“They also identified that they enjoy eating outside, so the relationship to the garden was really important. To enhance this, we incorporated a kitchen window that opens to become a servery and large glazed doors that allows the dining to flow out onto the deck,” said the firm.

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Inside the architect-designed 1980s home of Jessica Tremp and Michael Madden in Victoria's Macedon Ranges.