The catalyst for Wayne and I coming to Japan was losing my dream rental home. It was a sweet little early 1920s colonial with polished wood floors and high ceilings. I just loved my studio in that house. Along two walls were windows that faced the north and overlooked a garden. The light was magical and it was a place I wanted to spend a lot of time in. I really miss having an airy studio. My workspace now is a corner less than 1 metre squared. If I really want to make anything, the room has be pulled apart. The tatami floor is my workbench.
So recently, Wayne and I have been talking more and more about going back to Australia. We don't plan to do so for a few years yet, but we've started looking, just out of interest, at property in the village we'd like to live, Mapleton. It's a sweet little mountain village, about an hour out of Brisbane, our hometown, and about 20 - 30 minutes to gorgeous beaches. I found my dream house on my search, by my favourite Queensland architect, Gabrielle Poole. Ahh.... starting to dream of that studio already.... Anyone got a spare half a million they want to lend me.....?
Views from my dream house
Just look at the views from the kitchen! It makes even me want to cook!
A lovely sense of air and space
The outside of the house
This isn't from the same house, but another in the next town. I've always wanted a bath with a view. 
3 comments:
Make sure it's got a spare room, kay? ;)
Certainly will Mel ;)
I've stopped checking out NZ real estate sites the last couple of years. It's too depressing. Prices keep going up and up, and my salary stays the same. NZ is having a real estate boom, the NZ dollar is way up ... and the yen isn't getting any stronger.
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