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My kitchen is tiny. Imagine the smallest kitchen you can and then size down – that’s my kitchen. But it amazes me what it can do and the meals that come out of it. While it may not be a place where everyone can gather – there is really only room for one cook at a time – it’s still the heart of our home. Maybe the stomach of the home is more accurate! We gather around the dining table to prepare meals – due to the very limited bench space, the table serves as a workspace for peeling, chopping, measuring and mixing. During the day, it might become a place for homework or a few hours of work from home for me. But come dinner time, all that is…
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MOVEABLE FEAST With a rich history spanning over 100 years, The Bowmont in Franklin, Tasmania, has been a bank, a hospital and an antiques store. Today, it’s enjoying its current chapter as a country home, accommodation and workshop space under the ownership of Michelle and Leo Crawford. “I’ve always loved the building,” says Michelle. “It has a really beautiful energy when you walk in.” The main open-plan dining space and its adjoining scullery houses a number of moveable workbenches that can be rearranged as needed, as well as two stoves and a deep farmhouse sink. “We used a mix of new and vintage pieces to create an original and practical kitchen,” says Michelle, who won’t hear a bad word about the original “divisive” gum blossom-motif tiles. “I love them, they’re…
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A creative retreat full of writers, stylists and photographers, held on a farm in rural New South Wales in 2019, sparked a change in Kasturi Wren. At the time, her life looked a little different. She was living in Sydney’s Inner West, with a “very demanding, consuming” legal career and had been in a long-term relationship since her early 20s. She’d done everything she felt she was supposed to do. “I was following a path that I didn’t question much. Coming from a Tamil Sri Lankan background, we were often expected to be a lawyer or doctor,” says Kasturi, 43. “I also found myself deep in the practices of a very conservative, fundamental Christian religion that dictated nearly every aspect of my life.” A yearning to explore her artistic side…
