Another Floreat mid-century marvel is on the market!

We don’t care if we’re a cliché at this point! We see a mid-century home, we’re interested – and this one’s gorg.

Located on Floreat’s leafy Clanmel Road (just around the corner from some of our favourites, it’s the heart of mid-century territory, surely?), the home was originally built in the early ’60s – designed by renowned Western Australian architect Marshall Waller Clifton, it was even featured in The West Australian in 1964 and Australian Home Beautiful in 1966!

At the time, it was noted by writer Eric Wilson how the home’s form was influenced by Georgian architecture:

“The house he designed splendidly captures the Georgian feeling with modern materials, and today’s ways of using them. […] But in the process nothing of the Georgian character was sacrificed – outwardly. From the street, the carefully-proportioned, shuttered windows and doors, veranda, posts and balcony take the familiar form.”

Nowadays, the distinctively mid-century use of concrete and Besser bricks arguably overshadows the home’s Georgian influence – but given our obsession with mid-century homes, that’s no bad thing!

Inside, of course… There’s no question. It’s mid-century through-and-through!

Owned by the same family since it was originally built, each detail has been lovingly preserved – from the timber beams and “spaghetti” acoustic ceiling panels, to the louvered timber walls that separate the entry’s lounge from the living room.

(This lounge is also where you’ll spy the raised platform – currently utilised as a study nook, it was originally designed as a music alcove for the family’s piano.)

The open-plan living and dining room is really where mid-century enthusiasts will be in love. After all, who wouldn’t be in love after seeing that parquetry floor, or those huge sliding, timber-framed doors?

If you’re looking at the dining area, you can’t miss that stunning built-in timber sideboard – neatly enclosing a very cute hatch that connects to the adjoining kitchen.

While one of the home’s four bedrooms is on the ground floor, the remaining three form the entirety of the upstairs level – and each opens directly onto the long balcony overlooking the established, tree-filled front garden.

(Upstairs is also where you’ll find this perfectly pink bathroom! Downstairs, we’re obsessed with the turmeric-toned tile paired with powder-blue pedestal sink… Literally a flawless colour combo if you ask us.)

Fallen in love? Check out the listing for 39 Clanmel Road here.

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Image credits: Crib Creative