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Words by Annabelle Cloros Living green is no easy feat — and building green is an even greater challenge, prompting the creator to think outside the box and give considered thought to each and every decision. For this Ocean View, Queensland, home, an

Visi

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PHOTOS MARSEL ROOTHMAN PRODUCTION ANNEMARIE MEINTJES WORDS MILA CREWE-BROWN “NOTHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE.” A GLASS DOOR RISES AT THE FLICK OF A SWITCH. “I REALLY WANTED VIEWS THIS TIME ROUND.” “IT’S NOT A CASE OF INSIDE VERSUS OUTSIDE; IT’S

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WORDS AMELIA BROWN “I cannot remember a year at Salone del Mobile in Milan when there wasn’t a birthday celebration of an iconic design,” says VISI Deputy Editor Annemarie Meintjes, who attended this year’s fair in April (read her reportback on page

Grand Designs Australia

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WORDS LOUISE SMITHERS PHOTOGRAPHY DION ROBESON WE LOVE THE ELEVATED CEILINGS AND THE USE OF HIGHLIGHT WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THE ADDITION HOUSE The Wasley LOCATION Mount Lawley, WA DATE COMMENCED February 2016 DATE COMPLETED May 2017 the father of west

BuildHome

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Paal Kit Homes’ clients for this home were a working couple in their early 40s with three young boys. They were referred to Paal Kit Homes from another Paal customer and opted for a large, attractive country-style home with two living areas, four bed

Dwell

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PHOTOS BY Amanda Kirkpatrick Just as they were wrapping up the plans for their weekend house in the Catskills, architect Jason Shannon and his wife, designer Paola Yañez, decided to add two feet to the width of the kitchen. This was no small tweak bu

Dwell

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If ever there was a design for a home that was informed almost exclusively by its setting, it’s the one architect Greg Faulkner devised for a wooded site in Northern California. The construction is a rigorously pared-down display of architectural ele

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WORDS AAQEELAH FLORIS Lyall Sprong and Marc Nicolson have been making waves in the design industry since they launched their studio Thingking, “a collaboration between designers and makers”, in 2010. Over time, they have fallen in love with the simpl

Ski Magazine

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It's no secret that rents are sky-high in ski towns, so when Aspen Skiing Company committed to more affordable employee housing, it turned to a small but growing trend sweeping mountain communities: tiny homes. The resort erected six tiny homes at th

Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly

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Talostone takes pride in its impressive range of superiorquality quartz surfaces for a variety of uses and applications, such as kitchen benchtops, bathroom vanities, flooring and interior wall panelling. Talostone quartz surfaces are easy to transpo

Dwell

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Almost everything about Bob Butler’s Nashville home is unexpected. Its sunken living room, open beams, and carport hark back to the 1950s, yet it’s barely more than a year old. The breezy, rectilinear residence transports visitors to midcentury Holly

Country Homes & Interiors

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Owners Megan and Nick Parkin live here. Their two children have left home, but are frequent visitors. House A four-bedroom, 19th-century, former grain mill in a small village near Winchester, Hampshire. Project A modern extension made way for a b

Cottages and Bungalows

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1. Use natural elements. Their colors tend to be more versatile. “Wood, metal and leather are my go-tos for warmth and contrast,” AJ says. “Use metal (both gray zincs and warm brass) to highlight the grays and add contrast to tans. The right leather

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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Artwork for your bed! The many calming colours in this overscale original floral design will see you sleep easy and wake fresh as a daisy. Essa cotton sateen quilt cover in Multi, $299.99/queen size, sheridan.com.au. Perfect for your TV with storage

Visi

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Coarse natural fibres are combined with smooth transparent blown-glass globes in different shapes and sizes in this sublime collection from Brokis. The LED light source is housed in the metal top hood. •From R33 217 to R48 607, depending on the size

BuildHome

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When the landscape of a building site is steep or uneven, builders often opt to cut, fill and then compact the site to make it usable, hiding the adjustments made with expensive landscaping and intrusive retaining walls. Matt Brooks, director of Broo

T3

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A sleek machine bringing barista-level coffee making to your home, with the hard part handled automatically. You can also go manual and the results are just as tasty. £1,999, sageappliances.co.uk Want the versatility of gas hobs and the reliability o

Yachting

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HERE’S THE BIG QUESTION: How on earth is it possible to choose only 240 pages’ worth of material when discussing one of the most successful yacht-design firms in modern history, one that has produced more than 7,400 designs from its offices in the Ne

Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly

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We love the size of the timber-look planked porcelain tiles. “This bathroom forms part of a newly built home and so the owners wanted the bathroom, laundry and mudroom to be designed in a similar style to the rest of the house. Timeless features and

Visi

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Holiday entertaining just got a little easier and a lot more stylish with a technological advancement that’s improving how we cook with gas. Gas is undoubtedly a wonderful cooking tool: It’s what you need when there’s the potential for power outages,

Grand Designs Australia

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WORDS TAMARA SIMONEAU It takes a good dose of courage to leave behind lucrative careers in a leading global metropolis, and an enormous surge of wanderlust to move to the other side of the world in search of a new home. Canadian architect Norman Rich

Popular Science

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It's something many of us don't think about: the simple act of walking. But of course, many people around the world wear artificial limbs to enhance their mobility and had to learn how to walk all over again. A company in Japan has built a motorized

Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly

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Advanced Cabinetry’s amazing showroom, knowledgeable team, impeccable design services and high-quality suppliers set the company apart from the rest. Advanced Cabinetry has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1999, when the business operat

Australian Country Homes

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They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and that’s certainly the case for Celeste Upton and her brother, Ben Moras. As partners in the furniture company, 1825 Interiors, the siblings have followed in the footsteps of their father. In the ea

Visi

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INTERVIEW AMELIA BROWN This is a big year for Arpino, a new brand that is set to change the urban landscape: It will be exhibiting at Salone del Mobile in Milan in April; it will launch an office and showroom in Luanda, Angola; and it is busy with it

T3

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David Fine David is planning to build a kit car, but wants to make sure his garage is in ship- (well, car-) shape first, with fully smart setup and some comfort upgrades. Becca Caddy Tech buff Becca has a keen eye for picking out the best connected d

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An artful combination of originality, handwork and technology in the creation of contemporary furniture has made Vogel a South African success story. But the Vogels are certainly not resting on their laurels. We wanted to know more about the changes

BuildHome

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This issue of BuildHome New South Wales and Queensland is a particularly exciting one. There is a lot of change in the air at this time of year and of course, building a new home is a process that goes hand in hand with change. Some of the exciting a

Philippine Tatler

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Designed to keep one’s valuables, the Ala cabinet has walnut veneered drawers made of panels interconnected by using the dovetail joint technique, suspended on a completely concealed internal structure. Available at Rimadesio. Designed by Pietro Rus

T3

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A sleek machine bringing barista-level coffee making to your home, with the hard part handled automatically. You can also go manual and the results are just as tasty. £1,999, sageappliances.co.uk Want the versatility of gas hobs and the reliability o