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Stephen Crafti is a specialist in contemporary design, including architecture, furniture, fashion and decorative arts.

The design secrets behind this award-winning Sydney house

The design secrets behind this award-winning Sydney house

What started as two simple apartments in an arts and crafts building in Sydney has become an award-winning home for a couple with two young children.

  • by Stephen Crafti

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This pint-sized Chippendale terrace is as edgy, exciting and brave as a Stanley Kubrick film

This pint-sized Chippendale terrace is as edgy, exciting and brave as a Stanley Kubrick film

In transforming it, the architect threw caution to the wind and let inspiration bubble to the surface. The result is simply brilliant.

  • by Stephen Crafti
Designer homeware that does more than just look good

Designer homeware that does more than just look good

The pull of Alessi has lured famous architects and designers to put their stamp on products such as kettles, bowls and juice squeezer, adding another layer to their value.

  • by Stephen Crafti
Homes from the ’80s scream for attention, but this river gem is different

Homes from the ’80s scream for attention, but this river gem is different

A 40-odd-year-old home overlooking inner Melbourne’s Yarra couldn’t be more at odds with the ‘greed is good’ reputation of the 1980s.

  • by Stephen Crafti
Late architect Guilford Bell knew how to draw a crowd … and the money

Late architect Guilford Bell knew how to draw a crowd … and the money

Bell’s Hallows House in Toorak exemplifies the interest in well-preserved period homes that – like art – come with provenance.

  • by Stephen Crafti
Why luxury watches can be worth the investment

Why luxury watches can be worth the investment

Statement watches have grown in popularity, as has the thirst for vintage watches. 

  • by Stephen Crafti
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How a 1960s orange-brick warehouse became a home with steel that resembles fabric

How a 1960s orange-brick warehouse became a home with steel that resembles fabric

Architect Stephen Jolson has transformed a 1960s warehouse into a spectacular home.

  • by Stephen Crafti
How a Robin Boyd house came to the rescue of a working couple

How a Robin Boyd house came to the rescue of a working couple

Ember House in suburban Melbourne has brought one couple’s competing dream to life.

  • by Stephen Crafti
Overcoming heritage controls to design award-winning home

Overcoming heritage controls to design award-winning home

Heritage areas such as Albert Park can be tough places to design anything with a contemporary whiff.

  • by Stephen Crafti
Ever wanted to dress like Hugh Jackman? Now you can

Ever wanted to dress like Hugh Jackman? Now you can

Some of Australian TV and film’s most iconic costumes are going to auction this week, including clothes worn by Hugh Jackman, Toni Collette and Nicole Kidman

  • by Stephen Crafti
Enter this spectacular home via the stand-alone lift shaft on the street, please!

Enter this spectacular home via the stand-alone lift shaft on the street, please!

Visitors to the once-dilapidated fisherman’s cottage in Birchgrove, with spectacular Parramatta River views, enter via a stand-alone lift shaft on the street.

  • by Stephen Crafti

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