Shanth Fernando is a well-known interior designer from Sri Lanka. His home in Sri Lanka presents a collector's paradise for art. Since leaving Australia in the early 1980s, Shanth Fernando has lived in his creative world. In 1987, he founded his own lifestyle brand, Paradise Road, where he mentored countless artisans and artists. 

Shanth Fernando keeps this gift alive by doing a job full of love. His respect for his mentor Geoffrey Bawa and his close friendship with the late Kerry Hill undoubtedly shaped his view of space. What excites him most is his absolute obsession with creation and his desire to dabbles in many different fields. Every project he undertook was done in the way an artist creates a masterpiece.

Throughout Shanth Fernando's life, architecture and interior design have always been an important element of his vision and life. The first house in Sri Lanka was a penthouse designed by Geoffrey Bawa, and Shanth Fernando lived in the house he was constantly transforming. Shanth Fernando fell in love with architecture at an early age and recalls that a well-known local architect dissuaded him from pursuing the field, despite the belief that he would excel in it.

Road's monochrome, understated style, but it is also a home. Every painting and every piece of art in his collection contains a story. The younger artists, Rajni Perera and Chudamani Clowes, whose profile works come from his entire collection of 43 groups, are Sri Lanka's best-known modernists. He began an avid collection of coveted sri Lankan modern and contemporary art. In addition to the art, the house houses an equally valuable collection of antiques, mainly Sri Lankan antiques from the Dutch period, as well as furniture and objects he collected during his travels in Europe and the region.

The eclectic pieces of this collector, dealer, curator, designer, patron and connoisseur leave not a corner in his home empty. Every space is meticulously arranged. In designing the house, he sought out an architect to whom he could dictate the style and chose to work with Philip Weeraratne, an architect with experience in modern, minimal buildings and homes. His home is his canvas—an experimental space where he has the freedom to change things whenever he so chooses.