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IN the language of flowers the humble daisy speaks of innocence and purity, new beginnings and true love.

All of which apply to this delightful Eighth Avenue, Inglewood home, with its field of daisies across the ornate lounge room ceiling and the dainty posies of the bedroom ceiling-roses.

New beginnings because new owners will be starting out afresh, and true love because how could anyone not fall in love with this four-bedroom delight.

Purity is for the crisp white walls including those in the open-plan extension with its bank of windows to a lush garden.

Innocence is for the childish enjoyment to be found in a loft bedroom that look like something out of Disney’s Snow White, right down to cute little timber doors that lead to under eave storage, and a snuggly sloping ceiling.

Sitting on 721sqm — capacious by modern standards — this art nouveau home has the best of the old with fireplaces, ornate ceilings, glowing jarrah floors and deep skirting and more than enough of the new to keep today’s family happy.

The kitchen is a generous, modern space that forms a link between the original house and the extension.

A watermelon red wall is set off by sparkling white tiles, and a sweep of golden timber cupboards, bench tops and double pantry ensure mess free domesticity.

There’s a generous swathe of grass for the kids to play, and a pleasant covered verandah for alfresco entertaining, all backdropped by towering trees, while a citrus garden is a mix of lime, lemon and kaffir limes trees, and raised vegetable gardens.

For the littlies there’s a cute cubby house on stilts under a spreading jacaranda, and an equally cute weatherboard and tin shed for more grown up hobbies.

It fronts a carport with access off a rear lane, and there’s a garage off Eighth Ave–tucked behind a cute white picket fence.

Set in a leafy tree-lined street there’s no shortage of cafes and restaurants nearby, and forget about cooking on Mondays because there’s a great food market literally two minutes walk away on Beaufort Street.

by JENNY D’ANGER

194 Eighth Avenue, Inglewood
from $1.195 million
Natalie Hoye | 0405 812 273
Acton Mt Lawley | 9272 2488