Australian House & Garden

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EXTERIOR

Pip Brett with Rosie the dog at the front door of her home on the outskirts of Orange in the Central West of NSW. Exterior painted in Murobond Cement Paint in custom colour ‘Rock the Kasbah’. Artwork by Diana Miller. Ponds made from concrete sheep troughs flank the entrance. Pip is wearing a dress by Devotion Twins, Jumbled.

RUMPUS

Walls painted Murobond Murowash Rope 50%. Built-in seating area inspired by Moroccan architecture. Artwork, Boys from the South by LRNCE. ‘Kit Kat’ coffee table in South Australian limestone, DenHolm. On table, Ben David ‘Candy’ glass vase and Hommey cushions, all Jumbled. Timber owls made by Pip’s uncle, Richard Brett. Terracotta head made by Pip and wire sculpture made by her son Digby. Wall light, Pop and Scott.

“I wanted a house that worked for, not against us.” These wise words were to be the foundation of Pip Brett’s new home on the outskirts of Orange, the Central West town in New South Wales where she grew up. The 40-year-old is on a girl’s weekend in Mudgee when I eventually catch up with her. She’s just arrived back from Brisbane’s Affordable Art Fair to represent the artists she sells at Jumbled, her

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