JOLLY BUSY

Co-founder of homewares brand In The Roundhouse, Alyce Tran, invites us inside her contemporary Sydney terrace as she prepares for her busiest time of year

- REВЕССА НООTON

When I get on a call with Alyce Tran, of the founding forces behind In The Roundhouse, it's clear her work ethic is second to none. Fresh off an overseas trip, she's back home in Australia typing away while we chat. The business she helped build rarely slows down - least of all at Christmas.

Some might say hustle is Alyce's holiday tradition. "I've grown up in a household where the Christmas period has always been really busy for my family," she shares. "My parents had a strawberry farm, and summer is strawberry season so it's a really busy time. I think one year my mum moved Christmas for our entire extended family.

She was like, 'We're going to work on Christmas Day 'cause we have to, and we will just move the day."" That pragmatic streak extended to Alyce and her home search.