Australian Home Beautiful

CROWD PLEASER

ith its bold facade and bright and airy interior, this two-storey Californian bungalow with a Hamptons twist is a far cry from the boxy home Kate and Alex purchased in 2014. “It was a bit of an ugly duckling that didn’t present too well,” Kate recalls of the home on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. “It had had a few additions and add-ons over the years and there were lots of little rooms and weird hallways at the rear, including steps that were

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