The clients had lived in the trendy inner-city suburb of Collingwood for a number of years and wanted to remain in the area to harness everything the emerging area offered now and in the future. The home is one of four, Mid-Victorian era, 2 storey terrace houses. This building typology defines so much of the building fabric within the inner suburbs of Melbourne, and this is one of the many aspects that drew the clients to this property. Emphasising and maintaining the period features associated with this design style became one of the core design drivers for this project. Enjoying the close proximity to all amenities, the nostalgia and historical context, the clients wanted to walk through their front door and enter their own private sanctuary and be immune from the outside world.