The FINISHES Speak, and the FORMS Complement.

the Brief

The brief for Burwood Penthouse was exacting in its simplicity: create an extraordinary, layered interior, considered enough that every room felt interesting to be in, not just to look at. LLP Design was engaged to select every wall finish, window treatment, light fitting, furnishing and accessory across the apartment, building that layering room by room onto an already-finished architectural shell.

Layering at this level isn’t about adding more. It is restraint applied with intent: a wallcovering chosen for the way it catches light down a long hallway, a chandelier scaled exactly to a room’s proportions, an upholstery fabric chosen because it finished a story the room was already telling.

the ENTRY Foyer

The entry foyer sets the apartment’s language before a single living space comes into view. A Casamance wallcovering, fine-textured and cast in warm gold tones, wraps the walls and the recessed ceiling above, while a parquet floor inlaid with a brass geometric border runs the length of the hall.

At the corridor’s end sits the client’s own grand piano, a self-playing instrument positioned as the hallway’s natural conclusion. LLP Design’s role was simple and exacting: give an existing, well-loved piece the room it had always deserved.

A HALLWAY with a Destination.

The KITCHEN

The kitchen’s marble waterfall island and high-gloss dark joinery were already in place when LLP Design was engaged; the brief here was to dress the room around them. A pair of tiered crystal chandeliers was selected to multiply light across the stone’s veining without ever competing with it.

Floor-length drapery in a warm bronze tone softens the room’s hard surfaces, while tabletop styling — a sculptural brass orb, a single loose arrangement of white flowers — was chosen with restraint, letting the marble and the light fittings carry the room.

CASUAL Dining

Set just off the kitchen island, the casual dining setting pairs a round table with chairs upholstered in charcoal fabric, their slim brass-capped legs picking up the gold tones running through the apartment.

A glass-and-brass sphere centres the table, one considered object rather than an arrangement. It is a space built for the everyday: breakfast, a quick coffee, a quieter moment of the apartment’s polish without ceremony.

The FORMAL Dining

The formal dining room sits beneath four tiered crystal chandeliers, their light catching the embossed gold wallcovering that wraps the room floor to ceiling. A long table is dressed with chairs upholstered in a second charcoal fabric, distinguishing the formal setting from the casual one while holding the same palette.

A built-in aquarium feature sits beside the table, an existing architectural detail left exactly as found, while a low arrangement of white orchids softens the room’s formality without overstating it.

TWO Dining Rooms,

ONE Language.

The LOUNGE

The lounge is anchored by an existing marble fireplace wall and built-in joinery shelving either side; LLP Design’s work was the furnishing and styling layered around it. Channel-tufted sofas and armchairs in soft taupe sit low against sheer drapery, gathered around nested brass-and-glass coffee tables.

A curated stack of fashion and design titles, a scatter of brass and crystal objects, and warm uplighting traced through the joinery shelving give the room the kind of ease that comes only from every piece earning its place.

the MASTER Walk-In Wardrobe

The master walk-in wardrobe is finished in warm timber joinery with a mirrored back wall; LLP Design’s work was in the styling layer — an upholstered ottoman at its centre, soft under-shelf lighting, and the considered arrangement of the client’s own collection.

It’s a SPACE Designed to MAKE Dressing feel like PART of the Apartment’s everyday LUXURY, not a function TACKED onto the END of it.

the MASTER ENSUITE

In the master ensuite, a freestanding marble bath is positioned to face the full sweep of the skyline beyond — an existing architectural feature that LLP Design styled around rather than altered. Nearby, a round vessel basin sits on a timber vanity, dressed with simple glass vessels and a single trailing stem.

Tapware, lighting and the smaller styling details were selected to sit quietly against the stone, letting the view and the marble do the talking.

the SECOND BATHROOM

The second bathroom is finished in book-matched marble running floor to ceiling, with twin cylindrical pedestal basins in the same stone standing free of the wall.

LLP Design’s contribution sits in the finishing layer: towels, soft furnishings and the small details that bring warmth to a room built almost entirely from stone.