Nina's old apartment

Offspring is one of my absolute favourite Australian TV shows of all time.  So sad it was the final last week!  I did come across this old real estate listing in my travels however - it's Nina's old apartment from last season!  I was fairly obsessed with those amazing white tin panels.   Whoever does the location scouting for the series has amazing style.  Every character lives somewhere completely original and heart-breakingly covetable.  Melbourne, oh how I adore you!   Oh, and it's already been snapped up by the way.  For a cool mill.

 

All images via RealEstate.com.au

Hello Naomi

I was flittering around the blog-o-verse the other day and saw a post on Hello Naomi on the The Red Thread.  I can't believe how simple and beautiful all these cakes and other goodies are!  So so ridiculously pretty.  If only we lived in Newcastle!

All images Hello Naomi

Cosy

Oh yep.  This is where I want to be today.

Image via Belle

2012 Houses Awards

More inspiring spaces from the 2012 Houses Awards

Brick House – Clare Cousins. Image: Shannon McGrath

Courtyard House – Studio Moore. Image: Lachlan Moore

House Reduction – Make Architecture Studio. Image: Peter Bennetts

Skirt + Rock House – Marsh Cashman Koolloos. Image: Richard Glover

South Yarra Residence – Nixon Tulloch Fortey Architecture. Image: Shannon McGrath

Tusculum Street Residence – Smart Design Studio. Image: Sharrin Rees

A House with Tiles On It – Welsh + Major. Image: Benjamin Hosking

Beaconsfield Parade – Whiting Architects and Y10Store.com. Image: Sharyn Cairns

Small stuff

Just goes to show a small space doesn't have to be dark and pokey.  Cosy yet light and relaxing at the same time!

Fuller Street, Deakin

I went to an open house today.  6 Fuller Street Deakin is up for auction in a few weeks time, and I couldn't resist the temptation to go and see this fabulous piece of modernist architecture.  The current owners have lovingly restored it, updating and modernising it under the guidance of the original architect who designed the house back in 1965, Dirk Bolt.

Front view

I love that the house sits so harmoniously with it's surroundings and that it is completely different from anything else nearby.  It entices you in from the street.  Don't you just want to know what is behind that fantastic wall?

Original House, designed by Dirk Bolt, 1965

This is the original house.  I love that nothing has changed much, just a coat of paint.

Front view

Courtyard

Looking across courtyard from main entry to master bedroom

A simple yet elegant courtyard with a slightly Japanese feel.  Immaculate, as it the rest of the house.  You can tell this house is loved.

Family room, looking back to entry and courtyard

Family room, looking from entry to back deck

Family room

This room is the only one in the house I can't see working too efficiently.  It's the first room you walk into upon entry, with two bedrooms running directly off it.  So if it's a playroom (for younger kids) or a separate space for teenagers to hang out, I hate to think what state it would greet visitors in the majority of the time!

Kitchen

I think this kitchen would look STUNNING with two Copper Pendants hanging over the bench.  OK.  So I may be slightly biased and/or obsessed!  But it's the first thing I would do.

Dining room

This whole open plan kitchen/dining/lounge room is an amazing space.  Perfectly proportioned.  With a whole bank of floor to ceiling windows/sliding doors along one wall.  Love.

Lounge room

Lounge room, looking back to dining/kitchen/deck

Study area

Technically the study is it's own room if you close those STUNNING sliding timber walls, closing it off from the lounge room behind and the master bedroom in front.

Those timber sliding walls.  OH THOSE TIMBER SLIDING WALLS!

Master Bedroom

Looks a tad boring in this image, but it has a lovely calm feel to it, with a full wall of glass sliding doors leading out to the deck overlooking the courtyard.

Ensuite

Gorgeous natural light coming in from strip windows above the mirrors, plus that lovely gentle under-lighting in the alcove.  Huge 450mm tiles on floor and walls.  Heavenly.

Deck overlooking back yard

Deck

Deck at night

Back yard

Main bathroom

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 1

Floor plan

One of Dirk Bolt's other Canberra houses, 1 Astley Place, GARRAN.   Oh how I wish I could see inside this beauty!

1 Astley Place, Garran

All images via AllHomes, except 1 Astley Place via Canberra House