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Nov 8, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Alexandra Gordon
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. This is true of this home, located on a narrow street in Sydney’s east. Built in 1882, the worker’s cottage appears small from the street despite the wide frontage typical of the style. The front of the house is, in fact, the only part of the 1882 home that remains after the 18-month renovation directed by Katie Molnar of Molnar Architects.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thelocalproject.com.au | Brett Winchester |Alexandra Gordon
For the past two decades, architect William Smart had been living above his practice, Smart Design Studio, in its previous iteration in Surry Hills, New South Wales. Designed and built with innovation and efficiency in mind while also changing the perception of city living, Smart wanted to repeat this approach with his new home and design studio, Stokes 14, by further pushing the envelope.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thelocalproject.com.au | Brett Winchester |Alexandra Gordon
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Prue Ruscoe |Jackie Brygel |Alexandra Gordon
It’s difficult to imagine that this most stately and exquisitely dressed of family homes in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has lived so many entirely different and, in some cases, less glamorous, lives. Yet, in centuries past, the 1889 Italianate abode has been everything from a boarding house to a boutique hotel and, most recently, a childcare centre.
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Georgia Madden |Tom Ferguson |Alexandra Gordon
For much of the five years Sarah and Paul were renting in a sought-after suburb in Sydney’s east, they looked longingly at the near-derelict house over the road and dreamt of what they would do with it, if given the opportunity. Fortunately, they were in a position to buy when it came on the market in 2020 and quickly snapped it up. “It was the worst house on the street – a total knockdown,” says Paul.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
thelocalproject.com.au | Brett Winchester |Alexandra Gordon
Tucked into Sydney’s North Shore is Hideaway House, a 1920s Californian bungalow-style family home that has been transformed into a contemporary haven. Through considered design approaches, Studio Prineas reinterprets the owners’ home for a modern age while still allowing them to do the things they love most. After two decades of living in their home, the owners approached Studio Prineas to help them expand living spaces as well as imbue a contemporary, minimalist design throughout.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Georgia Madden |Alexandra Gordon |Tom Ferguson
For much of the five years Sarah and Paul were renting in a sought-after suburb in Sydney's east, they looked longingly at the near-derelict house over the road and dreamt of what they would do with it, if given the opportunity. Fortunately, they were in a position to buy when it came on the market in 2020 and quickly snapped it up. "It was the worst house on the street – a total knockdown," says Paul.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
homestolove.com.au | Jackie Brygel |Alexandra Gordon |Prue Ruscoe
It's difficult to imagine that this most stately and exquisitely dressed of family homes in Sydney's eastern suburbs has lived so many entirely different and, in some cases, less glamorous, lives. Yet, in centuries past, the 1889 Italianate abode has been everything from a boarding house to a boutique hotel and, most recently, a childcare centre.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
thelocalproject.com.au | Bronwyn Marshall |Alexandra Gordon
Collaboration was key in the resounding success of The Hilltop House, where the existing home is dutifully re-sculpted through both skilled hands and an attuned design vision. Lara Ette Design + Decoration and the builder, Progressive Building, aligned to ensure the existing Northern Beaches home was ready in time for the owners to make their permanent move back to Australia.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
homestolove.com.au | Chris Pearson |Alexandra Gordon |Prue Ruscoe
The sight of youngsters riding their scooters or playing cricket in the hallways reveals two things about this handsome home near Lake Macquarie, NSW: with seven bedrooms, it's humungous, but it's also earthy and without pretension. It welcomes the rough and tumble of a young family and a scuffed skirting never brings a reprimand. When their parents, Lauren and Paul Lambess, first set their eyes on the original weatherboard homestead in 2014, they were instantly smitten.
