It’s rare that a single-fronted terrace renovation is so well-recognized by the locals. Yet many in the area know “the house beside the bottle shop” and have watched as a once-derelict house was transformed into a crisp and punchy piece of design. Located in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote, the terrace is uncommonly visible: locals can see it from the street, the bottle shop next door and the busier intersecting street. Between its cobalt blue awning, the alluring glow of the internal pendant light and Lucas Grogan’s mural on the wall in the front yard, its features catch the eye.
Karen Alcock, principal of
