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For Sale: This Architectural Family Home Is Primed For Entertaining

This sleek Essendon home has seen Marly Hemisphere director Vittoria and Pulitano Commercial Construction estimator Maurice Chiarilli through all of life’s stages. ‘It was the first house we bought when we were getting married 27 years ago,’ Vittoria says. ‘At the time there was a small weatherboard on the property, which we did a small […]

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An Effortlessly Stylish Apartment Interior In Iconic Bondi

After 10 years living in New York City, the owners of this petite apartment had grown nostalgic for life in Australia. There was no location more appropriate for their Sydney homecoming than Bondi — a suburb famous for encapsulating the quintessential and internationally-recognised Aussie existence. ‘They imagined their daughters growing up and enjoying the iconic

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This Clever Backyard Studio Is Full Of Space-Saving Ideas

Garden Studio is a modern, multipurpose take on the traditional ‘granny flat.’ The idea of building secondary dwellings in the backyard of existing homes isn’t a new concept, but these self-contained studios remain a clever way to unlock newfound space and improve liveability in inner-city neighbourhoods. In this instance, Apparte founder Otto Henkell’s clients engaged

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This Charming Melbourne Cottage Delicately Balances Old + New

It’s always fun seeing what lies behind a period cottage facade. From the outside, the white-picket fence and single-fronted exterior of this Brighton home is as traditional as they come. This charm continues when you step inside, but the original residence has been recently reimagined by local architectural and construction firm Mckimm. Both the owner

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How A Stylist Turned This ‘Crumbling’ Warehouse Into His Unique Home

Hipwell Haus lived many lives before interior stylist Tim Neve snapped it up in March 2022. It was originally built as a general store for storekeeper R.W. Hipwell — whose name still graces the 1926 facade. In the 1960s, it reportedly served as a tailor shop, and in more recent years, Newcastle locals talk about ‘the

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An Architect + Builder’s Victorian Worker’s Cottage Renovation

Many of Melbourne’s original inner-city period  homes are just waiting for the right buyer to restore their original features. This 1890s worker’s cottage in Brunswick West was not one of those homes. Far from a quick fixer-upper, this home was almost entirely beyond repair. Its walls were covered with cracks, and there was significant mould

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