An Eclectic Artist’s Home In Melbourne Brings In Light and Color

I love going back into the Design*Sponge archives, looking for inspiration and revisiting homes that I can’t get out of my head. One home that has always stood out to me from past tours is from Australia-based artist, Paula Mills of Sweet William. From the mantel in the living room to the can arrangement in the kitchen, it has always been one of my favorites. Paula, her husband, their three daughters and their family dog, Bella, have since moved into a new home in North Melbourne, Australia which celebrates even more charm, color, and visual inspiration. Their home was featured on Design Files last year, where you can find a different take on the home. The family has since added a wall of bold, floral wallpaper, and today we’re getting a peek at Paula’s in-home studio.

In this new-to-them space, the Mills family has worked hard to return some of the former glory to their home, uncovering brick by brick. “With good bones, we wanted to freshen it up but not lose character,” Paula shares. “We opened the living space up by removing a wall between the dining room and kitchen. We put in double doors leading out onto the courtyard from the sun room. We plastered cracks and painted all the walls off-white, but left the skirting boards and wooden floors to retain all the chippy character and texture. But always a work in progress.”

With an in-home studio for her business Sweet William, Paula was glad to give us a special peek behind her work as well. I hope this will be a tour that you revisit over and over, for years to come. Enjoy! —Erin

Photography by Sallyanne Hartnell

Image above: “The changed color on the floorboards shows where we had the wall removed which originally divided these two rooms. The kitchen cabinet to the right joins the two rooms together, it was bought at a local thrift shop and we painted it our own shade of pastel pink. We haven’t done much to the kitchen and it is on our list of things to update at some stage, but it functions perfectly well as it is,” Paula shares. 

from Design*Sponge http://www.designsponge.com/2017/10/an-eclectic-artists-home-in-melbourne-brings-in-light-and-color.html

from Home Improvment http://notelocreesnitu.tumblr.com/post/166538689814