Sydney interior designers Juliette Arent and Sarah-Jane Pyke have been lauded by the Australian design press for “tearing down the walls of conservative design and replacing them with color and layers of sophisticated style.” A good example is their remodel of an early-20th-century house in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra. We particularly like the kitchen with its accents of sage and oak and subtle curves. The design preserved the existing horseshoe layout (see Before shot at bottom) but turned the uninspired into something glamorous and fresh-looking. Photography by Felix Forest, courtesy of Arent & Pyke.

Above: The kitchen is set in the back of the house overlooking the garden, which provided inspiration for the color and materials choices. “The palette,” the designers say, “is layered from the earth upwards, growing from silver travertine flooring to mossy green cabinetry and natural solid oak with a fade to pure white.” Black accents also punctuate the space, including a classic Thonet bentwood barstool.
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