Belle

SHINING LIGHTS

When two celebrated Sydney designers (and friends) joined forces to reinvent this 1940s two-bedroom pied-à-terre on the harbour in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay, there was a chance that the ‘too many cooks’ school of thinking might eclipse the idealist notion that two heads are better than one. Happily, what transpired was a timely rediscovery of the power in creative collaboration and its ability to deliver results that enriched the site, charmed their client and in the process surprised themselves.

“I’ve worked alone for a long time,” explains

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