Giving this tired mid-century home in Melbourne a polished revamp proved to be an incredibly rewarding project for interior designer Tamsin Johnson.
WHAT WAS THE BRIEF?
This is actually my sister's house so she didn't have a choice but to use me! That said, she gave me complete creative freedom and the builders are friends so it was a really lovely team. She's my best friend so I needed no briefing. The house is one of the only mid-century buildings on a leafy South Yarra street so I wanted to embrace that. We wanted to turn the home into a family retreat, something durable, easy-going but beautiful and true to its time.
WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES OF THE SPACE AND HOW DID YOU RESOLVE THEM?
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