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Timber joinery like a spine down the back of a gut renovation of this Paddington, Sydney terrace house. Providing storage and screening, room definition and warm wooden tones to the stark white shell.  Design by Bennett and Trimble. Photography by Peter Bennetts.

I am not sure how I ended up on the blog Our Gathered Home the other day, but there I was and smitten I became. Our Gathered Home started out of a need to share honest, authentic homes lived in by real people, across the globe. Our aim is to showcase family life in a multifaceted approach to urban living. The homes featured in this absolutely lovely blog are curated by Matt Allison, whose own mid-century ranch in South Africa that he shares with his wife and 2 kids is featured (LOVE!). Here is a snippet from several of the home tours, including the homes of Robert and Judith de Graaff, Anki Wijnen, Maike & Travis McNeill, Tessa and Craig Harding, Kristin & Jonathan Rogers, Emma-Jane & Dylan Harbour and Rebecca & Bruce Meissner.

For those of you who work in a ugly office building surrounded by cubicle wall after cubicle wall, industrial carpeting, ripped mismatched chairs, BRACE YOURSELVES AND PREPARE TO WEEP. This may be one of the most beautiful offices I have ever seen. It is located in San Francisco and belongs to the firm Grow Marketing. Its founders Cassie Hughes and Gabrey Means worked with designer Josef Medellin to transform the large and unfinished space into a feminine, chic, and colorful workspace. It’s eclectic and glamourous yet really inviting and cosy. WOW my office is horrible. I think I need a tissue.

The autumn days are warm in my part of the world. A chill nips at bare arms only as the sun starts to move low in the west. Perfect weather for an outdoor fireplace. You can linger in the late afternoon air, not wanting to go in, for the day to end, for doors to be closed and night time rituals of dinner and kids’ baths to begin. Moore House by Neil Architecture.

The Cubo House, additions to a heritage listed double storey building by Melbourne architecture firm Phooey. Why Cubo? “The project applies the surrealist technique of “Cubomania” to catalogue, re-use & re-invent the demolished building materials.” The stand out feature of the new space? The staircase which spirals up and down through three levels topped by a creative re-use chandelier.

Photography by Peter Bennetts.