Interior designer Anna Spiro has put her family home at 27 Roger Street, Birkdale, on the market
Renowned interior designer Anna Spiro has put Birkdale House, her family home for the past ten years, on the market.
The 1800s heritage property at 27 Roger Street, Birkdale, is open to top offers by 4pm on September 15 through Sarah Hackett of Place – Bulimba.
Interior designer Anna Spiro. Photo: Nigel Hallett
Ms Spiro, who designed boutique B&B Halcyon House, and Brisbane wine bars Mr Percival’s and Arc Dining, is known for blending bold colours with layers of textured materials, accented by signature pieces and her eclectic style is evident throughout the home’s interiors.
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Yet aside from dressing up the home’s interiors, giving the house a coat of paint and replacing the roof after it blew off in very bad storm, the house is in its original condition and
Inside the house is quintessentiall Anna Spiro style.
maintains all its heritage features, which Ms Spiro said made it special and rare.
She said she fell in love with the house after stumbling across it by accident.
“I was lost and I ended up on Roger Street when I spotted the house. I was only young but I was just blown away by it,” she said.
“Ten years later I returned to the area and I saw it was for sale. That is when I knew I had to have it. It was fate.”
Ms Spiro is known for her use of bold colours and layered materials.
The family homestead sits at the heart of a 2,213 sqm block at the end of cul-de-sac and is surrounded by trees and landscaped gardens.
Original heritage features, including decorative breezeways, VJ walls, timber floors, casement windows, tiled mosaics, picture rails and lofty ceilings. have endured almost two centuries.
The property’s five bedrooms are split between the main residence and the guest house and walls of glass, French doors and louvered windows allow cool coastal breezes from the Bay to waft through.
The house is at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac surrounded by trees and greenery.
Large wrap-around verandas extend the indoor living spaces outside and run beside the home’s luxurious swimming pool.
Ms Spiro said living at Birkdale House was like living in the country, despite the property being less than a 30-minute drive from the centre of Brisbane city.
There is even a chicken coop and the potential to start a vegetable garden for those who like the idea of living The Good Life.
The house is packed with heritage features such as VJ walls and casement windows.
Birkdale House is minutes from Waterloo Bay, leafy parklands and local shops. Birkdale train station is also near by. The property falls within Birkdale State School and Wellington Point State High School catchment areas, and is a short drive from Redlands College, Saint Mary MacKillop Primary School and Ormiston College.
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The 1800s home is mostly in original condition.
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