GARDEN Cobbled paving helps the pool fit with its lush surroundings
HOME TRUTHS
THE PROPERTY Detached home, built in 1890
LOCATION Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia
ROOMS Kitchen-diner, utility room, powder room, flower room, dining room, sitting room, library, five bedrooms (one en suite), two bathrooms
PURCHASED 2017
PREVIOUS PROPERTY 'We were renting a house in Melbourne,' says Charlotte.
FLOWER ROOM A shapely piece of marble makes a decorative splashback. The solid table came from the ancestral home of Charlotte's father. Perrin & Rowe lonian tap, from £569.99, Tap Warehouse. Try the Brooklyn Flat wall light, from £75, Industville
When interior designer Charlotte Coote (cooteandco.com.au) and her husband Geordie Taylor visited their future home - a secluded house situated in Victoria's Mount Macedon, 40 miles northwest of Melbourne - Charlotte already knew it well: when she was growing up, her family had lived in the neighbouring property and they had been regular guests of the owners at the time. The house had become rather tired but we knew that it could be the perfect place to raise our three young daughters, Sybil, Francesca and Daphne,' says Charlotte. The garden is truly magical and the air is so fresh, lush and clean. I understand why a century ago people would talk of heading to the mountains to "take in the mountain air"; there is definitely something in that.'
This story is from the August 2022 edition of 25 Beautiful Homes.
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