Australian House & Garden

A Grand Legacy

EXTERIOR

Bagged external walls painted Dulux White Duck Half. Roof in Colorbond Woodland Grey. Gutters and trim painted Dulux Black Caviar.

Happy childhood memories and a love of white imbued owner Helen’s brief for this inner-Adelaide home, a cherished part of her family for four generations. The 1905 homestead was built by her great-grandfather, who passed it to her great-aunt, who in turn left it to her uncle. When Helen inherited the property it had a series of outbuildings, including her great-aunt’s pottery studio, stepped behind the homestead and set beside a stream.

Helen lived there for some time with husband Michael and their children. In 2017, they hired David Burton and Sophia

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