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Pink flamingo wallpaper greets you in the hallway when you step inside Georgie Harrison's solid brick and tile home. She admits the wallpaper was an indulgence -- brought in from Britain at great expense -- but it was all part of putting her stamp on a house she had boughtfrom her grandmother, who had lived here for 30 years.
"I did a big renovation on the house to make it mine," she says. Or so she thought until a friend visited.
"I had just put the wallpaper up when one of my girlfriends came around and she said, 'I love the fact that you have kept your grandmother's wallpaper'," laughs Georgie. "I said, 'It's still wet, darling'."
With a love of interiors and business interests in homewares and jewellery, Georgie admits she might have pushed the boat out a bit as she modernised the 1950s home. But it has paid dividends in creating a comfortable place for her and her two children.
"I have been here three years. It was meant to be a six-month thing but I have just loved it here."
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The home has solid bones with rendered double brick construction and a tile roof.
Landscaping was part of the upgrade so the section was levelled to make it more child-friendly and a hedge planted to provide privacy from the street. White pebble paths around the house define the landscaping and are practical.
Mature plants have been introduced and lawn laid out the front, and the addition of paving on a now level surface created a sheltered and private "outdoor room".
"It's so private out here now; you can't see in from the road."
Apart from the pink flamingo wallpaper -- and a feature wall of equestrian-themed wallpaper in her daughter's room -- Georgie has redecorated the home in pastel colours and whites, with furnishings and ornaments injecting colour.
Essentially, the home has three bedrooms and an elegant bathroom on one side of the hallway while all the living is done on the other.
Facing the front garden, the living room has a working brick fireplace that gets plenty of use.
"It's become a bit of a ritual with the kids to put the fire on every night in winter," says Georgie, "and we really don't need any other heating."
The renovation involved widening doorways and opening up the kitchen, which adjoins the lounge. The kitchen is now large enough to hold a dining table and features oak flooring, new appliances and white railway tiles as a splashback.
Georgie will move soon into a mid-century Modernist home in nearby Ridings Rd with her architect partner.
She says they have a major renovation in mind but adds, "I bet I won't be able to put up pink flamingo wallpaper there."
