OUTSIDE INSIDE

Meet & greet

Annabel (creative director of Design Federation) and Simon Berry (managing director of Whitestone Cheese), Mia, 10, Jackson, nine, and Boe, seven, plus dogs Tessa and Wicket.

“I chose a very pool-inspired colour on the walls to create that cohesion with the outdoors.”
ANNABEL BERRY

It’s actually impossible to believe Annabel Berry’s Ōamaru home is the same one we featured back in 2016. Structurally, the house is the same – apart from the addition of a pool house and studio/guest accommodation; we’ll come to that later – but the decor is almost unrecognisable. Art has been pared back and moved, statement lightshades switched out, flooring replaced and most rooms boast a new paint palette. But what do you expect from someone who studies colour and interiors all day long?

“What can I say? It’s in my DNA,” Annabel