A European Sensibility - Peppertree House by Alwill Interiors

Together with Luigi Roselli Architects, Alwill Interiors has crafted a unique and calm sanctuary for their fashion designer client and family.

Referencing a Dutch and Belgian sensibility, Peppertree House looks to celebrate the existing architecture and create a richly woven series of spaces through a restrained approach to palette. Key to this was the expression of texture and tonality in creating spaces that speak to a previous time period, relate to the present, and also have a sense of the timeless, pre-empting their suitability for the future. Due to the nature of their work, the client wanted to explore the boundaries of finishes and form, experiment with creating spaces for artwork and push the limitations of materiality and design. Together with their strong aesthetic, and the influence of the architecture ensuring they were not to be drawn down a classic path, Alwill had to find a balance that spoke to a contemporary newness that was both appropriate contextually, and could live beyond its years.

The architecture and its ornate and intriguing details and curves inspired the intervention that followed.

Throughout, the integration of bespoke areas for artwork display and engagement was key, as was the sense of purpose in all new proposed formality. The connecting stair stands as a sculptural element within the home, connecting the floors and spaces vertically. The sweeping nature of its finishing, and the textured application of plaster, integrate it within the existing elements with ease. Additionally, the Mafi herringbone flooring throughout is a connecting element on the ground plane, where the detail of its pattern is a reference to the sense of craftsmanship within the home, and to the original period style.

Peppertree House looks to celebrate the existing architecture and create a richly woven series of spaces through a restrained approach to palette.

Within the existing openings and the new steel framed glass panels, core to Peppertree House is a connection to the beyond, past the built surrounds to the garden and vistas – all act as an invitation for natural light inward. This home engages in subtleties and references of another place, and yet immerses itself beautifully in its context. Alwill Interiors has effortlessly created a series of texturally layered and muted spaces that marry respectfully with the architecture’s origins, while also being a nod to a crisp contemporary aesthetic.