Contemporary living room with white walls dark wood floor and light gray carpet. This room also features a concrete slab fireplace with decorative aluminum linear tile across the face of the mantle. it also has two contemporary white leather chairs facing each other.

Great room looking into kitchen and dining room. Photo by Hal Kearney.

Photo by Chris Snook

Photo: Le Michelle Nguyen © 2014 Houzz

Photo Credit: Rondine Ceramica The Bristol Bricks and Pavers are a take on a faithful copy of brick in terms of color, shading and surface texture that are good on any living room, dining room, bedroom, interior and exterior applications. Tileshop 480 E. Brokaw Road San Jose. CA 95112 Other California Locations: Berkeley and Van Nuys (Los Angeles)

Architect: Swan Architect General Contractor: Patrick Hanily & Assoc. Photo Credit: Scott Amundson

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They say the magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave and even better to come back and that is exactly what this family wanted to create when they purchased their Bondi home and prepared to renovate. Like Marilyn Monroe, this 1920’s Californian-style bungalow was born with the bone structure to be a great beauty. From the outset, it was important the design reflect their personal journey as individuals along with celebrating their journey as a family. Using a limited colour palette of white walls and black floors, a minimalist canvas was created to tell their story. Sentimental accents captured from holiday photographs, cherished books, artwork and various pieces collected over the years from their travels added the layers and dimension to the home. Architrave sides in the hallway and cutout reveals were painted in high-gloss black adding contrast and depth to the space. Bathroom renovations followed the black a white theme incorporating black marble with white vein accents and exotic greenery was used throughout the home – both inside and out, adding a lushness reminiscent of time spent in the tropics. Like this family, this home has grown with a 3rd stage now in production - watch this space for more... Martine Payne & Deen Hameed

Kimberly Gavin Photography

Planung: Martin Habes Foto: Michael Habes

Oliver Bencosme

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