After 21 years in this Sydney home, owners Kim and Gregg felt it was beginning to look a little tired. There was no question of abandoning the much-loved abode. Although three of the couple’s four adult children had moved out, the home’s spaciousness and leafy North Shore location were perfect; a makeover was deemed appropriate.
Kim had admired the work of interior design firm Studio Gorman in a magazine and began following its principal, Suzanne Gorman, on Instagram. “It was as simple as that – I liked her work,” she says. Initially, Kim and Gregg’s brief was to redo the main bedroom, but it quickly escalated to include most of the circa-1907 two-storey house.
The main bedroom suite, which occupies a prime position at the front of the first floor, was serviceable but not spectacular. “There was an unused bedroom alongside the main suite, which we could convert into a walk-in wardrobe,” says Suzanne. “Then we could use the whole of the space formerly split between ensuite and wardrobe for a luxurious main bathroom.”
This story is from the May 2020 edition of Australian House & Garden Magazine.
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