Australian House & Garden

A FAMILY AFFAIR

Amazingly, four generations of the one family have lived in this Arts and Crafts home in Sydney’s inner west. With decades of family moments witnessed by those walls, when it came to a refresh, little wonder the current owners asked interior designer Marylou Sobel to honour its past while looking to a – literally – colourful future.

The grandmother of one of the current owners bought the bungalow in 1940 and raised her family under its roof. And the current occupants raised two daughters there, who have since left home and had children of their own. In 1980,

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