GLEBE HOUSE 2025

Across the hall, the living room has light spilling into it from the harbourside garden beyond, through another bank of bay windows. A pale linen pendant lamp hovers peacefully over the scene: a pair of varnished cane chairs covered in No Chintz fabric, two comfortable sofas, one from the owners’ collection, the other new, but blending all together in the space seamlessly. Centre stage is a fireplace, flanked by two tall and graceful bookshelves. According to the clients, the existing fireplace was heavily damaged and not original to the house. A company in the inner west specializing in historic fireplaces was able to source one that matched the era of their home, not before fitting it with gas outlets, making it both beautiful and functional.