Australian House & Garden

Chapter Two

LIVING

Looking out to the garden, a home office set-up is completed with Gubi ‘Nagasaki’ chairs. Vintage Japanese folding screens. Vintage coffee table, Oluce lamp, and Cassina sofa, all Angelucci 20th Century. Cushions, The Upholstery House.

This 1860s house was full of surprises when architect Imogen Pullar’s clients first purchased it. Most notably, it was the marble slabs buried in the front yard and the presence of squatters that raised eyebrows. The design team concluded that the slabs were likely the work of the original owner’s son, a monumental mason who also crafted the home’s beautiful parapets.

“The owners really liked the existing design so we didn’t want to touch too much,” says Imogen, referencing the home’s first renovation and addition completed

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