1 PLAYING WITH FIRE
At the early discussion stage of this home’s redesign, the couple who owned it had just found out they were expecting their first child. By completion, they had a nine-month-old little boy. So, inter ior designer Mar iah Burton (pictured) from Folk Studio knew all along that this makeover needed to deliver on the family-fr iendly front while also fitting in some specific requests.
A feature fireplace was one such ask that’s not so common here in Australia (particularly where they are in Clovelly, close to the beach). “This was quite important for the clients because they’re Polish,” says Mariah. “They told me that in Poland the fireplace is