PURPLE REIGN
raming the glossy lavender front door of this 19th century Victorian villa is a constellation of jewel-hued leadlights imprinted with softly coloured, semi-transparent swallows. In contrast with the bougainvillea lining the verandah, the exterior is blanketed in a sublime night-sky navy, standing proud despite being sandwiched between two larger and more imposing homes. The owners, a couple with children, bought with the intention of renovating but it proved more complicated than they could
