Grand REVIVAL

OFFERING A SOLID FOUNDATION AND ATTRACTIVE HERITAGE DETAILS.THIS CENTURY-OLD SYDNEY HOME REPRESENTS A SHIFTING PHASE OF LIFEFOR THIS FAMILY OF ART LOVERS

- JESSICA BELLEF

To cross the threshold of this refreshed 1920s-era home is to understand keen art collectors live within. Dwell a little longer and it becomes abundantly clear that the owners, Jeanne and her husband Robert, are also well-versed in hosting guests and providing for their daughters, Saskia, eight, and Allegra, five. The thoughtfully updated brick abode in Sydney’s upper north shore embodies the family’s welcoming, inviting spirit. “We are very social and always have people over,” says Jeanne, a freelance writer and editor who has lived here since 2019 with Robert, a company director, and their two girls. They resided in Sydney’s inner-city before moving to this leafy suburban enclave. “It was quite a pragmatic move, actually,” Jeanne explains. “One of our daughters is profoundly autistic and she needed to go to a special needs school in this area as suggested by the Royal North Shore Hospital.”