Jane Goldsmith is humble about her interior decorating design skills – remarkably so, given the fresh and chic home she has created in Mid-Levels. Jane shares the space with her husband, their black Labrador Elle and their cat Winston Smyth, and it excludes laid-back sophistication, thanks to a predominantly black-and-white colour palette, with pockets of grey and beige here and there.

Once I knew what I liked, once I knew my style, I disciplined myself not to just buy things for the sake of it, she says.

So that it doesn’t become a house that’s a bit of a dog’s breakfast. I’ve lost sleep over so many things that I’ve loved and thought, ‘Maybe I could make it work,’ but the reality is, I can’t do something bright and modern next to any of this stuff.

Adding the finishing touches to this home are the walls of black-and-white photography, mounds of strategically positioned coffee table books and gorgeous green palms.

In Jane’s eyes, her home works because It’s just all the same, but we believe there’s far more to it than that. This is a space where memories, vintage pieces, monochrome chic and pops of green colour meet in carefully considered balance – all these things tie together for a home that’s refined, easy on the eye and utterly livable.

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