The Highbury House project is a joyful restoration of a quintessential 1980’s suburban home. The interiors embrace the charisma of this often-shamed decade of design, giving new life and relevance to the home’s exuberant heart as it beats in unabashed colour and riotous texture; warm, unrestrained and deliciously liveable.

Falling in the Wakefield Gardens Housing precinct, the land was purchased by the client after the ACT Government’s Mr Fluffy buy-back scheme, in which the government acquired and demolished homes that had used the infamous asbestos insulation.

Keeping within the existing building footprint of this double fronted Edwardian residence, this renovation reflects the changing lifestyle of a family as they move into the next phase of their journey.