Australian Fashion Designer Home in Bali | A Peek in Paradise S6 EP4 | Bali Interiors

Hi Bali Interiors, my name's Zoe, I'm the Creative Director of Mr Zimmy. Welcome to Villa Mizzi, come take a peek in my paradise. This is Villa Mizzi and this is 15 years in the making. I've been lucky enough to have a few different villas in Bali for 15 years. Bali is my second home and so over the years I've been searching for the final dream villa and this is it. We have done an extensive renovation to this place, we didn't build it from scratch. I found it and I felt like the bones were so amazing that we had to use it and restore it back to its beautiful self that it is. Come and have a look in the kitchen. Okay so with the kitchen I wanted something really really simple, just all paired back with natural materials and colours. So we designed it really simply with just all concrete bench tops and then all of the cabinetry is made out of something called Lupo which is made from bamboo. It's all handmade, they slice it down and they stitch it together and so that's what we've ended up with all the cabinetry and I just think it gives it a really beautiful soft touch. Also big windows opening out to the tropical plants so it really feels like Bali when you're in here. So this is the kitchen nook area and I have to say it's one of my favourite places in the whole villa. So we've got this beautiful antique table that we got and we created this round really cosy breakfast nook area and then the cabinetry with all of our ceramics that's also made out of that same bamboo. So this is our huge living zone which is the thing that drew me most to this villa before we did the big renovation. I have four children and always lots of extra people and lots of family members here. We have a big dining table to sit the family so we have breakfast around there or we sometimes end up here. We have breakfast, lunch and dinner at this big table. I wanted it to be really solid to fit the space because this space is so big with 10 meter high ceilings so all of the furniture that we custom made had to have like a really solid feel to it. So as you can see this table is so thick and chunky and I think it fits really well in the space. We also have a huge sofa so we can fit all of our family and friends here together that we custom made. I had an idea I went to a villa in Greece and they had a massive one like this so I wanted to try and replicate it but on scale. So we've done that and it's so comfortable and I love it. So something we really need to talk about in this villa is the ceilings. Myself and the girl that I got to help me with designing the interiors had all these crazy ideas about what we wanted to do with the ceilings because they are such a feature of the villa and so we came up with this pattern that was actually really difficult to try and replicate because we had to fit it exactly in the space. We came up with this pattern that goes across all of the ceilings using the same bamboo handmade texture. It was a labour of love. It took weeks and weeks and weeks to make and install it but I think that it really does make the villa feel so warm and inviting and really unique because I haven't seen it anywhere else. So this is our home office. We split our time between Bali and Byron Bay so whenever we're here because we produce here we always need an office to work out of and we needed a lot of space so we've turned this mezzanine level into an office. So previously in the old villa there was the mezzanine here. We changed it by adding a much more solid staircase in. There was an understair storage space that we thought we could do something really cool with and have a look what we've done. We turned it into a cinema room which has been a godsend. In the heat of the day if we're here on holidays it's nice to have a place that's really air-conned because of the 10 meter high ceilings in the living room we couldn't make that air-conned so we turned what was an under staircase storage into probably the kids favourite room in the whole house and I think it's worked out really well. So originally with the old villa before we did our big renovation it was three separate buildings. We like to have everything connected when we're in Bali all the bedrooms connected living room connected similar to what we sort of have in Australian homes so we came up with a really good concept of how to connect the buildings. We created this sort of internal light well turned out beautifully the light that we get through the glass and the wood in the afternoon creates its own piece of art which is why we decided to not put art on this wall because it moves up all the way to the wall. So if you come through I'll show you how you get to the bedrooms. So this is our first bedroom the one that connects through to the living area. We've done this as can be adults can be kids because it all connects in together just a really simple bedroom. I can confirm it's so relaxing to sleep in these rooms just because there's not too much going on it's really simple. We just kept all the same finishes throughout the bedrooms the bathrooms and the I wanted to have the same finishing so that it all had this indoor outdoor flow. So this is the kids bathroom and the first bedroom that they share together because we were combining it between two we wanted to originally in the old house it was the big garden the indoor outdoor bathrooms that you see in lots of traditional Balinese villas. I wanted to enclose it to make it feel like a really big space so we were able to create this really big bathroom again just the really simple finishes it feels really nice and cool which is what you need with the Bali heat. So this is how you get through to the bedrooms they're all interconnecting so it works really well for families when they're staying there or they can all be shut shut off to be individual bedrooms. This is my kids bedroom we have done inbuilt bunks all made out of the same lupo material as well as the wood bought all of the French linen over from Australia again just to make it feel so simple and relaxed for sleeping. Let me show you guys the master bedroom. So this is our master bedroom we're so lucky to have such a big space I really feel so blessed it's funny because we've got the kids bedroom through that door which connects in but as usual they all end up in here so it's actually good that I've got space for four kids to share with us. Again just wanted to keep it all really simple neutral colors all of the wood the dark wood the pieces that we custom designed for the space I think has worked really well. Aside from the custom furniture that we had made for the master there's a couple of other things that I really love. One is this rug we've got a few of these rugs throughout the the house so appreciative for the lovely people that made these rugs for us. Every single part is hand knotted they're made out of rope so and the feeling underfoot is really nice on top of obviously the cool floors that we've chosen. Let me show you guys the master bathroom come through. So this is our master bathroom also one of my favorite parts of the villa because it was a garden and a bathroom originally but we decided to make one big really bright airy space but enclose it in we have sliding doors to let that the light and the air through when we feel like we need a little bit of air through here but we have we're so blessed with so much space. I decided I wanted all of our wardrobes in the bathroom so that when you jump out of the bath or the shower you can get changed without having to go into the bedroom. We have our toilet through here our big sinks our bar and then our hidden shower which is through here which works beautifully because if you stand here the view that you get to the little courtyard is lovely. One of the things that I think is really great about this villa is that we're so lucky that we've got this huge grass area which not only does it make it feel really fresh and special and you don't see a lot of these in Bali villas these days it's so good for my kids to be able to play they play set up soccer nets here and play soccer but it also creates a good space between our side of the villa and then the guest wing and I'll show you that now. So this is the guest wing again bought all of the beautiful linen over from Australia lots of comments on that when people stay because it's so breezy but again just kept the really simple simple textures custom-made furniture the beautiful rug some more of the African mud cloths so they've got a little area that they can hang out and then we've got the kids space through here with four more bunk beds. This is our outdoor dining area when it's not too hot depending on the season this is where we like to eat we also like to have lunch here as well so you can jump out of the pool straight to this dining area. The travertine table is by far the best part of it all it was custom-made for the space and aside from looking really luxurious and amazing it's so easy to clean with the water on it. So we also really changed the exterior and the garden we made some changes to the pool originally a lot of this this was all garden bed through here the pool was only this section so we put all decking through here added in all these just really simple garden beds only using three types of plants I wanted to use three types of materials for the interior and three types of plants for the outside just so it all feels really considered. So we added in the decking which really creates this big sense of space that it didn't feel like that before I think it's worked really well and it just feels really simple and calm. Thanks so much for coming Bali Interiors I've loved having you today thanks for taking a peek in my paradise and I'll see you soon.