Australian House & Garden

History rewritten

BRICK CLADDING AND TERRACOTTA ROOF TILES TIE IN WITH THE TYPOLOGY OF THE AREA AND MAINTAIN THE HOME’S HISTORY.

Like a much-loved item of clothing, this home in Melbourne’s inner east has been perfectly tailored to its owners’ lives. The close and fashionable fit was due to a major renovation, followed by a tweak a decade later to tidy any loose ends.

Kate Connelly and her husband Grant bought the red-brick Edwardian cottage in 2004, when eldest

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