If ever there was a home with personality-plus, this is it. Every square metre reflects its owner’s dreams and vision, delivering on all counts. A porte-cochere, courtyard with a cascading water feature and a back-lit rustic door – that’s just the entrance. It’s a mere appetiser for the full menu of bespoke, eclectic and “deeply different” in this playful and vibrant house. There’s nothing straightforward in the three- bedroom, three-bathroom property, and that’s deliberate. The client wanted a harmony of luxury and whimsy and that’s what’s been crafted, home for treasures collected on travels. The 700sqm schist-clad house wraps around a courtyard and multiple outdoor settings deliver impressive lake and mountain views. Inside there’s plenty of room for precious treasures, including swing doors inviting you into the bar (one of many dotted around the home). Recycled doors from a French abbey lead to the wine cellar. They work in with schist, aged beams, and backlit art and ornaments. The kitchen has a soft but industrial look; bathrooms have a luxury hotel feel. Celestial features abound – note the halo pendants above the kitchen island. Other features of note: corten steel doors, antelope-horn handles and ostrich-egg lighting. Everyone involved in this project worked hard to turn a client’s vision into reality.