The sophisticated materiality in this immaculate Sydney home designed by YSG studio is just what my eye needs to counterbalance the chaos that’s currently surrounding me. In case you were wondering or don’t follow me on Instagram – we’re renovating the ground floor at the moment and dust, dirt and general failure to find anything (scissors? spatula? salt?) is getting to me.
So back to today’s feature cleverly called ‘Budge over Dover’ due to it’s location in Sydney’s eastern suburb of Dover Heights. Interior designer extraordinaire Yasmine Saleh Ghoniem of YSG studio has once again pushed boundaries and deservedly won the 2020 Australian Interior Design Award for Residential Design with this project. Often portrait as a rebel in the industry I marvel at the ease with which she pairs colours, juxtaposes materials and plays with scale.
Every room makes me want to touch and linger, there’s so much for the eye to explore and surprising details to discover. One of my favourite ones is the incredible black marble kitchen counter with cream and pale pink veins which are echoed in the terracotta flooring. The kitchen island is clad in aged brass with the most astonishing patina. Raw and polished contrasts run throughout the home creating a sophisticated materiality that takes a lot of attention to detail to get right.
It obviously helps that the homes’ dimensions are wonderfully generous giving enough space for oversized pendant lights or wall art to be adequately displayed leaving enough negative space to appreciate each object. Yasmine’s choice of colours is brave and though I would have drawn the line at the aubergine ceiling it does work well to give the living space definition and make it cozy.
I can’t get enough of this home and will definitely feature some more of Yasmine’s work in the future.
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If you’re in the mood for more stunning homes from Down Under see Madeleine Blanchfield’s stunning home here or check out one of my favourite cafes in Melbourne.
PHOTOGRAPHY | by Prue Ruscoe (with thanks)
INTERIOR DESIGN | YSG Studio
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