NOT EVERYONE HAS KIDS

Sometimes it feels like houses are only built for large families with multiple children. When you don’t have children, it feels like society expects you to be happy with 1 bedroom apartment living for the rest of your days because it’s ‘only you’....

IMPORTANCE OF AIRFLOW

Oh how we love living in Brisbane! Look at what some out our Northern hemisphere neighbors get to wake up to… Everyone who lives in the above climate prepares for it – gloves, scarves, scraper thingies for the windshield and the very important heated car seats....

KINGS AND QUEENS

This is a message to those of you who are paying for the house. You are the Kings and Queens of the castle and should come first because you will be contributing a significant part of your income to this house. Not your kids, relatives, friends or extended family but...

IS A FIREPLACE NECESSARY?

In our opinion, the answer to this question is a firm YES. Brisbane living is very interesting, we get about 6-8 weeks of too hot, 6-8 weeks of too cold and the rest is just right. Very few brand new houses would consider foregoing air conditioning as the ‘too hot’...

THE PANTRY

One of the most important elements in each of our house designs is the pantry Traditionally, kitchen designs would tuck pantries away in corners or other ‘difficult to fill’ areas of the kitchen. This would result in deep shelving which required major...