Tour an Australian Designer’s Modern-Meets-Traditional Home
In this video, Jess Hunter shows how she used furniture and a central fireplace to create zones in her open-plan home
Mitchell Parker
December 15, 2020
Houzz Editorial Staff. Home design journalist writing about cool spaces, innovative trends, breaking news, industry analysis and humor.
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In this episode of Houzz TV Live, designer Jess Hunter takes viewers through her new-construction home in the southern highlands of New South Wales, Australia. She shows how a galvanized metal roof, painted wood siding and brick on the exterior conformed the architecture to the heritage neighborhood’s rules. Meanwhile, an open layout and minimalist kitchen with black cabinets modernize the interiors.
Hunter also discusses how she used oversize pendant lights and a centrally located iron fireplace and chimney to create zones in the open-plan living areas. A polished concrete floor was ground down to reveal the inner aggregate that Hunter specified herself, and which resembles an eye-catching dark terrazzo. Linen drapes and a linen sectional help soften the surface in the living area.
Hunter also discusses how she used oversize pendant lights and a centrally located iron fireplace and chimney to create zones in the open-plan living areas. A polished concrete floor was ground down to reveal the inner aggregate that Hunter specified herself, and which resembles an eye-catching dark terrazzo. Linen drapes and a linen sectional help soften the surface in the living area.
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I love the fireplace...actually the whole place looks perfect! Wonder if I can get that fireplace in the US?
Its fabulous
Couldn’t live with those pendants, the rest is great