Cool spaces: Leah Fraser and David Shrimpton’s house

I love going onto The Design Files for inspiration, they often feature such cool homes on their site and this one is no exception. It’s the home of Leah Fraser and her partner David Shrimpton. Their house looks like it full of beautiful solid antiques accompanied by many of Leah’s artworks and I love how the space is surrounded by the characteristics of old houses, dark wooden floors, pressed ceilings, chandeliers. wooden doors and window frames. I also looked up her portfolio and her art is as beautiful as her home. I have included some of it in this post.

– This home basically reverses the trend of transforming terraces into small white modernist boxes. When David first took possession of the property 5 years ago, it had already received the obligatory modern renovation treatment. ‘He basically gutted it and restored it in a Victorian style’ says Leah. ‘The inspiration was a traditional Sydney Victorian terrace – taking ideas from Sir John Soane and Victor Horta‘ Leah explains.  David was intent on recreating the grandeur of Victorian times – re-instating cornices and ceiling roses using original Victorian moulds, and salvaging antique doors and windows to complete the look.  Floorboards were replaced with salvaged tallow wood. Layer upon layer of detail was added – from Victorian era paint colours to vintage lace curtains, giving this home an incredible sense of history, otherwise seen only on a film set!