Canberra's 50th house in Ainslie gets some TLC

It was the 50th house built in Canberra – a worker’s cottage on a leafy street in Ainslie.

When Jennie Heinecke first inspected the house earlier this year, it was exactly what she had been looking for.

“It was really cute,” Jennie says.

“It had good bones, a lovely feel and it just needed some TLC.”

The house was built in 1925 and has since been extended. Jennie and her eight-year-old son Lachlan moved in four months ago and have already sympathetically renovated the kitchen and bathroom and painted inside and out.

While Jennie’s additions provide all the mod cons, they blend seamlessly with the home’s 1920s style – a black and white colour palette in the kitchen and a clawfoot tub in the bathroom.

Period features such as the high ceilings, picture rails and timber sash windows remain beautifully intact.