00:09Hello, I'm Chelsea McFedrin, the Creative Director and Head Stylist of Summer Concepts,
00:14a boutique studio of interior design based here in Bali.
00:35Hi, my name is Anton Clark, I'm a consultant at Bali Landscape Company.
00:40I help lead the design direction of the company.
00:44We are a landscape architecture company and we build and design gardens in Bali, across
00:51Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
00:54Today we are at Tegelhaus, an incredible project based in Canggu.
00:58The project has been led by New Zealand architect Sam Lennon of The Lennon Project.
01:02Project management is by Uttara Architects, Summer Concepts is responsible for the interiors,
01:08lighting is Studio Nimrset, woodworking, all fixed furniture and cabinetry by Kalpataru,
01:14and Bali Landscaping has done all of the beautiful landscaping that you see around the villa.
01:28The clients are Marcus and Miriam Jensmar who put together this incredible group and allowed
01:33us to collaborate and create this beautiful villa.
01:37When the client Marcus came to Summer Concepts to do the interiors for this villa, we were
01:43given a very thought out architecture and interiors brief from the architect.
01:48Sam had a clear vision of how he wanted the home to look.
01:52For me and our team, we drew inspiration on the 70s, something retro, eclectic and curated,
01:58as well as Bali, where we have ethnic pieces, artifacts and of course all of the local materials,
02:05including the furniture and the finishings.
02:13The original brief was more of a very leafy, tropical Bali garden.
02:19And as the project came together, the landscape moved more towards a minimalist tropical.
02:26So now you see a more minimalist landscape, really just using two or three of the very
02:32round leaf plants and then just two species of palms and the trees.
02:37So it went from mixed to being very architectural in style for the landscape.
02:47The homeowner was very involved in this project.
02:49Marcus has a clear and distinct aesthetic.
02:52It was easy for me to understand what he likes and dislikes and then to execute that.
02:57Space planning was already allocated by the architect.
02:59He has a very good use of space, function is foremost and the flow of the house was already
03:06determined.
03:07Also, if it's authentic to the client or the place and the artist and it's not something
03:14that's just following trends or trying to be on trend, I think that it will be classic
03:18and timeless.
03:19It's not something that seems, you know, just picked up from Pinterest or from a trend or
03:24from Instagram.
03:25It's not, it's not being driven by that.
03:27It's an expression of all of the collaborators that are involved as a reflection of the client's
03:32tastes and aesthetic.
03:41The general design, aesthetic or concept was a designer forest in a confined area and layering
03:52that.
03:53So how did we layer the garden where we have narrow spaces?
03:58So we did that with a vertical element and I suppose that was the biggest challenge.
04:03So playing with that narrow element and bringing green from top to bottom.
04:12The mood of the house is really nice.
04:15It's very interesting.
04:17It's sort of cocooning.
04:18It's very cool but warm and it's very raw.
04:22We wanted all of these beautiful natural elements from Bali and these stunning materials to just
04:27be the focal point.
04:29The architects spent so much time in making the details stand out.
04:32You'll see throughout the house there's bricks layered and pop, the different sizes used,
04:38again different stains for woods and different finishings.
04:41Sometimes we do honed, sometimes we do polished with the same stone.
04:46So this all creates a very natural, earthy, relaxed yet refined mood to the home.
04:56For this landscape it's fairly easy.
05:00It's really just trimming and letting things bush out and fill out.
05:05But most of the plants we use are typical forest floor plants, plants that can handle low light
05:12and shade.
05:13So really it's trimming, watering and making sure the soil is maintained, that you have
05:19good healthy soil, so adding compost, adding manure, keeping that lovely soil profile so
05:26the trees and the plants do what you want.
05:32We've selected materials that are authentic to Bali or Indonesia that gave a sense of place.
05:39Things that were raw, hard to find, unique and expensive.
05:44We wanted to create an exclusivity and just sort of a curated feeling to the house with everything
05:50that went in the house, which includes materials.
05:52I think the home is a very material-dominant home and the sense that that's the artistry of
05:59it.
05:59It's the materials that are used, how they're used and in what arrangements.
06:09The biggest challenge on this project is it's a very tight, narrow site.
06:15We have high boundary walls either side and how do we hide those high navers?
06:22So we played with tall, thin palms that still let some natural light through, but give a layering
06:29of foliage from the top to the bottom.
06:31So we've created that by planting clumping palm trees that are instantly 6-7 metres tall.
06:38So that helps scale the building and hide the neighbour at the same time.
06:48Create a sense of flow and continuity.
06:50We relied a lot on the colour palette and the mood setting for the house.
06:55In the living room area and the dining room, green is really predominant, as well as the
07:00brick.
07:01Then when we shift to the bedrooms, we bring in more earth tones, browns, mood.
07:07Amber is something that's present always with the brick.
07:09In the master bedroom, we slightly make it different, where blue becomes the forefront and amber
07:14is our accent.
07:18The architect is really incredible at using space and creating function.
07:24He understands how people need to live daily, from storage, to entertaining, to sleeping,
07:30to using office space.
07:32All of this was already planned.
07:34For us, we got more into the details of things.
07:36So the micro level of function, you know, where do you keep things?
07:40How would it be stored?
07:41How would it be displayed?
07:42We work really closely with the clients on that.
07:44What kind of items do they use?
07:46How do they like to use their space?
07:48Are they cooks themselves?
07:49Will they cook often?
07:50Do they entertain?
07:52So will they need extra dinnerware or napkins, et cetera?
07:56For women, you know, in your bathroom, do you have lots of toiletries or do you not?
08:02And from there, we create drawer organizers, et cetera.
08:10My favorite part of this landscape is because it's more unique than your typical landscape
08:16in terms of it's compact.
08:18You don't have big grass areas.
08:20You don't have space.
08:22You have a confined courtyard feel.
08:25So for me, that bit was a design element that made the project interesting because we had
08:31a confined area to play.
08:33And how do we make the most of that smaller area where small becomes big?
08:45The color scheme of the home is probably my favorite part.
08:49It's very earthy.
08:50It's moody.
08:51It's natural.
08:52Again, the architect had a vision and he had determined all of the materials for the home.
08:57So that is where we started off with these beautiful handmade temple bricks, sort of clay
09:03from Bali that's brown and red.
09:05And then with the teak, we left it natural.
09:08Cement is gray toned.
09:10And from there, we just picked up from the outdoors, the landscaping with all these layers
09:14of green.
09:15And we based that for our interior furnishings.
09:22In Bali, it's a wonderful place in Indonesia to design because there's a full range of
09:27items that you can purchase that are really expensive or more humbly priced.
09:34We were not limited with budget in this project.
09:36It really was a project that the client wanted to see the best and achieve the best.
09:42And the limit was our creativity, what we could source, and the skills of the artisans we
09:48worked with.
09:52This was an expensive garden for its size.
09:55Even though the villa fills most of the block, we've used in excess of 35 large trees and palms.
10:06So near the end of the project, I'm very clear on the little items or the things that we need
10:12to invoke the soul of the home.
10:16This project was a real delight in the team.
10:20Marcus, the client, put together, I would say, one of the best teams I've ever worked with.
10:25Everyone had a clear role and we all collaborated with one another, which made this project a dream.
10:31It was a real pleasure to work alongside all of these experts in their field and to get
10:36ideas from one another and to come together to resolve any problems that we needed to solve.
10:44The biggest challenges are, I think, sometimes getting the clients to trust you fully.
10:50Once they do, I think that's where real magic happens.
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