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Sweet SIMPLICITY

Australian House & Garden Magazine

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August 2024

A small historic home with a monolithic addition becomes the private retreat of the owner's dreams.

- Bethan Lacoba

Sweet SIMPLICITY

A grounded sanctuary was what owner Harriet requested when she approached Liz Walsh and the team at So.

Architecture. The historian/archivist had maintained her single-storey, 1830s Georgian cottage in Launceston, Tasmania beautifully. Yet it lacked privacy and a sense of space.

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