Engaged by the homeowners to work her magic, interior designer Deanne Penberthy Jolly was spellbound from the moment she made her way up the olive-tree-flanked driveway of this Mornington Peninsula property. Nestled within its lush surrounds, the home sat on a glorious 2.4 hectares of gently sloping land. Deanne, a former winner of reality-TV juggernaut The Block, was instantly awed by its sense of sanctuary. “This is just the most perfect and peaceful setting you can think of, surrounded by rolling hills and [with] no overlooking neighbours,” she says.
The home itself, however,
