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that would provide sightlines through
the house.
“It was also important to provide a
variety of formats for living and entertaining,” the designer says. “The owners and
their guests have the freedom to move
to different areas during the course of an
evening. But every room is connected to
the exterior view, and to key artworks.”
Santa-Cruz says the owners’ existing
art collection was a starting point for the
interior. The rest of the design was influenced by their appreciation for the Art

Deco period, and classic modern furniture
from the ’20s right through to the present.
“A traditional English or Europeaninspired interior was not the look required
for this project. The owners wanted a far
more eclectic, contemporary design.
“I was most concerned, however, that
the interior should not look contrived. I
wanted it to look as though it had been put
together by the owners themselves. Not
everything has to match, for example.”
Santa-Cruz says creating an interior
with objects and furniture of different

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styles comes down to careful editing.
“It is all about finding a common
design language, so these items can begin
to talk to each other. For this project, that
language came from an international
understanding – the owners are well travelled and could appreciate the value of
the pieces we sourced in Paris, New York,
Buenos Aires and online.
“In every room there is a balance, and
it’s not just a balance of colour and texture,
but also a balance in the provenance of
the pieces.”