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'I've always loved the decorative,' said Mr. Malone, 64, a former car painter who built and sold a large Australian automotive repair business. 'Everything has a story and a history to it.'
Over the years, Mr. Malone amassed a wildly eclectic range of furniture, accessories and art. So when he bought a property in the mountains just east of Melbourne, Australia, 10 years ago, he wanted to build a house where he could enjoy his fascinating finds every day.
To create such a building, he tapped Dylan Farrell Design, a firm run by husband-and-wife partners Dylan and Nicolette Farrell that is based in Sydney, Australia, and has an American outpost in Quogue, N.Y.
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