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Dec 9, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Tom Ferguson
Could the humble Federation house be one of Australia’s most famed and sought-after? Reinvention is a constant in the world of design, and renovating an Australian Federation home provides a unique opportunity to bring a historic abode, filled with character and charm, into the 21st century. Federation style homes were the predominant architectural style in Australia around 1890 to 1951.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
msn.com | Tom Ferguson
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Tom Ferguson
Wondering how to get sweat stains out of your shirts? There are several reasons your clothing, or even sheets, may retain a less-than-fresh whiff or hard-to-remove yellow stains – most of which come down to the antiperspirant deodorants you use on your body and the products you wash your clothes in. Sweat stains are caused by aluminium compounds in your antiperspirant deodorant reacting with the salts in your sweat.
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Tom Ferguson |Jack Milenkovic |Judy Pascoe
North-facing indoor/outdoor living spaces are at the top of the list for many homeowners. But what happens when a home’s orientation is in the other direction? Architect Carla Middleton has the perfect solution – create a courtyard in the centre of the property to draw light into the rooms on either side. This was her solution when she was engaged to redesign this home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs for a young family of five.
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Tom Ferguson |Stephanie Hope |Holly Irvine
“It’s always nice when a client says their home feels like a hotel that’s been specifically designed for them,” says Chris Trotta of architecture studio LiteraTrotta. “We know we’ve done our job well when they wake up every day and absolutely love where they live.”Such is the case for Rhiannon and Andrew, the owners of this reinvigorated Californian bungalow in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, who remember the original home as having “lots of small rooms not suited to modern-day living.
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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 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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Jan 8, 2024 | 
homestolove.com.au | Stephanie Hope |Holly Irvine |Tom Ferguson
"It's always nice when a client says their home feels like a hotel that's been specifically designed for them," says Chris Trotta of architecture studio LiteraTrotta. "We know we've done our job well when they wake up every day and absolutely love where they live."Such is the case for Rhiannon and Andrew, the owners of this reinvigorated Californian bungalow in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, who remember the original home as having "lots of small rooms not suited to modern-day living.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
homestolove.com.au | Judy Pascoe |Jack Milenkovic |Tom Ferguson
North-facing indoor/outdoor living spaces are at the top of the list for many homeowners. But what happens when a home's orientation is in the other direction? Architect Carla Middleton has the perfect solution – create a courtyard in the centre of the property to draw light into the rooms on either side. This was her solution when she was engaged to redesign this home in Sydney's eastern suburbs for a young family of five.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
homestolove.com.au | Judy Pascoe |Tom Ferguson |Jack Milenkovic
On the surface the brief for the renovation of this 1880s sandstone house on a battleaxe block on Sydney's lower north shore might have seemed overwhelming.
