A Retro Templestowe Rental, Complete With An Indoor Pool!

Carrissa Leary, proprietor of mid-century home furniture enterprise Hendrix and Willow, loves what she does — just seem at her Templestowe residence! ‘My passion for all matters mid-century does not end when I depart get the job done,’ she suggests. ‘I basically love what I do so a great deal that it flows as a result of into my household.’ 

Carrissa moved into this rental house with her kids Indianah (10) and Saxxon (6) in 2020. Melbourne was in lockdown at the time, so the loved ones had been only equipped to watch the residence on line, but the good news is Carrissa’s instincts ended up spot on. ‘This dwelling was most surely crafted with loved ones in mind, with a parent’s home at a single finish, two bedrooms at the other, and a video games room finish with a designed-in bar,’ she claims. Unbelievably, the household also attributes a heated in-floor pool!

Templestowe’s huge and leafy streets have also develop into a sanctuary for the spouse and children, particularly around the earlier two several years. ‘It feels like I’m coming house to the place every day’ Carrissa says.

Carrissa’s fashion is absolutely in holding with the initial ‘80s design of the home, only she’s taken it to yet another level! What was after an entirely white, brown and gray room is now drenched in 1970s colors, injected by way of classic parts sourced significantly and wide. ‘Most of what you see in my property has been discovered on the internet, offered to me or I have stumbled throughout it on one particular of our several visits interstate to find unique retro furnishings,’ Carrissa says. 

Amongst Carrissa’s favourite pieces are the Featherston Numero modular lounge (‘Its clear lines merged with the vibrant fuchsia coloured upholstery just can make the home pop’) and shag wool rugs in practically each and every place. ‘They are my range just one go to when it comes to incorporating that cosy sense to a room’. 

This vibrant, character-filled house is a testomony to Carrissa’s outstanding sense of design – and proves just what is feasible when it will come to personalising a rental home!