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| The lovely gate with apartments on each side of the walkway |
The building was a former clothing factory in the 1920's, later transformed into small apartments - on one side with 3 floors (2 bedrooms) and on the other side 2 floors (1 bedroom).
They are modelled in the New York style loft apartments, with the high ceilings which give the apartments a sense of space and lots of light.
These conversions are becoming quite fashionable in the Fremantle area as well, with the remodelling of old warehouses and factories.
This particular apartment belongs to a lady who is the national president of the Design Institute of Australia (DIA), and accordingly very artistically decorated as you can see in these photos.
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| The walkway separating the entrances on the left and right of the building |
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| The walkway - looking up |
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| The little entrance courtyard - just enough for some greenery |
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| The full wall of windows in the lounge looking through to the courtyard |
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| The lounge with double height ceilings and all that light! |
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| Here you can see part of the tiny kitchen and dining room beyond and another small courtyard |
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| The bedroom with build in robes and windows above with the soaring ceiling. There was an en-suite next to it |
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| The tiny courtyard at the rear by the dining room, seen from the bedroom |
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| The tiny rear courtyard |
Nice, but really small, especially the kitchen - as bad as ours...
ReplyDeleteWith Transperth being quite easy I think I´d prefer a suburb...
I agree Iris, I also prefer more space...
ReplyDeleteO Open House é uma ideia fantástica, mas eu deixei passar o de Lisboa e não visitei nada... Adoro esse lounge com a enorme parede de vidro e toda essa luz.
ReplyDeleteTambem foi o que mais gostei naquela casinha, aquela luz toda, poder ver-se o sol, a lua, as estrelas...
DeleteI love "open houses" and seeing what architects do with space and light. Conversions are often more "artistic" than newly built spaces, and I'm having a lot of fun lately seeing what is done to convert old village houses in my French village (where we just moved to this summer). We've been inside several now and I love how personal and creative the spaces become. Quite a challenge when you deal with buildings from the 16th century! Our own little house is only 30 years old, but needs some work too. Great pictures!
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, thanks for the visit. There were a few more "remodelled" houses on show but I didn't get time to see them during "Open House" but I also think they look more artistic than new built houses. Our house is from the Seventies and we did a lot of remodelling, hard work!!
DeleteI love the light and the size of the rooms. Wonderful green plants. Looks like a nice place to live.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit Gunn. The apartment is in a lovely suburb.
ReplyDeleteI see you are from Stavanger, I have friends who just moved there from Perth.
So good to see your shots of the open house weekend Sami, can't belive I missed it while in Sydney :) Would have loved to see these apartments.. Next year :)
ReplyDeleteThey had a few "remodeled" apartments that I wanted to see, but unfortunately I didn't have time for it all, as I only had 1 day for the visits, so hopefully next year I'll be able to do those visits if they're still on the list.
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