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REAL LIVING

Dining – Family First

Richie Stevens had to transform a large open space (picture inset, above) into a family-friendly home. While he wanted to create rooms where the children were visible, he also set about to “individualise the spaces so they had their own personality”. For the dining room (shown above) he did this by creating a suspended floating ceiling above the table to create its own zone. “ It popped that whole area,” he says, Replica Beroia Wire Chairs ($139 each) from Matt Blatt make a change from the typical dining chair style and give the space a slightly funky edge.