Australian Country

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Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. Visiting Perth interior designer Natalee Bowen’s sweeping Hamptons-style weekender near the historic township of Toodyay, it’s hard to imagine that the transformation began with a small 1860s mud-brick cottage.

The recently renovated homestead is the crowning glory of a working sheep and wheat farm, which has been in Natalee’s husband Mark’s family for five generations. The couple bought the property from a family member

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