Elegant Simplicity
Elegant Simplicity
Your home is a very important place – much more than just the place where you eat and sleep.
Homes should do more than just reflect your design aesthetic, or likes and dislikes. It should address your personal and practical needs. It must be functional as it is beautiful–and that’s easier said than done.
In my experience there are three common fundamental design problems in Sydney homes today. Let me share them with you and elaborate on how I tend to go about fixing each.
A house is different from a home. A home is what you make of it — how you transform structures so that it becomes your own.
To get you inspired, here are some of the most prolific quotes about living in a beautiful home.
Just above 10% of the Australians intend to put their latest tax refunds (if any) into renovations. 21% wish to use it to tackle their mortgage liability. Venessa Paech discusses the trend in a piece for the website realestate.com.au.
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When I heard about the concept of optimised ventilation in offices, I was elated beyond measure. It was heartening to learn that Australians will give their workplace well-being an earnest consideration. Now about homes.
Ventilation like light is just so important. Have you been suffering from near-condensed vapour at the top of your roof in winters? Do you find your homes suffocating with humidity in summers?
It sounds as music to ears that most Australian municipal councils are listening to public grievances with keenness. There has always been a communication gap between the authorities and the general people, victimizing the latter. Now, thanks to mobile technology and latest app, it should become easier to report problems to local councils, as we find out in this article.
We have a tendency to laugh at our ancestor’s habit of rising early and doing petty chores by themselves. On closer notice, we will realize that the laugh is at our health’s expense, says Sabina Reid on the website realestate.com.au. We can take a leaf off their page and discover that doing common home improvement chores can keep us fit ( in fact, a great succour for those allergic to exercises and GYM). Additionally, these chores also help us reinvent our nest.
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Often, we yearn to move to quieter towns; far from the maddening crowd. We relish the small holidays we spend at the countryside. Yet, we choke this desire, fearing the cold logistics of moving the entire family.
We rarely care to think that even those quiet towns may have a life and settlement. While shifting, all we need is to jot down certain aspects before actually moving out, say, from Sydney to Nowra.
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I was very young when I read this somewhere “perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”. Like so many people of my age, I lost the meaning of the quote in the maze of a seemingly more important activity- growing up.
A few weeks ago, my eyes fell on the same quote and I quickly fathomed what great meaning I lost as a child. The quote clearly spoke about minimalism; to give away everything so that only the most necessary remain with you.
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