Visiting as one of many potential buyers during an open house, @mariathattil remembers being struck with 'that' feeling when she found her Melbourne home.
And what a home she is. “Yep, she’s a ‘her’. And I’ve poured so much love into her. I started renovations while the settlement period passed and moved in March while they finished, which was tough, but I’ve loved watching the changes come to life,” she says.
When Maria got that feeling at the open house earlier this year, she was right. The house would become her home – and understanding the difference between the two has become essential to her aesthetic ethos. “It’s in the ‘lived in’ details. Photos of your loved ones. Crinkles in your sheets and folds in the throw hanging over your couch. Quirky accents of colour and trinkets that might not make sense to someone else, but they move you. It’s ‘lived in’ details that tell a story of the person who lives and loves within its walls.”
Photography by @ameliastanwix & styling by @becksimonstylist. ✨