CROWNING GLORY
THE PROJECT
With architects Pac Studio, graphic designer Sarah Melrose and her PR consultant husband Gez Johns renovated this three-bedroom home in Auckland’s Freemans Bay for themselves and their daughter Stella (9).
You don’t need to be a regular churchgoer to appreciate a cathedral-esque space — just ask Sarah Melrose and Gez Johns, whose update of a 1900 villa in Auckland’s Freemans Bay has turned a typical student rental into a glorious, light-filled sanctuary with
