Hamptons Style

I can't help but love Hampton's style homes, I think it's my all time fav style of home/architecture. So I did some real estate stalking this morning at www.hamptonsrealestate.com and look what I found amongst other things...

Love the colours of this house

And that outdoor entertaining area is very Australia isn't it!

Love the ceiling and decor in this room

If you think the kitchen looks good from this angle then check this out...

Is that not a MASSIVE fire place?!?!

Love the modern decor in this bedroom

This one would make a great guest room don't you think?

Stunningly simple but elegant bathroom

Heaven

So what do you think? You can see MANY more pics of this house here.

And with the Aussie dollar being so strong at the moment, maybe US$9.5mil doesn't seem so much??? NO it still does!

What is your fav style of house/architecture?

Have a great day everyone,

Escape to the Country

I think I could leave the city for the likes of this property :) Take a look!

"Kurkulla" in Bowral

My favourite colour scheme!


Could a kitchen be any more perfect than this?

Winter room/library

Look at the ceiling and the floors!

Window seat!!! And all that french style furniture, I'll take it furnished thanks!


Glen can do his laps here

Or maybe we could have a spot of tennis?

I might just sit on the veranda and watch the sun go down over the valley.

Blurb from the real estate site www.domain.com.au:
"KURKULLA" This magnificent country estate, dating back to 1880, was originally built as a boarding school for boys and then later purchased by Ada Evans (the first woman to qualify for admission to the Bar in NSW) in 1909.

"Kurkulla" has been renovated and extended under the strict guidance of arguably Australia's leading heritage architect, Howard Tanner, resulting in the creation of a glorious family home. Some of the outstanding features include 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, study, library, formal living room, a large open plan sitting and dining room, separate rumpus room, and a wonderful state of the art kitchen.

The house is surrounded by almost 11 acres of park-like gardens including a separate self-contained studio, an inground pool, and a floodlit tennis court.

A rare opportunity to secure a property that offers grandeur and history.

How cool that it was bought by the first woman to qualify for admission to the Bar in NSW, she obviously had brains and a great eye for beauty!

So what do you think? Could you escape to the country if it was in this humble abode?

Have a great day,

I've found my new home!!!!

Here it is, what do you think?

Dinner inside or out?

Lets get some peace and quiet away from the kids.

Would you like a cup of tea from my beautiful kitchen?

Why don't we sip our tea out the front and watch the grass grow.

It looks beautiful night....
Or day...
Ok keep dreaming Janette!!!! Even though this house is within walking distance to us I think I'd need to sell a LOT more prints to buy it.

images via domain.com.au

It reminds me a lot of the house that A-M built, don't you think? If you haven't already, please pop over and send your love her way. Lots of love and prayers to you my dear bloggy friend. xoxoxox

Have a great Monday everyone,

Come for a drive with me...

Buckle up, we're off to the shops with a little bit of 'house snooping' on our way :)

I love driving the back streets to the shops and drooling over the gorgeous old houses.. so I thought I'd take some sneeky snaps on my iPhone and share my favourite houses with you.

Mmmmm... I love this house! I think that's the original house on the right then they've built an extention and several car garages on the left. I just love the shutters and the fence with the hedge and Agapanthas - lovely!

This house looks like something out of a story book to me and I can also imagine people back when it was a new house, probably in the 30's or something walking out the front door in their beautiful outfits getting into their Jaguar which would be in a British racing green... anyone else see that?

My dodgy photo does not do this house justice. It's actually a massive house and that beautiful sandstone fence wraps right around the block. I can imagin the family there back in the 20's playing crocket on the front lawn in their white lawn outfits looking very dapper.

This one isn't an old house but a new one which I think has been done beautifully with no expense spared. I love the Grey/blue colour, the windows, the iron-work on the fence and I think I spy a conservatory room above the garage!!! Drool!

Ah, here we are at the shops, lets grab a coffee :)

I hope you enjoyed my little drive-by and if you liked this post there is plenty more eye candy I can snap in future.

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments re my kitchen makeover yesterday. I'm glad you liked and appreciated my DIY work.

Have a great day,