“Large, romantic and full of possibilities” is how Mira Martinazzo, the director of Mud Office Landscape Design, describes her first impression of this tranquil, estate-like property in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. It was much the same sentiment held by Kathryn Robson and Chris Rak of Robson Rak Architecture & Interiors, with whom she worked. All three sought to enhance the house and garden, uplifting its natural beauty with new plantings and contemporary insertions that would cultivate a closer relationship between interior and exterior.
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