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Who lives here A family of five, including three young children, and their old dog.

Style of home A contemporary five-bedroom new build to suit big and little people alike.

Location Ashburton in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, traditional land of the Wurundjeri people.

Plans for the home were started in 2017, and the project was completed in 2020.

Mairead Murphy’s clients already had an architectural concept in mind, and town planning permission sorted, when the interior designer was asked to work on this new build in the Melbourne suburb of Ashburton six years ago.

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