Australian House & Garden

Life on DISPLAY

Before its recent transformation, this late 1980s house didn’t have a lot going for it: drab exterior, poor flow and harsh, almost commercial, interior finishes. But since it was perched high in the Adelaide Hills, it enjoyed 180-degree views of the Adelaide Plains from the front and similarly expansive mountain and gully views from the back – vistas that immediately captivated owners Louise and Ken.

“We were looking to downsize from a large, quite traditional bungalow and our first impulse was to move closer

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