This month, I’m excited to introduce a new segment to this blog: a spotlight on the stores I love to source materials from. As a Sydney interior designer, I spend much of my time online and running around the city, finding objects and accents to match my client’s tastes and briefs.
I’d like to start with Parterre, my go-to store for gorgeous designer outdoor furniture, sculptures, and antiques. Here I chat to Danny about what goes on behind the scenes.
What is Parterre all about?
Parterre started over 25 years ago by bringing garden items and antiques from France and for the last 12 years has also been representing luxury outdoor brands Royal Botania, Gandia Blasco, Tuuci, Domani, and Fuera Dentro in Australia.
What is your clientele like?
Discerning. Our clients are seeking items with a difference. They want unique, one-off pieces to personalise their homes, and to help them design interiors to reflect their personalities as opposed to buying generic ‘stuff’.
Your store is very beautiful. Can you describe the layout and design?
The store is theatrical and interesting with a strong emphasis on creating rooms and stories, enabling clients to envisage how products will look in their own homes whilst also creating a visual feast to spark their imagination. We group products together again to allow clients to see how different items with similar purpose work and can be used to provide harmony within the home.
Where do your buyers go for inspiration?
Paris, for the fabulous antiques, the markets, the wine and the food.
Milan, for the design, the fashion, the excitement.
What can you gauge about my style based on what I’ve bought from Parterre?
Your style is classical yet relaxed. Your selection of products suggests an understanding of a discerning eye for detail, texture, the eclectic and a resonance. By doing so, you give your clients a sense of history, a story and provenance.
What are your top 3 items in store now?
- A 19th century Zinc clock face with original hands and clock mechanism. Made by the French clock maker R. Morband, originating in Marboz.
- A French Napoleon style timber table with carved detail, cabriole legs and a honed marble inlay top.
- A fine example of a pair of French 19th century cast iron urns with French white washed timber sculpture pedestals.
33 Ocean Street Woollahra NSW 2025
02 9363 5874
Monday-Saturday: 10.00-5.30pm
Sunday: 10.00-4.00pm
www.parterre.com.au
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