The owners of this former worker’s cottage in Sydney’s south began their home-building mission with a simple Google search for “terrace renovations”. The result was anything but conventional, thanks to an uplifting makeover by architect Shaun Carter of Carter Williamson Architects. How many houses have a fig tree soaring skywards from their kitchen island?
At the heart of the home, the tree symbolises fresh beginnings for the young couple, their five-year-old son and Shetland sheepdog. They had long loved the street and its heritage conservation area and were
