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While red and orange provide accents elsewhere in the house, they make a splash in the study, where the walls are painted carmine. Holding fort is a large boomerang-shaped desk \u2013 an antique. \u201cThis was one of my grandfather\u2019s office desks,\u201d the homeowner pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n It is accompanied by two Lily armchairs from Fritz Hansen, whose original armless versions were designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen for the Danish National Bank in 1968. There is also a Snoopy lamp from Flos, designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1967 \u2013 in the punchy green version instead of the pale white one, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n Upstairs in the master bedroom, the homeowner has brought over her grandfather\u2019s old standalone cupboards, but given them a coat of paint in a shade between teal and navy. Twin Utrecht armchairs designed by architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1988 for Cassina anchor a corner, upholstered in Prussian Blue fabric. A cow skin rug and a red Prive pouf from Cassina echo the living room\u2019s palette.<\/span><\/p>\n In the attic, the entertainment space \u2013 or \u201cden\u201d, as the homeowner calls it \u2013 the blue makes another appearance on the wall behind the television. A lacquered Bramante console designed by Kazuhide Takahama for Cassina brings a subtle Asian note, alongside a painting of lotus flowers by a Chinese artist that belonged to her mother.<\/span><\/p>\n When guests come, they play card games around a long Elisse solid American walnut table with brass tips from Italian furniture brand Ulivi, its crafted legs on full display. \u201cI liked the legs and construction of the table \u2013 see, the edges are bevelled,\u201d the homeowner pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n In the bathrooms, antique mirrors adorn marble walls \u2013 some inherited from her mother, others her own finds. The powder room is generously clad in onyx, its earth-and-jade-coloured veins dancing across the walls, floor and countertop. When the lights beneath the panels are switched on, the sinuous lines come alive, glowing like jewels.<\/span><\/p>\n The homeowner pointed to an antique mirror that fits neatly into the powder room. \u201cI was walking in Paddington in Sydney, Australia and saw this mirror,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n