{"id":3239,"date":"2015-09-05T02:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2015-09-02T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T11:40:53","slug":"inspirations-maximalism-in-a-melbourne-family-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/interior-design\/inspirations-maximalism-in-a-melbourne-family-home","title":{"rendered":"Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1-300x434.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"1 1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The commission to re-dress this boom-time Victorian \u2018palazzo\u2019, in a quiet patch south-east \u2028of Melbourne, came with considerable historical baggage. Or so recalls the property\u2019s co-owner, a media-shy, buoyant brunette whose fundraising activities swing from state opera companies \u2028to off-shore orphanages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"2 2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, there was the design background that dates the classical Italianate structure back to 1857 and the office of Lloyd Tayler \u2014 co-architect of South Australia\u2019s Houses of Parliament. Secondly, there was the pre-existing relationship with project designer Iain Halliday, the Sydney-based director of BKH, who had previously styled her family into \u201cfabulous Sydney apartments\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3243\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3-300x380.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"3 3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The entry hall, with walls painted above the dado in Dulux Goanna Grey. The chaise is upholstered in a gold silk velvet from French fabric house Lelie\u0300vre, which inspired the wall installation of vintage sunburst mirrors from Bijan Royal in New York.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/brabbudesignforces\/docs\/brabbu_is_one_of_the_hand-selected_\" target=\"_blank\">DECOREX 2015 BEST EXHIBITORS<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Decorex-Loves-_-10-New-Inspirations-_-Nicholas-Haslam-_1.jpg\"><br>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"4 4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The main bedroom\u2019s vintage touches include an art deco fire screen and a\u00a0vintage mirror from Bernd Goeckler Antiques in New York. The mirrored bedhead was custom-made by Graham Geddes; another Stark carpet from Whitecliffe\u00a0Imports softens the look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 5\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"5 5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In summer, the living area flows into an outdoor pavilion, furnished with Minotti Lifescape chaise longues and chairs, from Dedece.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"6 6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe house was never going to be about minimalism,\u201d says Halliday conceding to the character of the architecture and its owner, \u201cmore an unbridled eclecticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 8\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"8 8\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 9\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/9-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"9 9\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10.jpg\" alt=\"Inspirations : maximalism in a Melbourne family home  Inspirations : Maximalism in a Melbourne Family Home 10\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/10-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"10 10\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">The commission to re-dress this boom-time Victorian \u2018palazzo\u2019, in a quiet patch south-east \u2028of Melbourne, came with considerable historical 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