Interior Design

Today's blog post features another Lisa Tharp design, showcasing a beautifully renovated salt box home.  Lisa believes, "the quality of our surroundings and our actual quality of life are inextricably linked", I myself am a huge believer in this and one of the main reasons I am so passionate about design.  With this project, Lisa drew on the  New England boat-building traditions,  elegant yet simple. Lisa   wanted to connect each room to take in the beauty of the surrounding salt marsh, but at the same time maintaining the simple traditions of this home. I love how Lisa often incorporates window seats in her designs, they make you want to cosy up with a good book and are definitely one of my favourite features.  Lisa makes each space feel individual yet cohesive.  Her  design for this home reflect its coastal location yet includes some unexpected elegance paired with industrial style which extends beyond the typical interpretation of coastal....

This weeks tour features a US stately national treasure revived for a young family. I love a home with history and very much believe in keeping heritage homes as they are, however we  live in the 20th Century and we want our homes to reflect this especially when  it comes to warmth and comfort which older homes were not built for.  As I look around my own suburb, many character  homes are being shifted off sections or demolished to make way for new town houses and apartment blocks. If you live in a heritage home and want to bring it up to the 20th Century, insulating walls, floors and ceilings, try to keep its  charm and character intact, don't go overboard and modernise it  until its unrecognisable, move house if that is your aim or we will have none of these charming homes left. Lisa Tharp  the  designer behind the new interior of this ex State Governer's home has respected the importance of keeping the home's  character yet understood it n...