THE LONG WAY ROUND
NESTLED ON A FRENCH HILLSIDE overlooking fields ablaze with golden sunflowers, Karen McCartney’s converted barn could pass for the backdrop of a Cézanne still life. Washed in a gentler light than we’re used to in Australia, Hilltop Barn features muted colours and textures of linen, timber and stone which are begging for a bowl of fruit from the local market, and perhaps a bottle of something. All that’s left to
