House tour: a stately Melbourne home refreshed with a striking palette: It is this subtle working of surface — all cabinets and key furniture unified by the brush of an artisan painter — that makes the transition between rooms indiscernible and their ages indeterminate. “We tell clients that if they want a great house they have to think holistically about finishes and furniture,” says Mills, back-stepping through a building program that opened up the interior and rationalised the exterior, i...
