Artist and motorcyclist Linda Dodwell has a deep love for the architecture and iconography of rural Australia. When she built her five-building compound in Sonoma County, California, many of the materials, finishes and artistic details were imported from down under. While The New York Times makes special mention of her eucalyptus-leaf weather vane and marquetry panels depicting silver-leafed gum trees, we're fond of the metal walls in the bathroom and the treatment of the outdoor area as additional living space...
Read the whole feature, Australia in Sonoma, and don't miss the slideshow, it's an excellent style primer in the Australian vernacular of the Outback!
Images: Matthew Millman for The New York Times
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Comments (3)
So uncanny...I'm from Queensland, Australia and when I saw that first pic I immediately thought this was a Queenslander home. The fireplace definitely gave it away though :)
I love the feel and colour. The wrap around verandah is fantastic. And practical. It wouldn't look out of place in Australian Country Style.
It's got the right vibe without veering into sad-recreation-of-ye-olde-colonial-times tin shed, cobbled together from iron bark and daub - yeesh.
(I survived annual school trips through Central Victoria to stare at dusty pioneer villages like that. It was the first thing I thought of and read on with a cringe.)
But no! This was very nice, clever, and an interesting interpretation - kudos all round. I love the space.
But the boomerangs motif in the threshold gave me the shudders.
wow! this was very nice,and pretty i like the design and color,it's a unique style,so i love so much,