things i'm loving . . . 'the mighty Queenslander'

Greetings all,
I have always been a big fan of the stunning Queenslander style of home.  To me it's architecture at it's most functional & stand out beautiful.  It's not an entirely unique style of home to suit tropical/ sub tropical climates, similar styles are found around the equator, but in Queensland, they reign supreme.  My husband patiently stopped the car every few hundred metres along the 'Moreton Bay Tourist Drive' around the Sandgate-Redcliffe area, north of Brisbane, so i could take these snaps.  Poor bloke, with me thrusting my breasts across him to lean out his window to snap yet another image of a house.  He wasn't complaining, tee hee. 

 Look at the stairs, the balcony, the gates!!

 Clever way of controlling the breeze, with shutters.

 These are all along the foreshore, nothing blocking their view of the beach across the road.

 So many different ways with paint colour combinations . . .

 & stunning gardens!!

 Even multi level Queenslanders don't look McMansion, just grand!!

 I think the wrap around verandah is a must though.

 Why not buy one today??

 Add a jacaranda tree, it's the perfect family home.

Then there are monoliths of buildings like this, all i could think was "too much money" & the old cliche of "money doesn't buy you style".  I'm sure the owners LOVE it & have amazing views, but me, i'm old school quaint, i'd pick a Queenslander with a verandah & a rocking chair, every time.  The homestead we're designing will be based on a ground level Queenslander (raised country houses seem to have more snake sitings, eeek) as it's all about French doors & that wrap around verandah for me.  Oh & a breezeway (an external hallway between 2 buildings of the same house) which my husband isn't sold on.  Honestly, he just has to say you find more snakes in breezeways & i'd scrap it from the design!! 
To see what other people are loving this Friday, take a peek at PaisleyJade, love Posie

my creative space 'my handmade husband'

Greetings all,
What a whirlwind week for my husband.  As if coming home from war straight to a family funeral wasn't dramatic enough . . . a Monday morning meeting with our accountant readjusted his discharge plans.  See, soldiers aren't paid much but they do get reduced rent Army housing, which helps as they move us interstate every couple of years (it would be difficult to keep buying & selling your family home!!) but you lose this housing the day you discharge.  While we still dream of a farm & a Queenslander style family home in the country . . . by putting off the discharge for a year, we can chose land, plan the home properly, so when he does discharge, we move straight into our own home, no rent (rent is impossible for a family of 6 + dog in Canberra or surrounds!!)  Yippee, smooth transition from his career for everyone.

My husband is on leave from soldiering & busy doing all those manly things like fiddling with cars, tidying the garage & planning the Summer restoration of the garden (we're putting down new grass) . . . the family car is getting the bull bar fixed from when that kangaroo leapt in front of me (sorry Skip) . . . & making badges for me!!  Voila, over 200 badges today & counting, just in time for my little Brindabella Market tomorrow.  He'll join me at the market (he heard there was going to be a BBQ) so we can chat between customers & be helpful by carrying heavy things.  Sounds like a pretty lovely day, ahhh, love my husband!! 
Happy Creative Spacing everyone, love Posie
PS anyone else love a Queenslander style home . . . verandah all the way around the outside, bull nose roofing, a breezeway, open doors & curtains blowing in the breeze, cows on green grass, can't see your neighbours, full on market vegetable garden . . . carried away??  Me??  Never!!