Belle

Light touch

Searching for a city apartment for the “third act” of her life interior designer A nna-Carin, principal of ANNA.CARIN, was focused on the desire for a space that would be serene, evocative and cosmopolitan. On first entering this 1920s corner apartment in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay she was captivated by the vaulted windows and high ceilings and knew immediately that this was it.

Moving on after selling her family home, Anna-Carin could see how she could transform the apartment for herself and her partner Lance, a commercial film director and photographer,by John Martyn that represents grounding and solidity as well as the lightness of mood she wished to create in her home.

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