Oban House in Australia Reflects Usage of Natural Materials in Modern Design

A modern house named Oban House located in South Yarra, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia showcases a lovely usage of natural and organic material pallet. With the client’s desire for a low maintenance home with a slightly industrial feel, the look of the house was born. It has two living zones, study, kitchen with butler’s pantry, four bedrooms with three bathrooms and a separate upstairs living zone. A lift is used to access the two levels of the house. It also features a two car off street garage.

The house sits on a 5,166 (square feet) 480 square meters of land while the floor area is at 3,982 square feet (370 square meters). The interior spaces are with the abundant use of glazing bring a huge amount of natural light into the home. Other than its exterior and interior design, we also fancy the 8 meter pool located in the garden. Want a glimpse of this lovely home? Come take the virtual tour with us!

The design of the house is indeed gorgeous. Aside from its interesting lines, you can also find a tiled alfresco area for outdoor entertainment.

The garage area uses black zinc which adds more appeal to the exterior.

The house is orientated around a central courtyard providing northern light into the two living areas and a smaller north courtyard.

The entryway looks very welcoming and inviting especially with the plants all around. That main door is very lovely!

Natural light floods into the interior through the sliding glass doors and windows.

We love the natural colors used in this living room while still looking very sophisticated.

The wooden wall media system looks perfect for the space as it matches well with the walls and flooring.

Look at how the dining area was separated from the living room. We’d guess that there is a sliding glass that can be closed when privacy is indeed on the other space.

Aside from the white dining space above, here is another dining room with black dining set. What a beautiful modern space!

In the dining area lies this kitchen with a bar. We like the slim look of the high counter stools.

Now here is a closer look of the small black kitchen and the lovely island.

And another view of it to make you love it even more. The colors in it are very relaxing!

A study or work area in the house which has wooden desk and cabinets.

And yes, even the bathroom has that natural look too with wooden walls!

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Unique Living Room Wall Decors

When we look on the walls we have at home, whichever part of the house it may be – if we are not mistaken, the first decor we see are photo frames we have with pictures of our family members. But of course, if you are just like us and some other decor and Architecture buffs, we enjoy adding wall decors that come in different shapes, sizes, materials and colors that not only interest us, but our house guests as well.

For today, we have a list that might interest you into adding a few trinkets that may look like the photos we will be showing you, or some other random item you see in one of those favorite Sunday thrifting or bazaars you come across; especially that it’s the holiday season, we believe there are more interesting things than in any season of the year. Time to show off the 20 Unique Living Room Wall Decors we have collated which pretty much caught our attention, we hope it will be the same for you, check it out!

Annie Kelly Beach Home

Eva Heller, author of The Psychology of Color, states that next to red, orange is the color most popular for extroverts, and is a symbol of activity. Its use in this room feels modern, fun and energetic – great for a lively young family.

Barclay Butera Living on The Coast

Interior designer Barclay Butera is never afraid to fully embrace American style, especially when decorating seaside cottages. Instead of the wheels being the focal point, they embellish the centered window.

Bruce Lietzke Interior

Adding your cowhide as a wall decor may puncture or damage it if you are not careful of the way you attach it to the wall, the pelt on this picture was placed on the wall for the pictorial, but believe us, it is still best to use it as an area rug!

Central Park West Residence

The oversized wall art we have in this picture sure is a stunner. We are not sure of the make of this beautiful piece, but who cares? We love it!

Chicago Living Room

Adding frames to the walls is basic, but choosing the pictures to show off is a different thing! The use of different sizes and shapes of frames of decors on the wall usually does the trick in making one’s space fun.

Eclectic Family Room

The black and white panels used to cover the wall are just lovely! It almost matches the settee which is just below frames of wonderful pictures.

Frisco European

According to the designers, the featured wall is covered in shimmery bronze wallpaper that surrounds a fireplace highlighted with Pineapple Onyx tile. The Onyx tiles are back lit with LED strip lighting. Above the fireplace are an LED television and a grouping of decorative deer heads painted white with black antlers.

Grimaldi Residence

Modern homes sometimes seem cold because of the minimalist feel it usually have and the lack of color – but check out how the wall for this living room was lightened up because of the colored boxes spread across the white wall.

Horchow

This eclectic living room may be more Asian than anything else, but we all know how fun and stunning Asian decoration are – the screen, the lamps and the round wall decor just makes us speechless.

Houston Contemporary

Artwork in warm hues, earth-toned throw pillows and clusters of candles can be budget friendly and temporary ways to spice up an all-white room for the season. Notice how this room’s designer used neutral colors and classic pieces for the big-ticket items and seasonal colors for accents that can be switched out with ease.

Idaho Residence

Don’t you just love the sandblasted Manzanita branch? Black wall accented by this stunning branch!

SVOYA Interior Design

The huge pebbles’ wall art is just perfect! It brings beauty to the plain wall by the dining area just behind the living area! Contemporary design at its best!

LA Contemporary Living Room

The wonderful mirrors behind the sectionals area not only lovely but also unique from one another – something anyone would want.

Miami Contemporary Living Room

Using tiles for the walls of the living room maybe the wall decor in itself, but since the color is a bit cold – adding colorful cubes like the other picture we have above is just a work of art!

Moroccan Modern Living Room

We love how the colorful woven baskets added color and funk to this almost-all-white living room! We believe you can either make these yourselves or buy them separately and hang them on your walls!

Orinda Family Fun Room

When a room needs to serve both as a place to socialize and get a little screen time, a corner media center is great way to go. Put the TV on an adjustable arm or swivel stand extends the view to both sofas and the dining room table.

SD House

Unlike the woven baskets above this picture, the wall art we have here are actually bowls in different colors! Maybe we can use plates next time!

Small Coastal Home

This space is both chic and homey. Coastal homes are lovely and pretty awesome. Decors like this one on the wall is obviously repurposed and vintage!

Street of Dreams

The large film reels are a great touch for this simple and traditional Portland home. The colors of the reels complement well with the walls.

The Olivers House

If you saw all of the pieces in this room piled in a warehouse, you’d think it was wacky. However, the way they are arranged – keeping the color palette to almost all black and white and paired with sophisticated furniture – adds glamour. Especially that furry pillow and that sheepskin throw! This is not easy to pull off.

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Island Residence: A Stunning Sustainable Home in Massachusetts

Island Residence is a project completed by Peter Rose + Partners located on the island of Chappaquiddick near Edgartown, Massachusetts, USA. The house is comprised of four structures with a 6,300 SF main residence, a 630 SF garage, a 270 SF storage shed, and a 130 SF boat house. Previously located in the site are a house, garage/guest house, and a long driveway running through a meadow. With this kind of site, they needed to move the road from the middle to a new area. It winds through an oak and pine forest without causing any damage to the trees. One goal of the project is that it be as close to invisible in the larger landscape as possible.

The house is intended to be a vacation home as it is owned by an active young family. The main house and boat house are carefully and strategically located with less impact to the environment. The boathouse sits on four thin concrete columns built without breaking or destroying any tree as it seems to hide behind the pines. The house offers views of Nantucket and the sunrise over Cape Pogue Bay to the east, and of the ocean and Edgartown and sunset over water to the west. It is low to the ground, clad in sealed, unpainted wood that gives it a different level of appeal.

First look of the house will make you fall in love with its lovely design in Cedar-clad facade.

The house contains fully operable glass windows including a corner window that opens completely.

It is comprised of different volumes which adds more appeal to it as it sit on the site surrounded with trees.

Large panels of glass slide open along the exterior allowing a good view of the surrounding and entry of ocean breezes.

The calibrated window openings “work in concert with the structure’s radiant heating and cooling to modulate the residence’s living spaces and vastly reduce the size and operating cost of HVAC equipment.”

Once inside, you will be charmed with the beauty of the interior in wooden materials.

Its layout promotes openness while creating a special connection between the interior and the environment.

Just like this dining area that is merely covered with drapes.

Even its choice of furniture is very nice as it seemingly add the touch of nature indoors.

The interior reflects a different level of artistry and craftsmanship just like this hallway.

This is one beautiful staircase. Just look at how it towers will grace!

What surround the stairs are these louvers of horizontal and vertical woods that lines it.

And this is the bathroom combining the elegance of white and the natural beauty of wood.

The house is surrounded with natural landscaping. But the added landscape considered sustainability using local species. Its irrigation system uses water collected on green roofs and stored in a large cistern.

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