his character-filled home in Sydney’s inner west boasts a colourful past – in more ways than one. Back in the early 90s, it featured on the pages of , revealed in its Memphis splendour, with saturated primary hues and sawtooth joinery, so unashamedly chic at the time. The then-owners, design writer Davina Jackson and former NSW government architect Chris Johnson, had also extended the 1886 villa at the back to create a luminous, light-filled pavilion overlooking a courtyard while converting the attic space into three bedrooms. Between old and new was a double-height void. Meanwhile, cornices, moulded ceilings, architraves and ceiling roses were blissfully intact in
