Australian House & Garden

Sense of drama

DINING

A collection of decorative plates sits on display.

EXTERIOR

Once owned by theatre producer Gary Penny, the house has been used as a location for several well-known Australian productions, including the award-winning film Breaker Morant and TV series Love My Way.

“Every single room had good bones. And it was reminiscent of the home that I had grown up in.”

KITCHEN

Walls painted Porter’s Paints Chalk. Joinery painted Porter’s Paints Grey Gum and made by SP Cabinets. Pendant light, Paul Kenny Antiques. Butler’s sink, Reece. Smeg cooker and rangehood, Appliances Online.

DINING

Artist Kate Swinson’s delicate ‘Teeny, Tiny Native Birds’ wallpaper in Chambray Shirt Blue on Whiteand paintings by Janet K. Thompson. Apple plates, Country Road. Apilco France ‘Elysian Garden’ plates. The blue vase was a wedding present 34 years ago.

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