Located in Melbourne's inner suburbs, Balaclava Residence is a family home full of warmth and character. Adorned with antique finds and design classics, the project embraces the eccentricities of the existing house rather than smoothing them quietly away. Curated artworks, richly patterned wallpapers and a deeply considered palette layer through the rooms, allowing each space to hold its own mood while remaining part of a coherent, lived-in whole that openly honours the home's eccentric, much-loved past.

Photography by Shannon McGrath