Stepping through the bespoke front gates of Dorset Bottega, visitors could be forgiven for thinking they’ve stumbled upon a French country villa. A hedge-lined driveway meanders its way past parterre gardens, wisteria-draped arbours, a potting shed and an Italianate work studio. Only then is the main home revealed – the restored Queenslander in Brisbane that Adam, his wife Kristn and their children, Mia, 21, Ava, 13, and William, 11, call home.
With such care and craftsmanship evident at every turn, it’s hard to believe that, a few short years ago, this property was in disrepair. “The house was falling down, the grass was six feet high and there was an old bus dumped in the front yard,” recalls Adam. “I cried because I could see the potential. Kris cried, too,…
