Mamma mia! We’re in love with this retro Italian home in the heart of Freo
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With more than a dash of retro charm and plenty of influence from Italia, we’re feeling molto bene about this High Street home.
Let’s take a little peek inside, thanks to our friends at Crib Creative.
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Overlooking Monument Hill Memorial Reserve, the front of the home is fairly typical of the area, with timbered gables and squat Tuscan columns flanking the covered porch. However, a peek around the corner reveals an impressive turret with shuttered windows, inspired by the architecture of Sicily’s Castell’Umberto. Now that’s amore!
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Inside the four bedroom, three bathroom home, there are plenty of features across its three levels that are familiar to any fans of Australia’s retro Italian-inspired architecture – a style known more formally as Late Twentieth Century Immigrants’ Nostalgic style architecture. (Remember Vic Park’s Italo-disco mecca of maximalism?)
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We’re talkin’ archways everywhere you turn! We’re talkin’ maximalist tiles! We’re talkin’ amber glass windows! And the quintessential, classic suburban garden of fence-to-fence brown brick paving – except for a grapevine growing along the fence rail, of course.
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The kitchen is where a number of these retro elements come together in a practically intoxicating combination of orange laminate, matching orange tiles, copper range hood, timber laminate cabinetry and multiple archways.
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Just imagine, whipping together a quick pasta alla Norma for your dinner guests while they perch at the bar, sipping on a Bicicletta or three. Bellissimo!
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While many would rush to update the bathrooms, we’ll be honest – we’re quite charmed by the lily pad tiles and the rather sweet arched mirror and window surrounds.
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Ready for another Bicicletta? Perhaps a negroni? The formal lounge has its own bar, with a very funky mid-century stack bond brown brick feature wall.
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Feeling the la dolce vita vibes? Check out 216 High Street’s listing here.
Image credit: Crib Creative