A previous remodel to a 1954 ranch-style home in Austin, Texas, had resulted in disjointed spaces, poor circulation, and awkwardly proportioned rooms.
The Highbury House project is a joyful restoration of a quintessential 1980โs suburban home. The interiors embrace the charisma of this often-shamed decade of design, giving new life and relevance to the homeโs 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 Governmentโs Mr Fluffy buy-back scheme, in which the government acquired and demolished homes that had used the infamous asbestos insulation.
