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See all 15 stories . Inspiration abounds, both in the cabinets of curiosities within this eco-built house and the bushland outside. Kate Holden and Tim Flannery in the open-plan living area, where they like to entertain.
It is filled with books, plants and numerous op-shop finds. Suspended above them is a wooden-framed canoe handcrafted by Peter Ingram-Jones. Credit: Jennifer Soo The home A new steel-framed, timber house featuring recycled materials, set under the Illawarra escarpment with views to the ocean.
Loading Who lives here Kate Holden, an author, Tim Flannery, an environmental scientist and author, and their son Coleby Holden, aged 10. What we did “We demolished a small, uninhabitable fibro shack and rebuilt on challenging terrain, high above the road and over a creek,” says Holden, who took responsibility for the interior design. Favourite room For Flannery, it’s the lounge room.
“It sits beneath a handcrafted canoe-lampshade, is full of books, mementos and music, has a fireplace and is often filled with our friends,” he says. Advertisement The ’hood “We have forest, seaside, sweet houses, great shops and an amazing community of artists, thinkers, innovators, scientists and activists,�.
