Australian House & Garden

Staying Power

EXTERIOR

The walls of this Victorian terrace are painted Resene Quarter Powder Blue and front door painted Resene Apricot.

COURTYARD

The courtyard is paved in granite cobbles from Surface Gallery with the patio in ‘Urban’ porcelain tiles in Grey from Artedomus. Furniture, owners’ existing.

While Alex and her husband were on an extended sojourn in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs after selling their house in Balmain, they began to love it so much they couldn’t imagine returning to the Inner West. So they found a home in a neighbourhood that proved to be the right dose of peace and quiet, while also within close proximity to the CBD.

This was 10 years ago. Their adult children have since moved

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