Maria and Troy McGlone fell in love with the period charm of their 100-year-old California bungalow as soon as they stepped through the character-filled front door. The rooms might have been small and poky and the single-storey floor plan limited, but the feature details were enough for the couple to sign up for the home in the Melbourne seaside suburb of Sandringham.
Maria and Troy, who own landscape design company Zenith Concepts, purchased the property with intentions to renovate and open up the living zones while still being sympathetic to the home’s era. “The plan was to renovate about five years after we purchased, but lack of time and money meant we never got around to it,” says Maria. It wasn’t until 10 years later, when their family had grown to…
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Inside Out (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2020