Home Remodelling & Renovation

Enter the swinging '60s, where Minimalism and Modernism continue.
A-frame houses, exposed-beam ceilings, architecture-designed project homes, courtyard
houses and clinker houses were en vogue.
Exposed structural concrete, pavilion-style architecture, sliding internal timber wall panels,
steel framed windows, stegbar aluminium sliding doors were all the rage.
The '60s palette had brights in block red, orange, teal, turquoise, purple, lime, emerald.
Architects big in this decade included Joern Utzon, Bryce Mortlock, Ken Woolley, Philip Cox,
Leslie Walford, and decorators like Reg Riddell and Raymond Splatt.
THE SEVENTIES: 1968-1977
Moving into the '70s, we welcome split-level design. Exposed-beam ceilings and architectdesigned
project homes were still, big but now there are Moorish influences that celebrate
embellishment, along with Spanish and Mexican influences.
Indoor/outdoor flow became an important design factor, and there was an inner-city
terrace revival.
Recycling building materials gained traction, and IKEA popularises with, flat-pack and flatpack
kitchens becoming exciting projects.
Palettes of this era were earthy and warm, including spice colours such as turmeric,
cinnamon, nutmeg, paprika. Earth and ochre shades were also big.
This decade saw white walls that had punches of bright colour…lime, red, cobalt blue, and
40 shades of beige.