LIVING
“EVERYONE WHO VISITS SAYS THE HOUSE
HAS A WARM,CALMING VIBE”FOCAL POINTS
A wall-length bar takes
centrestage in the kitchen,
while an artwork by Sarah
Duckeradds plenty of
contrast in the dining room
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Nikki Yazxhi, creator of lifestyle website
Bellamumma. After 15 years in the home
she shares with her husband Adam, sons
Max, 14, and Zac, 11, and cute labradoodle
Jake on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, their most
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basically rebuilt the interior from scratch –
we moved out for a few months this time,” she says.
The chic interior of the house the family have
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took two magnums of Croser to Bali when we got
married,” Nikki laughs) is as much about function
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wanted more space and storage. Since the boys are
Ĵ ǰ - we’re well past the grubby hands stage – and
spaces that work for living and entertaining,” she
says. Allthat forward-thinking translates to clever
storage in the boys’ rooms, large open doorways
that lead from one space to the next and purpose-
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the focus on entertaining means that oversized
glass doors spill out onto a huge deck, and a well-
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Like any working creatives (while Nikki looks
after her website, Adam runs branding and design
agency Maxco), the pair laboured over the art that’s
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we moved back in, we really re-thought our art,”@