It seems like there are so many things that could not be tolerated about this house but one of the worst features was surely the rustic brick feature wall. Dominating the room with all its textured hideousness, it even mimicked the wooden dado with a seemingly pointless horizontal line of end on bricks sticking out about 1 " across the width at chest height. built into this was an equally demanding structure designed to hold wood and support Audio/visual junk. A very early decision was to replace this and we happened to have some spare cash after the house purchase and found ourselves in the bespoke tile area of Church St Richmond. After being blown away by some awesome cut stone tiles, we decided on this bluestone with aerated inclusions. Some of the bubbles have quartzite accumulations like mini olivine bombs that look like fossils.
We finally saved enough money to have the tiles installed by a guy from Colac who did an awesome job. He utilized a laser to line up the tiles and convinces us to stagger the vertical grout lines which gave the installation a much more dynamic appearance than simple grid lines.
You will also notice the new wood heater. The old one was too big, both visually and in terms of economy. After perusing some sexy (and expensive) scandinavian designs, we found this (Kemlan Tempostack) which is much more discreet and less folksy.
We are so happy with the wall, especially as it echoes the walls of the mighty NGV by Roy Grounds.
Just like the great hall, hours of fun are to be had, lying on the floor staring at the wall, reading its patterns.
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