About A Grand Design

SHOPPING LIST

Side table, roadside find. Wicker day bed, $320, Your Display Gallery. ON SIDE TABLE Blue Fluted Mega high handle mug, $99.95, Royal Copenhagen. Australian House & Garden: Great Australian Gardens Volume 2 (Are Media Books). Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden by Janet Hawley (Penguin Australia). CUSHIONS From left Idalinnea cushion, $5, Ikea. Bleu Nuit cushion, $195, Tigger Hall Design. Cushion in Pierre Frey ‘Fleur de Chine’ fabric, POA, Milgate. For similar seat cushion fabric, try Warwick Fabrics. Concrete planter, roadside find. Olive tree from Garden Life.

Styling by Sophie Wilson. Photograph by Kristina Soljo. For Where to Buy, see page 192. About a GRAND DESIGN

Ready to showcase your upcycling handiwork? A verdant garden backdrop is a gorgeous natural stage for your set design.

We love the challenge of mixing new pieces with vintage and serendipitous finds. The garden, courtyard and outdoor entertaining areas are perfect places to mix these items – when you’re at one with nature, pieces with a slightly more ‘rustic’ feel are a natural fit. If you look around at roadside clean-ups, charity and vintage stores you will find the most amazing pieces for alfresco elegance. Get clever with baskets too. They won’t last forever in the elements, but they will look great with potted greenery for quite some time. Embrace the existing rusty patina on metal items or use a protective spray to stop further corrosion on side tables and chairs. >

UPCYCLING CHIC SHOPPING LIST Tables and chair, roadside finds. Zinc planter and striped wicker planter are old light shades. Monet cushion, Foret Tableware ‘Fox’ jug and ‘Pheasant’ tray, all Parterre. Bee white-wine glasses in Emerald, Mosaique. #