Matchpoint is the inaugural project of Sydney interior design studio We Are Duet. Meticulously curated, the home embodies the studio’s intent to walk the fine line between aspiration and nostalgia. Presenting as a sprawling Tudor Revival home circa 1916, Matchpoint’s original state lent a beguiling majesty. But only an intuitive and highly creative design intervention would coax it into a contemporary relevance which also honoured the h0me’s elegance.

For We Are Duet Directors, designers Dominique Brammah and Shannon Shlom, the decorative, manor-like aesthetic — all arches, jewelled stained glass windows and sweeping English lawns – set the momentum for a striking resurrection. That’s without mentioning the like-minded client and their antipodean-inspired ideals for returning harmony between the exterior and interior of his family’s home.

While the home had been subjected to a previous renovation, “the original spaces were lacking character, and contemporary spaces were a pastiche of confused styles,” Dominque says. Duet’s design intent was to introduce unity throughout, guided by their client’s desire for a rich and layered family home defined by tactile opulence and homage to travel.

Matchpoint finds further resonance through Duet’s creation of “a new language that didn’t feel like replication but rather a deeply layered home which can continue to evolve with the family and accept new and old pieces along its lifetime,” Shannon says. Through a critical lens, Duet have orchestrated an abode where an intentional and intuitive dialogue between furniture, lighting and objects exists.