Every time the owners of this five-bedroom home on Sydney’s Lower North Shore open their raw-timber gate, they travel to a special place. With its arched colonnade, timber beams, terracotta-tiled roof, crazypaving and romantic courtyard, this handsome hideaway has the allure of a Spanish hacienda.
The recent renovation by designer Kate Nixon and her eponymous studio signals a fresh phase in the owners’ long love affair with the three-level home, which they bought back in 2002. There’s plenty to love: it rubs up against native bush, soaks up harbour
