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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Hebe Hatton

'In this house, we don’t shy away from joy. We make room for it' – how a designer turned her tiny 1920s cottage into her dream family home

A neutral living room with large black metal windows taking up on wall. There is a large beige sofa with a dog sitting on it and a tree to the left hand side. In front is a large wooden coffee table .

Having worked on multiple projects with her own design firm, this year Daniella Dolman finally felt it was time to turn her vision inward and focus on remodeling her own family home – a 1920s cottage, filled with character and charm but lacking in space and practicality.

It was always going to be a challenge, taking an old, small home and turning it into something that would work for a growing family (literally, since Daniella was pregnant with her second child when they started the project), but still honor all the original charm.

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