An unexceptional old garage with an amazing view. What to do? Take it apart, re-use its components (along with a few more), build a structure that celebrates the vista, the moments and the memories. Layers of family history. Old materials, new life. Garage by Seattle based Graypants.

It’s that time of the week. The ones that made the cut but then didn’t because I hummed and hawed and changed my mind. My stalking leftovers. Why? I’m very fussy. Call me particular, finicky, choosy and hard to please. 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 I seem to be fixated on staircases. All via realestate.com.au.

A contemporary home in Melbourne with interiors by Chelsea Hing. A restrained palette with rich texture and flash of accent colour. Simple lines, simple truth of material, simply stylish.

An architect’s own home. So the real estate blurb goes. Which architect is left unsaid. (A little searching reveals that the design is by Neil Architecture but whose house is it? Does it matter? Am I really becoming obsessed by my stalking? Step away from the Google search Jo.) Four bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a two car stacker and right in the centre of Melbourne in Richmond. Link here while it lasts.

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Light filled alterations and addition to an old house in Annandale, Sydney. As is so often the case in the older suburbs of Sydney, houses sit cheek by jowl on zero boundary lines or are part of a terrace. No chance of light penetrating from sides shared with neighbours. So how to draw light into otherwise narrow, dark spaces? Welcome to the Light Cannon House by Carter Williamson Architects. Light is funnelled into the white, almost industrial interiors by means of sculptural roof towers and a central courtyard.

Photos by Katherine Lu.