Stalking again

Almost got through the week without indulging in my guilty little secret of real estate stalking. Almost. I wanted to share another example of a growing trend in inner city Australian cities of increasing your living space with a pavilion in the back yard. It's a great solution for narrow city blocks and so versatile. Bedroom, studio, office, kid's retreat. Often self contained (handy on a chilly night) It's no granny flat. Love this stylish terrace house in Sydney's Paddington.

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Steve Back

Australian photographer Steve Back believes there is beauty in everything. It's just a matter of finding it. He is gifted with a wonderful talent for lighting, composition and finding just the right angle so of course he nails that beauty thing every time! Don't miss his personal work. Some truly wonderful shots.

Images from Steve Back Photography

Stalking in Sydney

To round out a week of real estate stalking I present to you .... another house I'm stalking. This 19th century terrace house is in stunning Sydney in ever trendy Paddington. It's a wonderful mix of traditional exterior and modern reworking of internal space. Very typical of renovations of narrow properties at the moment is the separate bedroom pavilion at the rear of the long narrow block.

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French salon salon update

Our favourite Australian architect Scott Weston has been giving us an inside view of his latest project, a fabulous fantasy Marie Antoinette beauty salon. Here's his latest update.

"The thing that I really enjoy is the nose to the grindstone & watching a project evolve and become just like our models we originally present to the clients. We like nothing better than to nut out all the details & mock things up prior to manufacture & installation. For the hair salon we are doing in Sydney we are having the perimeter wall panels digitally printed on 3mm solid grade laminate panels to withstand chemicals & sprays in the cutting room. I've attach various scale mock-ups of the cutting station walls with the final being at scale 1:1 so we can check the graphic quality & linework- it is spectacular & we have designed it to emulate a French Apartment Lithograph. Other areas & furniture items will be built & then finished or laid up in the digital printed laminate to continue the look & feel throughout the salon. I've also included some very beautiful bespoke pieces of furniture and the corresponding study models currently being built for a Client. The table seats 16 people & is turned timber & will have a resin table top in matching colour in tomato red gloss. The tansu cabinet is finished in Walnut veneer & gloss laminates internally. Once again the as built joinery pieces look just like the models. Happy Client & yes happy Architect!"

I am a stalker ... help me!

OK, OK I'll stop real estate stalking as soon as I share just one more house. Now this one I could move right into. LOVE the art and the sense of space. It's in Melbourne so it has a fabulous city going for it as well. If only my office looked like that first photo. Dreaming again I guess. Now back to designers, stylists and photographers.

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