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Midst Table Ø120
Cover Side Chair
Corky Carafe & Glases
Points of view are essential to this house, which looks very
different depending on how you come at it. From the street,
it appears to be little more than a tiny, traditional workers
cottage, just over four meters wide. But peek down the
laneway and you’ll see a mass of pink breeze blocks, vines
entwined through them, flowers spilling out over glass,
wood, and concrete. “It's quite spectacular,” Eve concedes.
Inside, a palette of warm greens, and browns delineates
its spaces, marking a passage from the old to the new. At
the center, a glass-walled corridor connects the two, while
a small green internal courtyard injects a sense of calm that
permeates the whole building. It’s an easeful, elegant, and
grounded home to the photographer, her husband Jon, and
their two young daughters, Elliot, and June. Pleasingly for
Eve, it offers up a new view almost every day.
Tell me about the home you’ve built
It’s one of two tiny cottages, and we started living next door.
We always eyed it, because it has a north-facing laneway,
which is really good for Melbourne’s northern light. When
finally, we were lucky enough to get the opportunity to buy
it, it hadn't been touched since the 1950s.
