As soon as Kate Cowen walks into her Melbourne apartment, she enters a world of luminous colour, art-laden walls, richly patterned textiles and bouncing natural light. A self-described bowerbird and “collector of eclectic stuff”, she loves to fill her home with people, lively conversation, quirky designer pieces and secondhand treasures. And all of these elements have been honoured in a recent renovation by Bower Architecture & Interiors.
Kate bought the apartment in early 2020, after discovering it in the most unlikely of circumstances – while attending a wake. “I didn’t expect to be checking out property at
