Belle

LIGHT HEARTED

ight, whitewashed interiors can be enough to make any parent shudder, but designer Chloe Matters of Matters + Made managed to give homeowners Tegan and Jason Natoli the peaceful palette they coveted and make it family-friendly for their three young kids. While most of the materials in the house favour muted, neutral hues, they’ve been executed in easy-to-maintain surfaces. “We used washable microcement, wallpaper that has a beautiful texture but is waterproof, and sandblasted and bush hammered stone, which are hard-wearing and non-porous,” says Chloe. It was a

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