Mid Century Scandawegian

So what's our style?

This is something that we have been developing for a long time. Tom and I have been together for over 6 years now and we know each other very well. We also know what we like and we know what we like together. 

We love wood, glass and steel. We love simply clean lines, minimalist sensibilities and neutral tones. Some of you may have guessed at our love affair with Mid Century Modern design. Whilst you wouldn't know it from our humble (and cluttered) unit, we really are modernists at heart. 

Hans Wegner Round Chair

Targa 5 point Light - Beacon Lighting

The look we are trying to achieve is probably best summed up as "Mid Century Scandawegian". (That's a total "Tomism" by the way.)

We love Frank Lloyd Wright (check out Fallingwater), Hans Wegner and generally all things Danish (even their smoked cheddar and salami). Tom's great grandmother "Blanche" (what an awesome name) was Danish - maybe that's where it comes from. Either way I would love to have 6 Wegner chairs around a Sean Dix glass table.  The use of organic materials, concrete, stone, steel and glass really applies to us. With so much of our house being new, we want to obtain (beg, borrow, steal and buy) items that have a history, as well as being able to work with everything else in our house. However, since my 6 Wegner chairs would cost around $3,600, I might just have to settle for one. Or maybe one at a time.

We didn't have this in mind when we went through another display home as few weekends ago, however we were promptly reminded.  The house had been decked out in all things mid century, even down to the Wegner round chairs, Barcelona lounge chairs and bright yellow laminex and slate styled flooring. We were in heaven. I may have even convinced Tom that we need the chairs - again though, probably only one at a time. 

Disclosing the Facts

We've had a little hiccup in the process the last few weeks or so. There is a difference between a Disclosure Plan and a Survey Plan. The NBN (National Broadband Network - fibre optic rather than asynchronous digital subscriber line or ADSL (yes I'm a geek) ) was one of the differences for us. Sewer lines, power boxes and lines, even street lights were listed on our plan, but the NBN was not.

On one of our weekly outings to the block we came across a Communications pit installed by the lovely chaps at Telstra, right where our driveway should be. Now this doesn't sound too pleasant and from a structural point of view it's not. If the pit remained we would need to have it reinforced to allow car rather than pedestrian traffic. We'd have to apply to council for the privilege (and payment) and then find a nice way of covering it up. All of this would naturally cost more money. It's a song I'm hearing a lot lately.

However, our Developer is awesome! He had a meeting with Telstra and the box has been moved. And not at our expense.

The visit on the weekend confirmed the relocation. We have survey pegs in, top soil and grass seed, a lovely light post overlooking our front yard. The land is set to be sent to council for approval! Can't wait to be real land owners!