Live, work and play in this stylish Tassie property
The master bedroom suite in this monochromatic home is a showstopper
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There’s nothing standard about this gracious property in Tasmania’s East Launceston that has just hit the market. From the staggered steps leading past an outdoor spa to the front door to the stylish, light-filled interiors and grand master bedroom suite, everything about this three-bedroom home at 48 Mary Street East Launceston has been considered.
Last sold in 2017 for $615,000, it is now on the market for more than twice that price, a reflection of soaring property values across Tasmania. While this property sits well above the Launceston median house price of $770,000, it offers considerable lifestyle benefits, including multiple indoor and outdoor living spaces, two bathrooms and parking for five cars set across 1096sqm.
Designed with a yin-yang floorplan, the two living areas either side of the reception foyer face onto the front veranda. The well-appointed Shaker-style kitchen is finished in black and white – the predominant colour scheme for the house – and leads directly onto the dining area, which is positioned below three raked skylight windows. An additional door to the kitchen leads onto a leafy deck at the rear, providing easy access to a separate laundry and home office.
Perhaps the real showstopper for this property, however, is the master bedroom suite, which includes a spacious ensuite with double shower and vanities off the bedroom. This then leads onto a large, well-lit dressing room, with purpose-built storage for shoes and clothing and glass fronted cabinetry.
The second bedroom overlooking the rear courtyard and deck also includes a dressing room, while bedroom three has a walk-in robe. These additional bedrooms are serviced by a stylish family bathroom complete with freestanding bath as well as double shower and vanities.
Address: 48 Mary Street, East Launceston
Inspection: By appointment
For sale: Offers Over $1,975,000
Agents: Eric Anderson 0412 625 070 and Georgena Fragoulis 03 6333 3600, The Agency, theagency.com.au
This stylish family home combines a classic palette and finishes with a flexible floorplan
Just 55 minutes from Sydney, make this your creative getaway located in the majestic Hawkesbury region.
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The personal wardrobe of the late fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who is credited for introducing punk to fashion and further developing the style, is headed to auction in June.
Christie’s will hold the live sale in London on June 25, while some of the pieces will be available in an online auction from June 14-28, according to a news release from the auction house on Monday.
Andreas Kronthaler, Westwood’s husband and the creative director for her eponymous fashion company, selected the clothing, jewellery, and accessories for the sale, and the auction will benefit charitable organisations The Vivienne Foundation, Amnesty International, and Médecins Sans Frontières.
The more than 200 lots span four decades of Westwood’s fashion, dating to Autumn/Winter 1983-84, which was one of Westwood’s earliest collections. Titled “Witches,” the collection was inspired by witchcraft as well as Keith Haring’s “graphic code of magic symbols,” and the earliest piece being offered from it is a two-piece ensemble made of navy blue serge, according to the release.
“Vivienne Westwood’s sense of activism, art and style is embedded in each and every piece that she created,” said Adrian Hume-Sayer, the head of sale and director of Private & Iconic Collections at Christie’s.
A corset gown of taupe silk taffeta from “Dressed to Scale,” Autumn/Winter 1998-99, will also be included in the sale. The collection “referenced the fashions that were documented by the 18th century satirist James Gillray and were intended to attract as well as provoke thought and debate,” according to Christie’s.
Additionally, a dress with a blue and white striped blouse and a printed propaganda modesty panel and apron is a part of the wardrobe collection. The dress was a part of “Propaganda,” Autumn/Winter 2005-06, Westwood’s “most overtly political show” at the time. It referenced both her punk era and Aldous Huxley’s essay “Propaganda in a Democratic Society,” according to Christie’s.
The wardrobe collection will be publicly exhibited at Christie’s London from June 14-24.
“The pre-sale exhibition and auctions at Christie’s will celebrate her extraordinary vision with a selection of looks that mark significant moments not only in her career, but also in her personal life,” Hume-Sayer said. “This will be a unique opportunity for audiences to encounter both the public and the private world of the great Dame Vivienne Westwood and to raise funds for the causes in which she so ardently believed.”
Westwood died in December 2022 in London at the age of 81.
This stylish family home combines a classic palette and finishes with a flexible floorplan
Just 55 minutes from Sydney, make this your creative getaway located in the majestic Hawkesbury region.
