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Livingetc
Keith Flanagan

An Ingenious Inward Plan and "Big, Gutsy Gestures" Ensure the Owners of This Melbourne Home Feel Embraced

Moody dining room with timber ceiling, round large table with leather chairs at either end and rattan chairs along the side, gold vase filled with branches, and a marble bar running along the wall behind.

What does an interior designer do when a client gives their studio carte blanche? For Chelsea Hing, she didn’t hesitate to flex her creative muscles — and for her client, it was a massive relief.

“I don't think they mind me saying they were floundering,” says Chelsea of her clients, soon-to-be empty nesters in the city of Bendigo, about two and a half hours outside Melbourne. By the time the project landed on Chelsea’s doorstep, the modern home was partially built, but had also exchanged a number of hands, architecturally, without a singular vision to finesse the final stage. With so many people and trades involved (but no one steering the ship), it was nearing completion without a steady hand, and the clients were keen to hand over control.

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