It’s been a while, so I thought I’d better update this little site of ours as 2024 draws to a close. To say there has been a lot going on in our lives, is an understatement. Despite moving on from our beloved Pettit+Sevitt, the experience […]
Palm Springs Sunshine
Desert Modernism is a term for the style which captures the Palm Spring mid century movement best.
Eichler homes of America
In the early chapters of Steve Jobs’ autobiography, writer Walter Isaacson details how the Apple cofounder’s upbringing and sense of aesthetic style was profoundly influenced by growing up in an architecturally designed home. Cofounder Steve Wozniak grew up in an Eichler home in California – […]
Post WW2 and the Small Homes Service
Post WW2 home interiors in Australia were featured prominently in women’s magazines and newspapers, alongside houses designed by architects. Small plans were made available via the main representative architectural bodies (e.g RAIA – Royal Institute of Architecture) Victoria and NSW. Plans were also sold by […]
Instagram migration
Looking through the vault during lockdown, I was asked by others why they could no longer see my house posts on IG? Oh no! During Covid I’d switched to private because I was hacked. I’ve decided to migrate my photos to a public IG account […]
Sydney House – Beach
Settling in.. Sydney House has moved. Yes that’s right. How could we do it after pouring so much of ourselves into the wonderful house shown on this blog? It wasn’t easy. But like many families, a pandemic made us reassess. Sometimes you have to take […]
Sydney House is on the move
Watch this space. Covid19 has inspired some big changes – and we’ve moved in search of sunshine, coastline, community and simplicity. Of course, the search for simplicity often involves complexity— such is the Sydney real estate market! Our kids are older, the way we spend […]
A modern Pettit & Sevitt Lowline house #6 – Pandemic times
Our spaces came to the rescue during Covid19. I would never say “stuck” at home. Stuck only because of international rules, local restrictions, and new safety protocols. It’s been stressful on the work and school front because suddenly our lives have stopped, uncertainty is everywhere […]
A modern Pettit & Sevitt Lowline house #5 – Room sizes, shade and windows
Floor space Lovely modern houses sometimes come with ample room, but among the early builds, many were extremely modest or even basic. Room sizes were tight, and many were designed to fit with the carpet available. For example, Axminster carpet was in use before Broadloom. […]
A modern Pettit & Sevitt Lowline house #4 – Beams and Oils
Beautiful Oregon beams are a notable feature of P&S and many other modernist homes from the Sydney School period, to post-and-beam styles across the world… most notably in Japan, on the US Pacific West Coast, across the land to New Canaan and back to Palm […]
A modern Pettit & Sevitt Lowline house #2 – Rewiring and lighting
Every light and switch was replaced! Amazingly simple but effective, along side a complete rewiring of 50+ year old cables and wires. Loving our original Lowline as we have, lighting was dim at the best of times. The groovy recessed pendants just didn’t emit much […]
A modern Pettit & Sevitt Lowline house #2 – Internal Doors
Our lovely doors are restored, with an exacting match to the original green of the house, it still plays with the eucalyptus trees outside, and softens the mood when moving from the quiet zones of the bedrooms to the active zones of living,dining, kitchen and […]
Sydney House. 