Australian House & Garden

Escape Route

DECK

The weather-worn timber deck is complemented by an exterior painted Dulux Grey Pebble and offset by plantings of cacti, hawthorn and birds of paradise. Table, Parterre. Cotswold Furniture ‘Lucy’ armchairs, chairs and sofa, and timber side table.

Located in a sleepy town on NSW’s Central Coast surrounded by headlands, bush and native plants, this beach house needed a renovation that gave equal attention to the landscaping and the interiors. To both preserve and enrich the natural environment, the owners engaged Anthony Wyer, creative director of Wyer & Co, who dealt with the steepness of the site at the entrance and the rear by creating a series of terraces in an organic and non-linear way. “Now, the garden offers a calm journey upward to the front, then slowly unfurls from the rear

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