The Unique Room

Interior Designer & Decorator.

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Another Olioboard creation for a design challenge! This tasks aim: FIRE FOCAL! I opted for a grand fire place that stood out above the rest with a stunning Hollywood regency design theme and furniture placement that can bring together family and guests during cold winter days/nights!

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Throwing together ideas to create the perfect Christmas setting! White tree only.... 

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I don’t think it’s early to start decorating the home for Christmas... The jingles have started around the shopping centres and Santa is out for photos so it’s pretty much the ‘season to be jolly’ already! This years Christmas decorations are incorporating the norm (trees, baubles etc...) but with a very elegant touch. Simple, my Christmas decorations are going to make a statement and for all the right reasons ... The featured items are available from Unique Living, head onto their facebook page and check them out www.facebook.com/uniquelivinghomewares  XX

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Moodboard’s are a designers best friend. Easiest way to throw together ideas and themes and gives you the opportunity to play around with pieces of furniture/decor before actually conveying your ideas in the workforce. This is one of my favourite design/colour themes to create! This screams elegance and class... upper east side! Manhattan penthouse living (I would say apartment, but so beyond that...)... So sophisticated! 

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A living room inspired by a sapphire and diamond ring! Created for the Olioboard jewel themed challenge! Stunning sapphire and silver/diamond tones create the perfect image for royalty. 

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Created on Olioboard for a Jewel Themed challenge... I used Carnelian (natural gem stone - one of my favourites) and incorporated the colour to create a living room space. Carnelian is the stone of courage, confidence and creativity - perfect fit for any home! 

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Federation Homes - 20th Century Design OVERVIEW

Federation Homes: 20th Century

The name of this design of home architecture refers to the Federation of Australia in 1901 when Australian colonies collectively became the Commonwealth of Australia. In Australia, federation architecture was influenced by English Queen Anne, American Shingle style and Art Nouveau. This was Australias attempt to create a style that was unique to Australians. These homes were traditionally built around the decades before and after 1900. Then became getting popular in 1901 and were built as a sign of prosperity. This style of home can be seen as the Australian version of the English Edwardian house.

Federation homes have very beautiful distinctive features that make this style of home stand out from all the rest. A main feauture is the use of red brick on all the exterior eith the white mortar ridge in between. The brick colour can vary anywhere between a deep red or a dark brown. Some styles may also mix the two colours together.

The roofs of the Federation homes are vert dominant. The roofs are broken by a gable and then capped by terracotta filled ridges. The gable refers to the triangular end section of the uniquely pitched roof. The roof then holds the elongated chimney which in turn is another distinctive feature of the Federation home. The roof in general is made of Marseilles tiles which were initially imported from France. These tiles were the typical material for roofs. This is a terracotta based roof tile. In some of the more traditional homes, they had a sunrise motif in the centre of the front gable which represented the dawning of a new era.

Federation homes bare beautiful bay windows which initially were coloured glass or leadlight. In time, however, the windows put in the houses became basic glass. Some of the homes contained awning windows which were put in place for ventilation or privacy. Bullseye windows were another distinctive feature of the Federation home and the bullseye window would almost always contain coloured glass. The window frames were traditionally painted white or cream.

This style of home tends to use timber verandah columns which then blend in with the timber work around the windows and doors. Federation architecture style doors usually come in a four panel design. There are two panels on top and two panels on the bottom. The external are much thicker in timber than the internal doors. They had a chunky style moulding which created a distinctive look. The top panels were arched and designed to match the window joinery.

This style of home was one of Australias biggest contributions to architecture. The style contains elements of British and American design but was changed to suit the Australian climate and lifestyle. The homes were also made smaller in size to become more affordable for someone on the average wage. The houses included decorative motifs such as nature and animals from the Australian bush. The wide verandahs were made so that the Australians could take advantage of the beautiful warm weather. A typical characteristic of a Federation home was the very large backyard. Backyards were typically made large because traditionally they used as vegetable gardens.