ANNA CARIN Design

ANNA CARIN Design A Scandinavian Sydney-based interior design practice, this is what we do: www.annacarindesign.com.au

The heart of The DameOriginal fireplaces, recycled materials, treasured furniture and a lifetime of collected objects co...
05/06/2026

The heart of The Dame

Original fireplaces, recycled materials, treasured furniture and a lifetime of collected objects come together to create a room that feels lived in rather than styled.
Every piece has space to breathe. Every detail contributes to the story.

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THE DAMEVery excited to finally be able to share this project with you, featured in The Dame had a clear instruction fo...
03/06/2026

THE DAME

Very excited to finally be able to share this project with you, featured in

The Dame had a clear instruction for us: don’t ruin my soul. An old building with age and heritage worth protecting, she asked to be listened to rather than reimagined. We obliged. The existing room configuration was retained entirely, preserving the spatial logic and character that made her worth saving in the first place.

Where intervention was needed, a walk-in robe, an ensuite, one bedroom was sensitively converted rather than demolished. A new addition accommodating an extra bedroom and bathroom was introduced to meet contemporary living requirements, but designed to defer to the original fabric rather than compete with it.

The Dame remains herself, restored, respected, and quietly remarkable.

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BOYSENBERRYVery excited to soon be able to share this special project with you🍃Stylist: Photographer: Credits: ...
26/05/2026

BOYSENBERRY

Very excited to soon be able to share this special project with you🍃

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22/05/2026

Hey AC

What is the biggest mistake people make when furnishing their home?

MADE JOURNAL “Can you describe what the ‘3 Words and a Song’ method is and how to use it”?AC - Before I draw a single l...
18/05/2026

MADE JOURNAL

“Can you describe what the ‘3 Words and a Song’ method is and how to use it”?

AC - Before I draw a single line I ask every client for three things: a project name, three words describing
how they want to feel in their home, and a song.
The name creates ownership.
The three words give us an emotional brief that sits above all the practical decisions. And the song does something no words can fully do.
It holds a feeling. When you are six months into a project and facing a hundred small decisions, you go back to the song.
It tells you whether you are still on track.

For ‘Seven Days’, the song was Sting’s Seven Days; the song is in 5/4, an irregular, slightly restless rhythm. The song is very considered and a little melancholic. Offbeat, rustic, effortless were the three words.
The name and song felt so strong so we chose the same. Together they made every decision easier.

Iain McGilchrist, the psychiatrist and philosopher whose work on the divided brain has changedhow I think about a lot of...
14/05/2026

Iain McGilchrist, the psychiatrist and philosopher whose work on the divided brain has changed
how I think about a lot of things, describes two fundamentally different ways of attending to the world.

The left hemisphere attends to the parts. In my world as an interior designer that is what specifies a grout colour, resolves a joinery detail, writes a schedule of finishes.
Brilliant at precision and ex*****on.

Read full article on my Substack, link in bio.

PEEP HOLE One of our favourite details in The Atrium is this little stair peep hole. Impeccable joinery by Stylist: P...
13/05/2026

PEEP HOLE

One of our favourite details in The Atrium is this little stair peep hole. Impeccable joinery by

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09/05/2026

Hey AC

IKEA - Is it ever ok?

Featuring my fabulous officialpaulharndenshoemakers jacket 🍃



FLORALSA moment of quiet tucked inside The Atrium, the floral powder room shifts the pace entirely.Photographer: Stylis...
06/05/2026

FLORALS

A moment of quiet tucked inside The Atrium, the floral powder room shifts the pace entirely.

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The last time I walked through the forest with my father, he stopped at a row of tall pines and said: “Anna-Carin, I pla...
30/04/2026

The last time I walked through the forest with my father, he stopped at a row of tall pines and said:
“Anna-Carin, I planted these trees the year you were born. They are only now ready to be logged.”

I am sixty-two years old.

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403/19A Boundary Street
Rushcutters Bay, NSW
2011

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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