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Wow the glass bathroom wall must be fun at parties. Why isn't the artwork hung on the walls though? It would look so much better, I rekon, especially getting it off the back of the couch. Has anyone considered the possibility the tortoise gets out and roams around on the parquet for excercise? Let's hope so.

So citrus fresh! There is something about a yellow kitchen that Iis so appealing!! I am biased on this one as the zesty colour palette is the same as I have in my home. Obviously you have great taste ;)

Woo Hoo!!! Just wow. Congratulations too, on providing a look that has the majority of the commenters piping up to say that they wouldn't live there. Who cares?! It's so great to see a home tailored to the resident's tastes, not catering to perceived resale value or what the herd deems acceptable, but a dream home for Miss Pancake. Love Love Love. Now if I could just put a yellow sofa in the lounge and change the wardrobe handles in the bedroom, it would be my dream home too! Would love to see more of this amazing space including bathroom and fishtank.

Just so beautiful. No clutter, no junk, no things for the sake of having things, so lovely and relaxing. The floors add warmth and the white is perfect for the climate. I like the way it challenges notions of how much we "need" in our homes. Love it!

Just being boys from my hometown is almost enough to get a vote, but the bright yellow front door seals it. Big pictures in small rooms - a great decorating trick, love it. One minor thing to improve would be to just put one more bunch of glads into each vase to just add a little more fullness. Love the cozy sheepskin on the couch to snuggle up with. Go Melbourne!

Lovely and airy and open, beautiful palette and restrained decor, but then I read you wanted to spoil it all by getting the most cliched of all design cliches, the Eames Lounge Chair and ottoman! Please don't do it! Noooooo!!!!!

The kitchen itself is really lovely and the open feel is such an improvement - but for me the great slab of toxic and ugly OSB as a feature beam between the kitchen and living room - it just cheapens the rest of the beautiful renovation. A reclaimed timber beam (or even a fresh new timber one for that matter) or a steel reinforcement would look so much better!

Gorgeous house, so fresh and bright and clean! Favourite features: the deep plum colour of the stair risers, the contrast of the simple modern table and benches with the epic two storey mantlepiece in the dining room - and the dark ceiling in that room too. And the canary yellow front door. Love it. You're very brave having the pristine white sofa and chairs! So lovely.

Minimalist. I'd rather have a few sumptuous pieces than a lot of cluttery stuff. Minimalist does not have to be hard edged, cold or clinical. I adore the Japanese and Scandinavian ways of decorating. Clean, clutter free and the use of natural materials bringing warmth to the living space. Gorgeous!

I think "More Is Less" - less relaxing, less focus on each piece, less tidy. Cozy can cross the line to busy very easily!

Interesting article, but the lead paragraph asks us why colour and minimalism seem mutually exclusive, then the question is not addressed any further anywhere through the article. I would be very interested to read more about this initial point as my home is both minimalist, there is not a lot of "stuff" in it, but the few pieces are in strong simple colours.

The two pictures at the head of the article show the divide. White, spare, few pieces, clean lines OR lots of colour, lots of pattern, lots of texture, lots of furniture. Why is there so little that combines the simplicity and less is more feeling of the first with at least one or two of the strong colours of the second. Why one or the other not both? Why is minimalism monochromatic and unable to break away from that?

I thought that was what the article was going to be about from the introduction, and while the article was undoubtedly interesting, it certainly did not discuss or pose possible answers to the first fascinating question it raises. More please!