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Weatherboard homes: three looks (that aren’t Hamptons!)

June 20, 2018 1 Comment

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Australia’s love affair with the weatherboard look can be seen in many of our historic and most popular styles – from the Queenslander to coastal and new, contemporary designs.

ā€œWeatherboard is extremely versatile and is embedded in Australian home design. Traditionally, timber has been the go-to, but today, we have more advanced options, like Linea Weatherboard, which open up new design possibilities for personal style to shine through,ā€ says Steve Pisani, national builder business manager, Scyon Walls.

Here, Steve offers his top tips for achieving three of the most authentic Aussie home designs with cladding:

Contemporary

Combining a mixture of materials when building or renovating allows homeowners to increase visual interest, add personality and make the style of the home their own. Often built to create an immediate impact, these stand-out designs can be softened to suit suburban surrounds with the addition of more traditional materials like weatherboard.

Most modern contemporary designs use a number of types of cladding. Linea Weatherboard is narrow with clean lines and deep shadows. The smooth texture and square profile boards provide crisp definition and can be painted any colour for a contemporary look. For larger expanses use the 180mm boards to create a larger feel and scale down to the 150mm in smaller areas to enhance the perception of space.

The mix of materials can add to the functionality of a home while instilling a strong sense of individual style and character to the home.

Coastal

The main elements of the coastal style mirror the beach itself, light, breezy and open. Choose a colour palette of whites, creams, greys and blues that reflect the hues of the beach and add to the easy-going, simple feel. The architecture of the house should accentuate the view and blur the line between the indoors and outdoors. When designing the home, opt for large, open-plan rooms with many windows and skylights, to allow sunshine to flood in and create clear sightlines to the outdoors.

If the house is located in a coastal area, selecting materials that can withstand the harsh climate is vital. Linea Weatherboard is able to achieve the deep shadow line look of traditional timber options without the maintenance, as it is less prone to flaking, warping or swelling, and isĀ resistant to fire and damage from termites and moisture.

The Queenslander

Developed in the 1840s, the uniquely Australian Queenslander is a design response to the sub-tropical climate of north-eastern Australia. Today we see modern interpretations of the classic Queenslander style with elements including elevated spaces, heritage detailing and partially enclosed verandas that extend the indoor living space and provide relief from lengthy, warm summer days.

When building elevated homes, keeping the weight of building materials to a minimum is key. Choose light timber frames with weatherboard look cladding to achieve the classic aesthetic and functionality of the Queenslander. Linea Weatherboards are lightweight and easy to install, making a crisp, clean timber look quick and easy to achieve.

The Scyonā„¢ brand is owned by James Hardie Technologiesā„¢ Ltd and was invented in the research and development facility at James Hardie Rosehill, NSW. Launched in 2006, Scyon products are made from sand, cement and cellulose. Scyon is manufactured at plants in Rosehill, NSW, Carole Park, QLD and Penrose in Auckland, New Zealand.

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A big fat NOPE! šŸ’§ 

Which is why we have recently covered ours with a Caesarstone top (thanks to @justinplace_sydney for the advice and supply) and the sweet RELIEF of not having to worry about this high traffic area anymore, I'm telling you!šŸ¤—

Doesn't matter what they tell you or how many times it's sealed, I'm not sure it's a great idea in a room which is so, well, wet!

I love having the warmth of timber in the bathroom and it's a beautiful piece, but timber on the top? Never again.

Ours probably lasted a year (if that) before it started to go downhill (and we want a good decade out of a bathroom, right?!). 2.5 years on, everything else in this bathroom looks virtually brand new and the water marked vanity top was really letting the side down and making me sad!

But I'm so pleased with this solution, I have to say! Took the plumber less than an hour to remove the sink, install the top and connect the sink back up. We didn't need to move the tap and it isn't too close to the basin.

The kids are allowed to brush their teeth and wash their hands (liquid soap 🄓) in here again and I can leave my hair straightener on there with gay abandon šŸ˜†

The reflective surface (which I can clean with whatever I like!šŸ’ŖšŸ») brightens the room up too!

Next week I'll tell you what I really think of my brass tile trim too šŸ˜‰

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āœ”ļø I'm English šŸ“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æ and I moved here (just for one year) back in 2008šŸ˜† 

āœ”ļø I can't end the day without a bath, even if I get home really late or on a really hot day. It's a mental health thing and my happy place. šŸ› 

āœ”ļø Before becoming a blogger and running my own small business, I was a journalist from the age of 18. My favourite news gathering times were as a newspaper crime reporter (bit different to interiors!) šŸ““ 

āœ”ļø I once worked at New Scotland Yard in London šŸš” 

āœ”ļøI had an interview at Oxford (didn't get in!) but chose not to go to uni at all after being offered a job on the local paper #universityoflife 😁

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āœ”ļø I have zero design qualifications. I just started blogging about my passion, which is trying to persuade everyone to #heartyourhome That was 11 years ago...

āœ”ļø My favourite tipple is a good GnT oršŸ· 

āœ”ļø Cheesy as it sounds, šŸ’ā€ā™€ļøbeing a mum is my absolute biggest joy in life šŸ§’šŸ‘¦

āœ”ļø I will never give up my old school paper diary! Has to be A5 and week to view šŸ“– 

āœ”ļø My official surname isn't Bishop. I kept my maiden name for work after I got married but changed it for everything else. Often confuse myself!

āœ”ļø I didn't get my Ps until I was 37 and I'm still a terrible parker 😯 šŸ…æļø

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I've lost track of how many baskets I've thrown out because they've gone soggy or mouldy. They look pretty, sure, but they're not fit for purpose and they're often messy and overflowing.

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The Rolls Royce of laundry bins? I think so šŸ‘ŒšŸ»

TOLD you this was going to be exciting!

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