I’m green with envy. After a weekend of above 40 degree celcius temperatures this is definitely a room of daydreams. A long cold bath has definitely been on my mind. From Maison V by Olivier Chabaud Artchitect.

“Small but with delight, this project looks at how a modest alteration and addition can make a positive contribution to the way a family live.”

The addition to a dark and cramped Northcote, Melbourne home by MAKE Architecture is a little like planting a garden. Let in the light and watch the family to grow.

It’s a scorching hot Saturday here (40 °C) but the real estate market seems to have gone off the boil. I’ve had a hard time finding just the right listings. I guess that’s why I call this stalking leftovers. I’m fussy and I have a headache from all the helicopters buzzing this part of the world. It’s G20 in my part of the world. Even Barack Obama flew past my house early this morning in Marine One but I digress. Stalking. That’s right. Not quite right, bad photos, I need more photos please, house is amazing furniture is deplorable or no furniture at all! Can’t quite put my finger on it listings with something that has me nodding “yes”. This week it’s about a derelict stables with racing driver graffiti that has my head spinning with possibilities, a house in the country, a renovation with so many levels I’m a bit concerned and… you guessed it… my usual assortment of terrace houses. All via realestate.com.au.

One report, three interior stylists, one apartment, three ways. When Sweden’s leading real estate brokerage firm Fastighetsbyrån wanted to know what effect styling a home for sale had on the price and how fast it sold they enlisted the aid of design psychologist Sally Augustin. Her report shows that home styling works if done correctly. The buyer must connect consciously and unconsciously with the home. They need to imagine themselves living there, moving right in, daydreaming and scheming how to get it. OK we all say. Fair enough. Nothing new there. That could have been the end of Fastighetsbyrån‘s research but… they decided to take it one step further. They took one apartment and let three stylists, Mikael Beckman, Hans Blomquist and Tina Hellberg, mess with our minds and our hearts and make it into their version of our dream home. They put the research in practice. So now there is one apartment three ways and I have one big problem. I can’t make up my mind which one I am moving into. They are all tugging at my heart strings.

First is classic modern by Mikael Beckman.

Now Hans Blomquist‘s city bohemian version.

Finally Tina Hellberg‘s modern minialism.

If you pop over to the listing there is a handy way to scroll from space to exact space in the apartment to compare the styles. Photos by Marcus Lawett.

It’s the OTT entrance to a nightclub but my head is spinning with the possibility of including something like this somewhere in my house. Pretty Please. No that’s not me begging. That’s the name of the Melbourne club designed by Travis Walton.