This Northcote house wants no introduction. Designed and owned by administrators of WOWOWA, Monique and Scott Woodward, its areas — stuffed with wealthy magenta, heat orange, dusty pink and earthy terracotta — are onerous to neglect.
In truth, common readers may recognise it as our Could 2023 ‘Dwelling of the Month’.
The couple bought the California bungalow in 2016 as first house patrons and in 2021 proceeded to provide it the signature WOWOWA remedy with distinctive use of color and intelligent detailing.
The renovated open-plan kitchen — sitting beneath a six-metre-high ceiling — includes a grand piano-shaped island and is enveloped in pink travertine, pink gum timber surfaces, terrazzo flooring, painted joinery. Operating alongside this house and into the dwelling and eating space is a 8.7-metre-long copper glazed brick gallery wall.
‘The sheer quantity of house within the kitchen, dwelling and eating is unimaginable, whereas nonetheless feeling cosy and intimate,’ says Monique, director of WOWOWA Structure & Interiors. ‘Many a soiree has been had with a 10-seater desk inside and outside.’
Finishing this intimate scene is the view by an arched pergola in one more shade of ‘scrumptious’ pink. It appears to be like out to the superbly landscaped again backyard stuffed with fruit timber, cottage-style planting and natives.
‘It feels grounded in heritage and up to date jazziness’ says Monique.
However the particulars don’t cease there. From the second you step foot in Monique and Scott’s house you’re greeted by welcoming heat hues, which take you thru the ‘feel-good’ hallway and into the three bedrooms on the entrance of the home — all equally vibrant.
The house’s title says all of it actually. ‘Magic Home’ sits only a 5 minute stroll to Dennis Station, to not point out the enviable collection of cafes and outlets on Northcote Excessive road and in Fairfield which might be additionally a brief stroll away.
And though Monique and Scott nonetheless fondly check with their house as their ‘dream home’, they’ve determined to advertise to be able to transfer South-side for household causes.
‘This fancy home is our child and we would like a real believer to stay right here and look after her,’ says Monique.
Magic Home is listed for personal sale with Tom Alexiadis from Nelson Alexander.
