Throughout the interior, the material palette remains deliberately restrained. In the powder room, a softly reflective grey-silver mirror adds another layer of depth, while the Albume 12 basin by Antonio Lupi introduces sculptural elegance. In the master bedroom, rich copper-toned finishes from the Paris range by RC+D create warmth and intimacy, while the children’s bedrooms incorporate playful Vanity fixtures in Edel tones by 184 Loam. Throughout the house, the material palette remains deliberately restrained yet richly layered. Warm timber flooring grounds the interiors. Marble surfaces introduce permanence and weight. Textured glass, mirrors, and soft drapery allow light to shift and dance across surfaces. Artworks and personal objects are given space to breathe against this calm architectural backdrop, transforming walls into quiet galleries that reflect the personality of the home’s inhabitants. Outside, planting softens the boundary between architecture and landscape. The courtyard becomes a green heart around which the house circulates, visible from multiple vantage points and constantly shifting with the seasons. In summer, doors slide open and the house flows outward toward 32 Continued over page the garden and courtyard. In cooler months the interiors gather inward again, warmed by timber floors and filtered sunlight. What makes the renovation of the Vivian Grove residence remarkable is not the scale of its intervention, but the clarity of its thinking. The project demonstrates that reinvention does not always require dramatic gestures or radical rebuilding. Sometimes the most meaningful transformation lies in recognising the strengths already present within a home and allowing those strengths to evolve. What was once a typical suburban brick house has been carefully reconsidered and quietly elevated. Through restraint, warmth, and thoughtful planning, the architecture has discovered a renewed sense of purpose. Here in the leafy heart of Hawthorn the house on Vivian Grove stands as a quiet reminder that good design often begins not with demolition, but with understanding. Its original bones remain. Its character has been refined. And through the gentle art of reinvention, a familiar suburban home has been given a second life: one that feels calm, generous, and deeply liveable for the years ahead. Photography by Martina Gemmola
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