“A ‘walk-through gallery space’ leads to the new section ...” Two internal floor-to-ceiling steel-framed glass doors flank the entrance, leading to a sitting room on the left and dining room to the right, with a line of sight to the far end of the house. If she’d been peering through this looking glass, Alice would have seen the scope of this whimsical, sophisticated home with its wondrous collection of artwork, heirlooms and vintage pieces.
It’s a lifetime of seven shipping containers to be exact, with belongings conjuring memories from time spent living in Hong Kong, London and New York. “I didn’t need furniture, I needed a new house,” says Katie Dewhurst, who with her husband decided to downsize. Living in a large family house nearby, Katie viewed the property twice…
