Little Lonnie | Edwina Glenn | 2025 | 澳大利亚
With interiors bathed in earthy colours and an exterior blooming with landscaped vines and greenery, this home on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula perfectly encapsulates the personalities and professions of the owners.A warm tonal palette is balanced with natural materials and greenery in this dwelling near the beach in Point Lonsdale, Victoria. Designed by Edwina Glenn for Kip & Co co-founder Kate Heppell and landscaper Mal Heppell, Little Lonnie presents moments of brightness and texture against a backdrop of cool tiles, metal elements and golden-hued timbers.
This balance comes down to a friendly working relationship between the designer and Kate, whose brand is renowned for its vivid hues and patterns. “Kate lives in a world of colour,” says Glenn. “While I love colour, I am much more likely to use it in a controlled way. However, I think that is why we worked so well together. Kate needed free rein on the coloured walls and ceilings, yet she understood my need to quieten everything around it.”Little Lonnie has been a passion project for the Heppells since the couple purchased it in a rundown state in 2010. Fifteen years and much DIY and planting later, the pair could see that a layout change was needed to resolve the spatial challenges of the kitchen and in living spaces over multiple levels.
The kitchen was originally located on the middle level, where it lacked connections to the outdoors. “By extending over one of the existing, rarely used decks on the first floor and introducing an external circular steel stair, we were able to reconnect the main living spaces and bring a much bigger kitchen and scullery back to the magnificent but loosely structured garden created by Mal,” says Glenn. “He is constantly altering and changing the garden into a magical wonderland for his family.”When choosing materials for the kitchen island, Glenn and Kate explored the idea of creating a palladiana bench in the manner of Gio Ponti’s Villa Planchart floor. However, when cost proved prohibitive, Glenn instead sourced blue onyx, green onyx and Travertino Jurrassicco natural stone slabs from Corsi and Nicolai to create the bench.As she explains: “I used the softer onyx tones on the upstands and the filled travertine on the horizontal working surfaces. My natural inclination would have been a single stone selection, but I enjoyed playing around with Kate to create something more exploratory.”
Metal benches and splashbacks provide a reflective base, allowing these patterns and textures to truly shine. When it came to the walls, timber panelling was initially intended to be painted green. However, once it was in place, the couple appreciated the warm colour and the way in which the walls connected with the landscaping beyond. Green-painted walls remain in the dining nook and living room, where they are accentuated by glossy green tiles adorning the fireplace hearth.Natural textures play a large part in the finishing of the rooms, with terracotta tiles from Jatana used on the fireplace and kitchen ventilation surrounds, and Pinch wall lights from Coco Flip featuring throughout the kitchen and living space.The kitchen island is lit by a palm-tree-inspired rattan pendant by Maison Cornisi from 1stDibs, while woven art sourced from the Maningrida Art and Culture Centre in the Northern Territory graces the scullery walls. A lambswool Cursa lounge chair by De La Espada from Criteria is positioned next to the fire, its softness contrasting with the tiles and rusticated metal implements.
“This exquisite and luxurious fireside armchair was designed with consideration for the whole volume and the negative space,” says Glenn. “This design approach felt very relevant to my approach with the joinery and insertions into Kate’s magical world. I never wanted my work to be the hero.”A sandblasted side table by architect Lina Bo Bardi, sourced from Destroyers/Builders, speaks the same design language as the Cursa armchair. Similarly, the subdued tone and woven texture of the artwork that hangs in the dining area, Diptych III 2022-23 by Melbourne-based artist Jacqueline Stojanović, adds a sense of tranquillity to this family zone.
Colours become more vibrant throughout the rest of the home. An intimate, red-painted study has been created in the space that was previously the kitchen, with a mirrored wall installed to accentuate the daylight, as well as built-in banquette seating, a desk and carpet with a deep woollen pile. The primary bedroom is warm marigold yellow while the upstairs sitting room features a dusty pink, creating a peaceful atmosphere to look out at the surrounding treetops.The creativity of the home’s interior is equalled and accentuated by the landscape design, which is both dynamic and beautifully wild. According to Glenn, this comes down to Mal’s creative vision. “Over time, he created a hanging garden that connects the first-floor living back to the earth below. It feels like being in a grown-up treehouse dripping with foliage and sustainability. Mal has also recently introduced a round concrete plunge pool, pizza oven and chicken coop. I think the strength of the design is in our ability to connect the interior back into this ever-evolving landscape.”
Architecture by Picnic Design Studio. Interior design by Edwina Glenn. Landscape design by DMS Landscapes. Furniture by Criteria. Soft furnishings by Kip & Co and LM Home. Lighting by Aesthetiker and Castorina. Vessels by Craft Victoria and Pépite.
Artwork by Matthew Allen, Jacqueline Stojanović and Melinda Wallis.
- 项目文案：Camille Khouri
- 项目摄影：Lillie Thompson
- 摄影布景：Marsha Golemac
- 转载自：The Local Project
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