This Coastal Kitchen in Sydney Features the Best Sage Green Paint
Photo by Alicia Taylor
As with any renovation that’s stood for more than a half-century, this one was bound to present possibility alongside unpredictability. “The house was dilapidated and inhabitable, yet had all the original features from 1950,” says style director Kerrie-Ann Jones. “There was disco-silver wallpaper in the dining room, a pastel yellow kitchen, and cobalt blue tiles in the bathroom. I think the original owners made some excellent, bold design choices for their time.”
Jones, who also teaches an online styling course at The Stylist Lab, bought the property with her husband and their two young children, envisioning a comfortable family home when they were done with it. It’s set in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, in a “quiet, coastal” neighborhood, and Jones knew it could be special with the right adjustments. They decided to combine the existing dining room and powder room into a larger kitchen, which would open to the new dining and living areas in a more modern layout.
