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Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
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‘Warehouse apartment’ is an oft overused term I find. Especially by real estate agents. There seem to be all manner of non-descript teeny tiny apartment subdivisions popping up all over the place these days with one exposed roof beam or something, being touted enthusiastically as ‘loft style living’. But today’s fabulous Sydney home truly deserves the term. That’s because when designer Emmanuelle Flahault and her partner Johannes Weissenbaeck took possession of this space in Waterloo just over two years ago, it really was nothing but a completely empty warehouse.
Emmanuelle and Johannes swiftly converted the generous industrial space into a stylish but simple and functional open plan home, building a kitchen and bathroom, adding semi sheer drapes as room dividers in the massive main living space, and allocating a fantastic studio / showroom at the front of the home for Emmanuelle’s fashion and accessories label, Nell.
I love Emmanuelle’s toasty warm colour palette used throughout the home – those fabulous orange Eames dining chairs set the tone, whilst pinks, muted reds, mushrooms and browns follow suit in the upholstery and soft furnishing choices throughout. And how about that stunning patchwork rug in the main living space!? SO perfect. (It’s from I & B Perryman Oriental Carpets in Woollahra, in Melbourne try Loom or Patchy Rugs for similar)
Emmanuelle says of all there is to love about her home, she most appreciates having so much space. ‘In the inner city, space is the ultimate luxury. we love the high ceilings and light – after this we just couldn’t live in a terrace house!’ she says.
Both Emmanuelle and Johannes also really enjoy the central location in Waterloo – just skip from Danks st, close to the city, Surry Hills, and only 10 minutes from the beach. Emmanuelle says ‘this is definitely a booming area, an extension of Surry Hills with a lot of texture…’! (Love that description!).
Massive thanks to Emmanuelle and Johannes for sharing their beautiful legitimate warehouse apartment with us today! Do share the love with a little visit to Emmanuelle’s website for her label Nell!
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