Believe it or not, the site of this spectacular Coolamon House used to be home to a pig and banana farm. On this tricky and degraded site, that held an unsalvageable house among the animals pens, DFJ Architects got to work bringing the new owners’ dream home to life.

Mutual appreciation between the client and architects for mid-century architecture became the basis for the final design, with Fig Landscapes brought on board to heal the steep 20-acre block. The result is a sturdy house made from natural materials that simultaneously opens to its views, and sinks into them.

Brigitte Owers-Buccianti was frustrated with the predominantly digital nature of her interior design degree. With her background in ceramics and sculpture, there wasn’t enough hand-making in the digital-dominated realm to satisfy the kind of design Brigitte was looking to practise.

A stint in Canada introduced Brigitte to furniture-making, and she hasn’t looked back! (Except to graduate from her interior architecture course with Honours, of course.) She launched Real Non-Real in 2020, the brand under which she designs curvy steel pieces that defy the traditional single-purpose functionality of furniture.

A new month means a new TASTY TUESDAY, and man are we seriously excited about this one!

It’s our great pleasure to introduce Melbourne based recipe developer, food stylist and food blogger Cle-ann Stampolidis, who this month will share with us four insanely delicious recipes drawing upon her Greek heritage.

Words cannot describe how effortlessly excellent Cle-ann is in the kitchen. From whipping up homemade dips, to preparing everyone’s favourite salty, squeaky fried cheese, Cle-ann completely wowed us during this shoot.  She is all those things only an innate cook can be – calm under pressure, ever cheerful, and prepared for everything!