Tuesday
Sep182007
Slice of heaven
Tue, 18 Sep 2007Dreaming of a heavenly home? A little piece of paradise? How about this converted church in my home town of Brisbane? The living areas are open plan with soaring “cathedral ceilings”. Of course the kitchen is an altar to all things gastronomical. I’m not going to make any baptism jokes about the plunge pool because it’s just so perfect for our subtropical climate. Currently on the market it would be a sin not to buy. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a cellar room for the altar wine.
Images from realestate.com.au
Reader Comments (13)
This church/house is incredible! Was it really a former church? They obviously did A WHOLE BUNCH of work to it. The front facade is totally adorable. I personally like cozy living rooms - so having my living room in the middle of so much space would probably take some getting used to.
Wow, a beautiful converted church in my town! You must let me know what suburb it is in so I can visit it!
The floors kill me - and paired with the white walls and ceiling it's all so scrubbed fresh and squeaky clean feeling!
Hi Natalie! Whatever happened to cheap housing in Brisvegas? Just dropped by your blog. I never knew there was a Dr Sketchy's in Brisbane and at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow just down the road from my work. Pity I can't make it tomorrow night!
yeh, shiniest floors ever?
brings to mind, pic 3 at least, the similar home in movie "Closer"
(shared by the Clive O and J. Roberts characters, but theirs is like a more earthy, subdued tones blend of this place and pics 11-12, the off white minimalist place in the Lawrence Group post below).
we have a few long empty churches/chapels in san francisco CA...some should be auctioned off to the uber fabulous, with the former churches giving proceeds to charities, the others donated to homeless peoples, where they could become photographer sylists to make a living...
just kidding on this last count!
Oh my gosh.... gorgeous!! What an interesting idea.
I have such a love for rehabbed churches. This one is exceptionally beautiful.
i love this jo! it's fantastic!!!!!
there are so many such churches around Victoria for sale and i have secretly wanted to redo one... well, not so secret, but think my husband would balk at that challenge... esp if it looks as luxurious (read: needs loads of money) as this one! man. it's perfect for brisbane, but for Vic, with those high ceilings... we'd be using heaps of rugs :)
wow, this interior is absolutely amazing, I love the re-use, it would be difficult to fight the city to re-zone a church but most definitely inspiring to see such a transformation an even better a modern interior ... love LOVE this ...
- thank you so much JO for the post ... the first blog I go after being away from blogging I just had to visit your blog, you 2 are amazing and inspiring - so great to see your blog develop over the months, I feel like I have so much catching up to do ... you both with this post have inspired me to go back to blogging again ... I'll work on my first blog post tonight ...
Hey Gaile! Great to hear you're back - we missed you!
I think its awful
God where are You... It's horrible... Church is house our God Jesus Christ, place where we can meet him face to face...
What a fabulous place! Love it!
Renovating a church is better than destroying a church !
Leaving in the "House of God" seems to be better to living in a place without soul.
I really would appreciate living in such a beautiful rehabbed church...
Another rehabbed church by Gianna Camilotti :
http://www.houzz.fr/ideabooks/29906981/list/visite-privee-une-vieille-eglise-transformee-en-maison-hors-normes