A Vintage Furniture Collector’s Family Home, Filled With Iconic Pieces

Trung Tu and his spouse came across their Croydon loved ones dwelling by likelihood, though on the way to inspect a different residence in a close by suburb.

‘We took place to be a little bit too early for the other inspection and considered we’d just drop by this property which was open up for inspection,’ Trung says. They fell in really like with the sweeping perspective of the Dandenong ranges, and ‘the rest is history’!

7 yrs due to the fact relocating in, the few and their two youthful young ones have built the household their very own with an countless array of retro home furniture and art, which Trung has develop into an avid collector of about the a long time.

‘We always needed to build a dwelling where by we want to occur back after a long working day. Furnishings (specifically comfortable parts) and artwork take place to be the important elements to assist flip a home into a dwelling, so we were being fascinated with home furnishings in the early stage. Little by little, we grew to respect legendary and designer items,’ he states.

Even with getting an IT engineer by trade, Trung’s enthusiasm for style and design has led him to generate his own ‘personal network’ of persons with personal collections the place he sources his most of his one of a kind items from.

He suggests the living room is ‘overcrowded’ with renown chairs, showcasing the Eames Aluminium Chair for Herman Miller, the Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen and other popular types all grouped collectively, developing a cosy atmosphere in which the family reads and listens to music. Other standout pieces include an Isamu Noguchi lamp, an early 20th century sideboard, and Trung’s favorite locate: the Clement Meadmore sling chair. ‘It was a extensive push to decide it, so we resolved to have a family members push and ended up paying out a fantastic day at the seashore, so I often associate it with these kinds of sweet reminiscences,’ he describes.

The household itself is fairly ‘nondescript’, which would make it the excellent foundation for Trung’s eclectic selection that stretches from mid-century gems to 70s pieces, and artwork from even even further back again in time – including a 19th century plaster head from France!

‘Honestly I really don’t subscribe to any model in specific,’ he adds. ‘We like beautiful parts of furnishings and ornamental goods, so we collected them and just performed all-around to see how they can juxtapose each individual other.’

Each and every now and then, the relatives shuffles things all over to make a new really feel for their put. They normally enable go of old parts and trade them for new kinds, treating their home like their individual intimate showroom.

‘It’s like getting a new residence with no the dreadful stress of going property,’ Trung suggests. ‘But for some exceptional and iconic parts, properly, I’ll hold on to them permanently.’