The other day I saw this garden wall .
It looks like mowing the lawn could be dangerous!
I certainly wouldn’t like to catch my ankle on that sharp piece of brick.
A few years ago a kiln fused brick like this would be called a reject and sent to the tip.
Now its a premium product, which some people are paying top dollar for to get that “Rustic” Look.
Over a week I would probably visit between 150 – 200 homes.
That’s a lot of door bells pushed……..and if the bell doesn’t work it can be a lot of sore knuckles knocking.
The bell push in the picture above, seems to me, to be most often found at houses where the doorbell doesn’t work.
If you are looking for a doorbell push I couldn’t honestly recommend this one!
On a lighter note here is a different sort of door bell, that worked first time.
The owner must like it after all it would have cost them extra………… So what is wrong with it?
Am I just being a ratbag?…… or have I got it right?
Can you see the garage?
Not just one, but two!
Perhaps this second photo helps
This is a device called a Cardok which I hear is coming to Australia.
Its quite expensive at around $60,000 each, but probably cheaper than having a basement garage with ramp. It also would probably be easier to fit in a tight city block.
NB I have not been paid to promote this product I included it because it seems an interesting idea.
It’s not in Middle Earth, or even New Zealand, it’s in Florida.
The Building, called the Dune House, is actually two apartments that were designed by William Morgan in 1975.
To find our more including internal photos visit the enpundit.com website.
Not sure?….Does this picture help?
For some more photographs see FACTSPY.NET
One of the things I like about Australia is that once you get Development Approval on a new subdivision you can pretty much put up any type of house you like.
You can walk around an area and see a Hacienda, a French Chateau, a California Bungalow all in the same street.
It makes every street seems different and interesting.
This is not like the UK where you walk round some large estates and every house looks boringly similar.
The trouble is that some people love a particular look that doesn’t go with the location.
This house would be great in an inner city site like South Melbourne, or Paddington in Sydney where it would be in the middle of a terrace of similar houses.
It just looks lost by itself on a 1/4 acres outer suburban block, and the enormous garage just adds to the sense of incongruousness.
I don’t understand them because:
Think some of the builders facades are a bit plain?…..How about this?
For more photos of this and to find out more visit Blank White Box on the dornob.com web site.
I have occasionally put a statue in the garden,
Normally one of those slightly abstract figures, or a Budda, from Bunnings……..but nothing like this:
It might not be to everyone’s taste but I’m sure the owner loves it, and it made me to notice it, so its done its job!
It is in a garden in Queen Street, Sebastopol, near Ballarat, Victoria.
