BLUE-SKY THINKING

Placing complete trust in their interior designer paid off for the owners of this home in Mount Martha, Victoria. The result? A home they all love.

- Judy Pascoe

Many people feel a little uneasy when taken out of their comfort zone but from a design perspective it is often the best place to be if you are going to achieve something wonderful. In the case of this family who were looking to move from their home in inner-city Melbourne to Mount Martha where they had holidayed happily for years, the house they inspected with a view to buying was hardly their dream property. But it was on a large block of land, close to the beach and the shopping village of Mount Martha.

Kate Walker of KWD had worked her magic on their previous home in Melbourne so they sought her advice on the new property. “Kate could see that the house had great bones and she immediately visualised what it could become with the right design direction,” says the owner. “It was a massive leap of faith for me because I didn’t have a sense of what we could create.”