SITTING ROOM
Kalmar Lighting Hase BL floor lamp and Norell Furniture Arne Norell Sirocco safari chair, both Great Dane. Curtains in Kvadrat Coastland fabric, Lovelight.
EXTERIOR
Cladding was repainted in Dulux Black to make the home recede into its setting.
Anton Assaad, founder of Great Dane Furniture, is a passionate collector of classic Scandinavian furniture. He has stored away prized pieces for years, awaiting just the right moment. “I loved them all, but had no room for them in my Melbourne home,” he says, so they were unglamorously relegated to cupboards and a warehouse. That special moment arrived in early 2021, when he and his partner bought this weekender on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula for themselves and their blended family of four children, now aged 10 to 17. Cherished treasures, including an iconic sofa, armchairs, tables, light fittings and rugs, have found
