This charming period home in inner-city Melbourne has a unique kitchen feature that creates a stunning illusion

• Paranormal mural gives inner city home country illusion
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A quirky feature in this inner-city terrace home will make any guest feel like they’re in the middle of the countryside.

The view from the kitchen appears as if it’s looking out over rolling grassy hills and tall trees across a rural clearing.

However, the panoramic ‘view’ is a stunning mural painted on the walls that wrap around the charming suburban 1890s-built home’s courtyard. 

The spectacular Rowe Street pad, named ‘Barrington’, in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North, sticks out on the leafy street it sits in for its Gothic-style all-black exterior embellished with ornate balustrades. 

A long arched corridor leads down to the light-filled open-plan living and kitchen area with walnut-timber joinery and a marble-topped island bench. 

The view from the kitchen in a inner-city Melbourne home appears as if it’s looking out over the rolling hills and tall trees across a rural clearing

However, the panoramic ‘view’ is a stunning mural painted on the walls that wrap around the charming suburban 1890s-built home’s courtyard

The spectacular Rowe Street pad in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North, sticks out on the leafy street it sits in for its Gothic-style all-black exterior embellished with ornate balustrades

Stairs wind up to the upper level that has a balcony off the main bedroom with glimpses of the city skyline. The gothic theme continues in the primary bedroom with moody black walls and a grand marble fireplace

In the cosy lounge the entertainment unit is concealed behind statement-making period cupboard doors. 

Floor-to-ceiling glass doors showcase the hyper-realistic artwork that provides urban jungle backdrop and makes it difficult to distinguish the yard’s real trees from the fake at first glance. 

Stairs wind up to the upper level that has a balcony off the main bedroom with glimpses of the city skyline. 

The gothic theme continues in the primary bedroom with moody black walls and a grand marble fireplace. 

Throughout the home modern luxuries are combined with period details like the decorative ceiling rosettes, original crown mouldings and vintage-style chandeliers. 

Floor-to-ceiling glass doors showcase the hyper-realistic artwork that provides urban jungle backdrop and makes it difficult to distinguish the yard’s real trees from the fake at first glance

In the cosy lounge the entertainment unit is concealed behind statement-making period cupboard doors. Modern luxuries are combined with period details like the decorative ceiling rosettes, crown mouldings and vintage-style chandeliers

A second formal lounge downstairs breaks away from the character-filled home’s dark colour pallet with its crisp white walls, elegant wainscoting and soaring high ceilings

Stripes walls in the sleek marble bathroom make the ceilings look sky-high and the black clawfoot bathtub adds a touch of vintage glamour

A second formal lounge downstairs breaks away from the character-filled home’s dark colour pallet with its crisp white walls, elegant wainscoting and soaring high ceilings. 

Stripes walls in the sleek marble bathroom make the ceilings look sky-high and the black clawfoot bathtub adds a touch of vintage glamour. 

The Barrington property is on the market for $3million with auctioneer Andrew Simondson of Jellis Craig Fitzroy telling realestate.com the unique backyard feature is raising eyebrows among potential buyers. 

‘The back area is designed so if you open the bi-fold glass doors the kitchen and dining area can feel like an outdoor space,’ he said. 

‘As much as it has its own grass and trees, they just got creative and wanted to create a garden mural with a park feel. People so far have quite liked it – it’s a small space but it just gives off a different energy.’

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