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    MISSION ACCEPTED

    Nov 23, 2020 4 minutes
    Words + Styling NERIDA PIGGIN
    Photography
    JENNIFER SOO

    Looking beyond the faded exterior and interior of Villa Verano, designed and built in the 1920s by architect F. Glynn Gilling, a devotee of the Spanish mission style, Olivia Babarczy saw a bright future in buying the house for her large family. Surrounded by established gardens and trees, the house sits in an elevated spot overlooking Sydney Harbour with views out to the Heads and Manly.

    “When we came across the house six years ago, we had absolutely no plans to buy but it was all extremely fortuitous,” says Olivia. “We happened to drive by and immediately were struck with the romanticism of the house, despite its decrepit state. The previous

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