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  1. The wrap-around veranda is metres wide. Picture: Marilyn Bernard
  2. In the master bedroom, perspex lamps are set either side of a very traditional headboard, with a contemporary light fitting hanging above. Picture: Marilyn Bernard
  3. The house, restored to its former glory by Unger and her good friend and interior decorator Celeste Bushnell, boasts pressed ceilings, beautiful stained-glass doors, the marble floors, and archways decorated in ornate hand-worked architraves. Picture: Marilyn Bernard
  4. One of the key elements in this interior is the juxtaposition of old and new. Picture: Marilyn Bernard
  5. The main colour in the scheme is steel grey. Interior decorator Celeste Bushnell used three tones of the colour, the darkest below the first dado rail and the lightest above the last. It plays on the height of the interior space, as do the vertical striped drapes. Pictur ...
  6. The kitchen is a play on grey and white, with opening shelving so that Unger can show off the silver she has inherited and collected over time. Picture: Marilyn Bernard
  7. The house, restored to its former glory by Unger and her good friend and interior decorator Celeste Bushnell, boasts pressed ceilings, beautiful stained-glass doors, the marble floors, and archways decorated in ornate hand-worked architraves. Picture: Marilyn Bernard
  8. The grey deep-buttoned lounge settee is spot-on trend. Picture: Marilyn Bernard.

A house that’s the real deal - gallery

 

Society darling Julia Unger recently moved into a spectacular Musgrave mansion with an equally spectacular history.

When Unger, her husband Emil (whose great-grandfather was of the Union Whaling Company) and her three sons moved into the house last year, they were astounded at the solid structure – the thick walls that broke many a drill bit and the grandiose feeling of glorious space.

There was, of course, plenty of work to be done. Plaster came down with wads of 30-year-old wallpaper, for instance, but on the upside, dusty carpets, when removed, revealed unique Swazi marble floors.

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