Wonderful at Woolloomooloo

We love the contrast of the light and dark in this spectacular Woolloomooloo apartment. A striking combination of metallic striped wallpapers, fabulous lighting (including a red feature lamp) and gentle pattens in the furniture give this apartment the wow factor. Using Walnut Semi Gloss Designer Series Bamboo Flooring gives the space an additional dimension as it throws the light and reflects the beautiful views around the apartment, and works with the vertical wallpaper patten and feature lighting (not shown). "It's elegant and very much on trend" says Fofi, from Style Plantation. "The combination of light and dark makes a sharp contrast, and gives the space an luminous quality". 

Inner West Make Over

The inner west property gets a full makeover that is simple yet refined. Inspired by oriental lines, the owners were keen to retain as much of the property's original style as possible. Red accents with neutral stone and earthy colours work to create a splash of colour with out being too heavy.

Walls are in Dulux Antique white to help open the small house (rooms are 3500mmW) and reflect as much light as possible.

Kitchen is in a 'light-cream' by Miton Sydney, with Sage Caesar Stone Bench-tops, integrated dishwasher and stainless steel oven. Flooring is Savannah semi gloss, with White on White Trims. The feature wall in the living room is 'Baresque' textured wallpaper, with a 'Hip-Home' rug by Boyd Blue in a stone with metallic threat - selected by Fofi by Design.

Praline - Designer Series Bamboo Flooring

Working with a lovely young family that relocated from Melbourne to Sydney's fashionable Leichhardt, Style Plantation was on the case to help transform this inner west home back to it's former glory.

Along with a new kitchen, complete restyle of the exterior and interior and remodel at the back of the house, the scheme is modern, family friendly and warm.  "As rich and decadent as it's name sake, Praline Designer Bamboo is the perfect combination for a modern 'Manhattan Style'" said Fofi, Style Plantation's senior designer.  "Our client's have achieved a balance of style and practicality - it just works".

Available in a distressed finish, Praline works well with a neutral palette of linens and stones, with textured weave furniture. To combine with dark style furniture, consider a light area rug for contrast.

Sisal, naturally..

Need to pull a room together? Sometimes its the simplest things that can be the most effective. A gorgeous Sisal rug is beautiful and can be custom made to fit any space.

Pure sisal has a luxurious lustre that can be woven to give soft loops or tight loops.  The colours range from golds, yellows, greys to browns and even black.

A pure sisal fibre rug can have a wonderful geometric texture and design which give a casual aesthetic to any space.



100% Sisal



Sisal is made from fibres extracted from the leaves of the agave plant.  This yields a stiff fibre commonly used in making twine and rope as well as floor and wall coverings.



The Agave Plant



• There is a minimal impact on the environment as no chemical fertilisers are used in sisal production.  

• Sisal yarn has great durability and it doesn’t build up static or trap dust.  Cleaning is easy with vacuuming the only maintenance required.

• Sisal is recommended in high traffic areas, stairs and hallways.



An elegant alternative to carpet

Style Plantation stock a wide range of sisal, jute and wool sisal rugs which have a softer hand and we can custom make to any size required.

Make Sisal a natural option in your home.

Geometric Beauty by Fofi Gourlas

Have you noticed an increase in a motif, pattern, or design with an abstract, shape such as lines, circles, squares, ellipses, triangles, rectangles, and polygons?

The French refer to a pattern as "a type of theme of recurring events or object shapes"

These elements repeat in a predictable manner. It can be a template or model which can be used to generate things or parts of a thing, especially if the things that are created have enough in common for the underlying pattern to be inferred, in which case the things are said to exhibit the unique pattern.

We like the Wall panel, great for indoor/outdoor use, visit Garden Life or Orient House if you prefer a more Oriental style screen. 

Art with geometric styles have always been popular, Frank Stella began to use a wider range of colours, typically arranged in straight or curved lines. He began his Protractor Series (71) of paintings, in which arcs, sometimes overlapping, within square borders are arranged side-by-side to produce full and half circles painted in rings of concentric colour. These paintings are named after circular cities he had visited while in the Middle East earlier in the 1960s. Prints are available today from leading Art Gallery shops.

 
Bring Geometric Beauty to your home - Rugs and Accessories -

Greg  Natale ‘Lake Como’ rug, $4350/200cm x 300cm, Designer Rugs.

'One Light Only’ pendant lights, from $380 each (white), from $532 each (gold), Lee Broom

Get inspired and bring some geometric shapes into your home or garden this weekend!