This quintessential Australian turn-of-the-century home could have been conjured from the pages of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet. Although a single storey home, its age-mellowed brick and iron lace work of the […]

As I unlocked the gate to the sprawling front garden of this Mt Lawley home, the enchantment of reading The Secret Garden swept over me. I was Mary Lennox (again) […]

This stunning two-storey home on Joel Terrace, Mt Lawley could feature in a magazine showcasing cutting-edge modern living. So I was surprised to learn it was built in 1971, the […]

Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado always made me smile—long before I saw overweight and middle-aged June Bronhill portraying a teenage girl and singing “Three Little Maids at School […]

Almost 400 years after the death of the bard, William Shakespeare  still looms large in our everyday language. Who would have thought “he’s eaten me out of house and home” […]

You could see the emotion as the vendor of this Susan Street, Maylands home spoke of his 16 years here. I almost expected him to start patting the fixtures and […]

Britney Spears’ Red is the Colour of My Love ran through my head as I checked out this Collins Street, Yokine home. “Dark as the night, hot as the sun,” […]