PERFECT UNION

For this architect and heritage expert, renovating a Sydney terrace presented the opportunity to walk the talk – and live the dream.

- Chris Pearson

STREET FRONTAGE The restored facade is painted Dulux White on White with Dulux Black Ace trims. Tessellated tiles with bluestone edging from Olde English Tiles.

BACKYARD Homeowners Lisa and Adam, with their Boston terrier Chloe. Regent concrete dining table, Coco Republic. Custom cushions in Dedar Milano fabric from South Pacific Fabrics. Earth bowl, Dinosaur Designs. Garonne paving, Eco Outdoor. Garden designed by Bates Landscape.

FORMAL LIVING This page and opposite, top right Minotti ‘Angie’ armchair and ‘Grant’ side table, both Deuce. Cassina ‘Sengu’ coffee table, Mobilia. Alfred sofa, Jordan. Rug, Armadillo. Moooi ‘Cocktail’ chair, Space. Flos chandelier, Euroluce. Semblance artwork by Jasmine Mansbridge, Curatorial+Co (this page), and Bush Plum Dreaming artwork by Bessie Pitjara (opposite).

HALL Opposite, top left Arflex ‘Botolo’ chair, Space. Reflections of Spring artwork by Peta Morris, Curatorial+Co.

DINING Opposite, bottom left Hudson dining table, MCM House, Grace chairs, Poliform. The Party artwork by Rachael McCully Kerwick, Curatorial+Co.

Marrying old and new, this Victorian terrace in Sydney’s inner east is the ideal metaphor for the talents of its owners, Adam and Lucy Hampton, an architect and a heritage consultant, respectively. Not only is it a comfortable family home for them and their daughter Alice, four, it showcases their individual skills while proving that two wide-apart eras can cohabit in blissful harmony.