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Top: Two parallel islands and a
matching perimeter unit ensure
the kitchen is well equipped for
entertaining. There is also a separate
butler’s pantry. The cabinets are
in Navurban Hazelwood, which
provides visual continuity with
joinery in the entry and cabinets in
the family living area.
Above: Bistre Grande Eterno flooring
from Tongue N Groove Flooring
enhances the pared-back, modernist
feel of the interior.

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“Opening up the space brought in much
more light from the east and allowed a view
from the front door right through the apartment
and out to the water beyond,” the designer says.
Because the owners love to entertain on a
grand scale, the apartment was divided into
two distinct zones – public and private.
“The interface between these two areas is a
single continuous wall of joinery in a woodgrain
design, which can open and shut in multiple
configurations. For example, hidden doors in
the wall open from the kitchen to an office and
a butler’s pantry. Another door hides the main

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hallway to the back bedrooms. This passage
also houses a wine cellar.”
Quinlan says the kitchen can also be closed
off from the dining area by large sliding screens,
which is appropriate when caterers may be
working in the kitchen. The screens tuck into
the side of a stone volume that anchors one
corner of the kitchen.
“There are several of these solid walls,
including the bar, which are wrapped in Novo
Mesto honed limestone. The stone accentuates their solidity and permanence, and the
structural role they play.”