This project is an alteration and addition to a weatherboard Edwardian house in inner Melbourne. The rear of the house faces South, where there is a generous garden. We restored and re-imagined the existing house and added a pavilion which is separated from the original building by an internal courtyard containing a swimming pool.  This rather conventional approach is enlivened by displacing expectations of the backyard extension.  This was done through a whimsical formal approach, a balanced relationship between garden and interior space and a detailed and nuanced approach to texture, colour and pattern.