I love a window seat. Especially when it is on the fringe of a kitchen like this. Lean back. Relax. She’s making you a coffee I’m sure. By Preston Lane Architects.

Perched on the roof of an Edwardian era building are 15 new apartments, 231 Smith Street, Fitzroy by developer Neometro in collaboration with MAArchitects and Grant Amon Architects. While old meets new on the exterior inside while pastel hues are wed with wood. Light, bright, contemporary style in small space living.

Summer hasn’t even started and it is so, so very hot here. I’m sitting in my oven of an office with a ceiling fan twirling above and sweat puddling on my keyboard. If only the real estate market was as hot. It’s time for my stalking leftovers and I’ve had to struggle to find these few. You see I’m fussy. Not quite right, bad photos, I need more photos please, house is amazing, furniture is deplorable! Can’t quite put my finger on it listings with something that has me nodding “yes”. It’s a mixed bag this week. There’s a church conversion, a great warehouse where everything inside including the plastic floating lotuses just has to go and a listing that leads with a teaser shot of an amazing old corrugated iron workshop but lists a slightly less dramatic modern apartment in the complex. You may even notice a few water themes in my stalking. Need to cool down. Click on the images to head to the listings. All via realestate.com.au.

Hello Marcus Lawett. You don’t know me but I feel like I know you. You’re my new photographer crush. Well not so new. I’ve loved your work for a few years now. Your photos blow me away.The unusual angles, the interesting points of view, the depth of field, the light, the way you include a sense of movement. Brilliant!

It’s crazy hot right now where I live. My thoughts turn to ways of beating the heat… with green. Not greenery. No… with green. How refreshing is this all white retreat by French interior designer Luis Laplace? Made even more so by the green. On the ceiling. Yes please!