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Top: Leadlight windows in the house
were restored to their former glory.
The master suite now incorporates
an ensuite bathroom and dressing
room – the space was gained from a
former bedroom and bathroom.
Above: The entire outside wall of the
master bathroom is glazed so the
owners can look out to a courtyard
space with a pond and a vertical
garden on the wall. Large-format
tiles enhance the sense of space.

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entire circulation area on the
same level, so it flows well.”
Although scarcely able to
be seen from the street, the
addition features two storeys,
with family living areas on
the ground floor and four bedrooms and a children’s rumpus
room on the first floor.
“We even managed to
have 3.3m-high ceilings on the
lower level, which match the
bungalow ceilings,” Florence

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says. “On the upper level, they
are a respectable 2.7m.”
The ceiling height reflects
the designer’s desire for a
light-filled interior – the addition resembles a glass pavilion
that opens right up to the
outdoors at the rear and overlooks a lap pool at the side.
“A home needs to have
breathing space,” Florence
says. “And a green outlook is
a crucial part of this.”

With this in mind, the
designer introduced vertical
gardens to the wall beside the
pool and another wall outside
the master bathroom.
“There is a leafy outlook
from every room in the house,”
she says. “The family room benefits from the reflected light of
the pool as well, which throws
rippling patterns onto the
ceiling. Being in this room is
just like being outdoors.”