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<Paragraph>Queens Park Residence is a Federation-era home in Sydney's eastern suburbs, redesigned by <Link url="https://www.sedea.com.au/" target="_blank">Se Déa</Link> – the award-winning Sydney studio known for interiors that sit at the intersection of classical European influence and contemporary Australian living. The result was shortlisted at the 2026 Australian Interior Design Awards, and it's easy to see why.</Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>From the street, the heritage facade remains unchanged. But beyond it, the home unfolds into something entirely new – a rear addition by CM Studio, opening into a generous open-plan living, kitchen and dining area, anchored by a double-height void that draws light deep into the heart of the home.</Paragraph>
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Inside, the kitchen sets the tone – a veined marble island, panelled cabinetry, warm brass accents, and a dining nook tucked beneath the windows. The materiality is consistent throughout: natural, warm, quietly European. <Break /><Break />That same language carries into the living room, where a full-height wainscoted wall – bespoke panelling with concealed joinery – frames a stone fireplace surround, with the same veined marble.
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<Paragraph>At the centre of it all is an <Link url="https://www.escea.com/gas-fireplaces/df-series/single-sided/" target="_blank">Escea DF990 Gas Fireplace</Link>. Escea's grandest, it's built to the scale these rooms demand – high ceilings, ornate cornicing, spaces designed to endure. Its generous viewing window and minimalist frame sit naturally within the architecture, in the way a traditional open fireplace once would have.</Paragraph>
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When lit, an angled firebox and elevated log fuelbed produce a layered flame with the depth and movement of a real wood fire – the kind this house was built around, only now, the performance matches the promise. <Break /><Break />Room-sealed, glass-fronted, and Powered Direct Vent, the heat stays where it should. And via the SmartHeat App, control doesn't demand the effort an open fireplace once did.
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<Paragraph>For renovations and new builds of this calibre, the <Link url="https://www.escea.com/gas-fireplaces/df-series/single-sided/" target="_blank">DF990</Link>'s insert design and flexible flue technology make it a practical as well as an obvious aesthetic choice. Timeless in design, and in Queens Park Residence, entirely at home.</Paragraph>
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