A meticulous renovation injects French flair into a spacious Sydney abode, which one family has come home to after decades abroad.

Life has a curious way of drawing us full circle – just ask former expats Bronwyn and Peter, who were searching for the perfect place to welcome them home when the time was right to return to Australia from the Middle East. “My husband had looked for a long time,” recalls Bronwyn of the family’s pursuit of a place in Sydney. “Funnily enough, he knew the lady and her husband who used to live here.” And he’d even visited the home when he was a child. “He went to school with their boy,” she continues. “They had a connection.”