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What a fun, happy home! Very deceptive from the exterior. What's with all the people in these tours not making their bed? My mom would kill me!

It's like ice cream! I love the treasures against the bright white walls. Everything looks so clean and loved.

And I love that the bed wasn't made.

delightfully fresh, fun, sophisticated, modern, traditional, classic, clever, cheeky...I've used this word twice this week--inspirational!

I meant your place, not your son's name!

Cheers,

Arthur.

Omigosh. Adopt me. ...please?

The child-size dresser is amazing! What a fun, happy house tour.

This is really up my alley.

And it's funny--I've grown to hate the color teal, it brings back such bad memories of the '80s, but as an accent in that kitchen, in the context of all that white and all those primary colors, I love it.

Great place, but it wasn't the unmade bed that bugged me, it was the toilet paper sitting on top of the holder. I understand that making the bad can be a pain...I mean how hard is it to change the roll...you are usually just sitting there anyway. Sorry, we all have our quirks but this one sends me over the edge.

great space! Just love those clocks and the light fitting in the kitchen.

Looks like a truly happy home : )

The exterior of your house looks similar to the exterior of mine. I also have an industrial shop door and shop window. Can you tell me what you've done with yours? It looks like they've been made solid white, and I can't tell if it's insulation, drapery, or whatever.
Thanks!

ps: I love your collections, and white walls have never looked so good!

The stackable chairs in the kitchen are intriguing... where would one find something similar?

This is positively scrumptious. Yum !

more Aussie tours! this is fantastic!

Good god, I wish your shop was over here!

the exterior shot was my favorite, though i really enjoyed the whole tour. thanks for sharing!

I'm sympathetic to trixxie's tp peeve. I too suffer from that affliction. However, this is the coolest house ever! I want to start a vintage toy store too! or decorate like i did!

The color style is a lot like mine, but better, and I love it.
I admire and desire the all-white walls thing, but it takes a really specific kind of light --a very white daylight-- and a ton of it, in my opinion, to pull it off, as it has been done here. Unfortunately I don't get that kind of light.

Your place is fantastic!

For many years I managed a small hifi shop, and always wondered how it would turn out if I converted into a home. Now I know!

The scrumpled bed definitely makes a better picture.

Plus, unmade beds were recently proven to be healthier - airing them out kills bacteria and mites.

Sorry to offend or peeve some of you. With a small boy attempting toilet training, our toilet paper lives off the roll holder for the time being. (We pass it to him). I've tried to photograph our home how it is.... although we did do a pretty good tidy up. Perhaps I should have placed the tp on the holder for the photo.
I too love looking at other peoples homes for inspiration and curiosity, but sometimes wonder how people live in houses that look so perfect, untouched and probably stylized by someone else.
It's great to read feedback. So thankyou. And to crafty-femme, they are white mesh, roller-blinds in the shop window. You can see out, but can't see in. (Unless at night with the lights on.) They're the same ones that are in our living room.

Hello from across the street!

Just lovely. I highly recommend the shop - great for those last minute gifts.

Ingrid

Thanks for the reply! I'll look into that! I have some devore sheers right now that just aren't cutting it.

Nice job... love the turntable and shelves of records.

I really like the fact than even if there are displays of vintage objects you like, it's not just nostalgia or a projection of the shop, it's your home with a lot of life, energy and fun. Thanks a lot for sharing!

Oh I love this place! and I know already I really, really like this family!

Fun, fresh, quirky, original, with a great eye... I wish our kids could have a play date...

Arthurscircus...when it comes retro styling Melbourne has it all over Sydney. Where are you exactly? Next trip to Melbourne I hope to visit. Really great to see a city in Australia featured in AT. Love the plant stand in the bathroom. Love your colour scheme - teal rules...poking tongue out at JoanA.

i am so in love, it's just not funny. the lighting throughout the house is AWESOME!! and i really LOVE that bathroom! the handles are incredible looking!

I thought it was delightful that the bed was unmade and the TP was not on the holder. It made the house seem welcoming and lived in instead of like a museum... and it made me feel better to know that people are okay with sharing their house "as-is." I always feel like my place has to be immaculate before anyone comes over.

One question: Is it a pain to dust all the collections?

Wonderful house and wonderful photos. (There's nothing like a professional photographer shooting her own house tour!) The mix of vintage and modern is so well done. I especially love the bathroom with its mix of sleek tiles, unique sink and fixtures, and that great light over the sink. I'm happy to see someone else with toilet art in the bathroom. We have a painting of a toilet by a friend in our bathroom. Some people find it strange but you really shouldn't take toilets too seriously. Thanks for the tour!

Lovely home for kid to grow up in!

Bhavna

Gorgeous colors. This house is a wonderful place for kids to grow up, and not bad for parents too.

This is EXACTLY the vibe we're trying to achieve in our own house. I adore the tile backsplash and floors in the kitchen, and that turquoise and white hutch is FANTASTIC!

Very, very well done.

This reminds me of an old fashioned ice cream parlor - pure, clean white punctuated by brilliant pops of color and whimsy. Of all the house tours that I've seen that evoke this vibe, this one is bar far the best, and most sophisticated. (And I didn't even notice the tp off the roll!)

LOVE this! That pic of artie in his bedroom is a work of art on it's own!

Such a happy place! Fantastic. Love the flour sack pillows, and how you've fit a modern TV into a vintage... something?
TVs are usually such an eye sore.

I live not so far away from North Melbourne (just across the Maribyrnong River) and I love the area. It's a beautiful home. I'm glad to see someone blend the charm of the old without resorting to it being a stale shrine to the past. It's crisp and yet cuddly yummy. Well done! I have plans (wa-a-a-a-y in the future) of posting my little hive. Such a benchmark you've set for all of us in Oz.

I assumed that the bed was left unmade and the TP off the roll on purpose. You know, to see if we were paying attention.

Love the vibrant colors against the white background. White walls are so clean and classic.

I think my favorite thing is the deep, utility-style sink in the bathroom. Attractive and practical.

I'm going to rain on the parade (just like a REAL Melbourne afternoon) and express dissent. It's impossible to tell where the store ends and the home begins. The white walls show off the merchandise but they're also stark and cold, making the toys into design icons rather than beloved playthings. The living room feels very hostile with those trendy but uncomfortable seats, no rugs and inelegantly aranged cabinetry.

In short, everything here feels like its supposed to be cool and/or ironic, which is welcome in small doses but overwhelming in these sorts of quantities. Or at least that's my opinion.

now, that's a home with a distinct and infectious personality! love it!

Great Collection!
I too collect old toys and board games.
I love the cookie jars and toy animals.