandy’s timeless farmhouse aesthetic.
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