Desert Modernism is a term for the style which captures the Palm Spring mid century movement best.
Month: September 2021
Eichler homes of America
In the early chapters of Steve Jobs’ autobiography, writer Walter Isaacson details how the Apple cofounder’s upbringing and sense of aesthetic style was profoundly influenced by growing up in an architecturally designed home. Cofounder Steve Wozniak grew up in an Eichler home in California – […]
Post WW2 and the Small Homes Service
Post WW2 home interiors in Australia were featured prominently in women’s magazines and newspapers, alongside houses designed by architects. Small plans were made available via the main representative architectural bodies (e.g RAIA – Royal Institute of Architecture) Victoria and NSW. Plans were also sold by […]
Instagram migration
Looking through the vault during lockdown, I was asked by others why they could no longer see my house posts on IG? Oh no! During Covid I’d switched to private because I was hacked. I’ve decided to migrate my photos to a public IG account […]
Sydney House – Beach
Settling in.. Sydney House has moved. Yes that’s right. How could we do it after pouring so much of ourselves into the wonderful house shown on this blog? It wasn’t easy. But like many families, a pandemic made us reassess. Sometimes you have to take […]
Sydney House. 