pretty-beach-house-about-design | Pretty Beach House

The Design

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With a sophisticated style of Australian casual elegance and luxury, Pretty Beach House is the embodiment of relaxed luxury.

Interior designer Michelle Leslie collaborated with many local artisans and craftspersons to create an inviting, warm, luxurious guesthouse in its purest form. The overall feeling you’ll experience is of a true connection to the earth. A spirit of place in its most raw of form. A place where heart and soul have been the driving force for all of the artists working on the house. The main building is intimate, solid and authentic, with a mix of repurposed and new, brass and stone, timber and travertine. With locally sourced sandstone and hand-made mud bricks, there is character and rawness, and incredible beauty and charm.

The acclaimed final result is a sophisticated and timeless design that is sensitive to the beautiful natural surrounds. Collaborations with Australian designers such as Melbourne-based industrial designer Christopher Boots and Sydney-based interior creative Kate Nixon have resulted in an extraordinary level of style and sophistication in this remarkable retreat.

The main house is the heart of the property, built with hand-made mud bricks from Bowral, in the Southern Highlands south-west of Sydney, and huge hand-crafted timber posts from a decommissioned bridge in Queensland. The main house is a shared space for guests, with a spectacular dining room, lounging area, cocktail bar, intimate dining space, wine cellar, open fireplace, infinity pool and a hand-made Stefano Ferrara pizza oven.

The décor makes a simple, distinctive statement, with handcrafted furniture and fine Busatti Italian linen hand-made on an artisan loom that’s over 350 years old. Hand-made brass pendant lights are suspended from exposed beams, while an incredible hand-forged brass countertop stands strong and purposeful in the communal bar. All of the interiors, including the bespoke soft furnishings, are inspired by the colours and textures of the surrounding bush landscape.

With 4 luxurious pavilions in and surrounding the main house on the seven and a half-acre property, Pretty Beach House can sleep 8 adults at any one time. The 4 exclusive, private pavilions have names that describe their best feature: Treetops (with its penthouse position above the main house), Bayview, Hideaway and The Retreat. All have views through a mass of ancient angophoras down to the sparkling waters of Pretty Beach.


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