Every grey cloud has a silver lining, and for Simone and Grason Kira, the global financial crisis and its effect on the property market gave them the opportunity to purchase a waterfront house on the Gold Coast in 2011. “The real-estate market was favourable at the time, and allowed us to realise our dream of owning a house on the canal,” says Grason.
However, it wasn’t until September 2018 that the couple, who own Kira & Kira furniture store and interior-design studio, chose to renovate the property, mainly because they needed more room for their sons, West and Chilli. “While this was technically a renovation, it incorporated a complete strip down to the foundations so we could expand the envelope of the house and push our living area closer to…
