Personal History

A terrace house with a charming backstory is revived in an ode to the original owners.

Words CARLI PHILIPS Photography PRUE RUSCOE Styling FELICITY NG

The idea of a Sydney terrace holds a certain kind of romanticism for Jaime Bligh, a New Zealander who fell immediately in love with her Victorian home in Annandale. The interior designer and founder of Care Of Studio was especially smitten with its storied past: a first-floor landlord who fell in love with his downstairs tenant. “He ended up winning big at the Melbourne Cup and moved to a larger estate outside Sydney,” Jaime says. “He asked her to come with him, but she declined, and in the end he left the entire house to her and her family.” In that lady’s honour, a powder-blue ‘Luise’ has been painted on the home’s facade. While the place Jaime now shares with her partner, Yogesh, and their twin toddlers undoubtedly had soul,…

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Belle (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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