Wednesday
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Minimalist stalking
Wed, 23 Dec 2009
Could you do it? Could you live so minimally? I'm both fascinated and frightened by this recently renovated worker's cottage in Woollahra, Sydney that I stumbled across in my stalking. Such a beautiful and serene house but where do I put my things? Lots of storage I'm sure but could I have maybe just one or two (or in my case several dozen) retro vases? Stunning simplicity for sale here while the link lasts.
Reader Comments (21)
Beautiful house. But, I don't "understand" the bath tub in the bedroom. :-)
Well the price tag ain't minimal, that's for sure. But then that's Woollahra for you.
I think it's a beautiful house, but in the way a concept is beautiful, or an equation. A beautiful house, but a home?
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Di (Designers Block)
Gorgeous,
frees one from shopping,
very very easy to clean without the STUFF....
sort of hard to live without art but I guess when you are part of the piece you let it go...
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Heather
stark - definitely needs a few retro vases, so it looks like someone lives there.
It seems obvious that this has been styled for sale rather than being a place that someone actually lives in. Even strict minimalists would hang a modernist painting in that alcove in the first image, for example, and those sad empty baskets would have fruit in them or something. It's a house with lovely bones and just needs a few personal objects to tip over the edge towards being a home.
I think it is beautiful but also a bit predictable... I miss some unexpected funny thing or some beautiful old door ...
beautiful house ... like the stairs ...
love it, beautiful house. all it would take is a nice dinner party for it to look lived in.
i want to live here :)
I would love it although all the baskets would be filled to the brim.
This is very inspirational! I love the layout!
Minimalist to be sure but there's no personal stuff around
And I am not even talking about decoration or pictures!
No fruit, no pots, no pans, no clothes, no watches, jewelery, clothing, shoes...
It would look very different if it had people living there -- actually living, eating, cooking and sleeping there
I love the look, but it does need some personal touches. I do not like the open bedroom/bathroom floor plan, however.
This is an awesome house but from the looks of it someone only actually "lives" in the living room. The rest looks a little souless... Isn't living in a house about making your mark and leaving a feeling of self? The rest of the house looks like a shell of a home.
But just let me live there a year...!!!
Nice bones...no flesh :(
Wow are you kidding me with some of these comments? That is one RAD-PAD. Eclectic and un-cluttered. And high marks for NOT looking like every other space these days. Did she say where she lived? Those windows alone had me drooling.
gorgesous home...........but nobody is home....surely this is just set up for sale.......who can live like this ???
WOW!!!!! This place is INCREDIBLE!!! Ok, I am also not digging the lack of decor/life but OMG my head is spinning with so many decorating ideas!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!
getout! no normal person lives here - they've just had a burglary and lost all their STUFF!!
I like an uncluttered look but this seems to be taking things to the extreme. It reminds me of a new home for which the builder has rented furnishings for open-home purposes. You walk through them and, despite the furniture, know no one lives there.
But oh! the potential!