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25.01.2022 At Designful weve been thinking about shacks. Most of us have had positive experiences with shacks, those weekender sheds and the like, whether you are renting... one for the weekend or you are lucky enough to own one. For most people it is an escape, a retreat from modern day life, an important breath of fresh air from the fast pace of life. But weve started to wonder, what is it about shacks and retreats that make us feel so regenerated? There are many possible aspects, the act of travelling somewhere different, the shift in environment, the weather. But we think there is also something else, its a place where we allow ourselves to relax, a place where we allow ourselves to not get too distracted by technology and reconnect with our environment. We go fishing, we read a book on the deck, we have barbecues, we have campfires at night or we even do absolutely nothing. Its simple living at its best. So why is it that our homes cant empower us to live this way? Why do we have to get away from our homes to relax? There could be many reasons, but perhaps part of it is that our homes are too complex. No matter who you are, most of us on every other weekend spend our time organising the house, cleaning or clearing out the garage or the spare room. All that simple life goodness of the shack can sometimes get easily lost. Our ability to tolerate imperfection and happily making do gets suspended once we lock the door of the shack and drive away. Why is that? Perhaps we need to recognise that there are values in shack design that we should be including in our homes. Things like smaller kitchens, one bathroom, just enough space that we can all fit but it takes less than 15 minutes to vacuum the house! There are many complex aspects to our lives, perhaps our homes shouldnt be one of them. #enoughoverexcess #designful #smallhomes #designfulstudio See more

23.01.2022 Jarrah deck and screen finished!

22.01.2022 First job back from holidays!

22.01.2022 A little work shop extension for Lindsey Wherrett Ceramics.

21.01.2022 Cat enclosure finished!

20.01.2022 Are you after a well designed building, without the custom design fees? Something small and humble, but thoroughly thought out, and lets be honest: beautifu...l. (See our stories for a walkthrough of one of our favourite small buildings @coalvalleystudio!) Perhaps a pre-designed small home or building would work for you? Well we do that too! Were so excited to formally introduce you to HOMEFUL. Our pre-designed HOMEFUL homes are: stress-free, flexible, cost effective, and have reduced time-frames. They have been designed with environmental impact, affordability, enoughness, and user well-being front of mind. Pop one in your backyard, have the grandparents move in, rent it to a friend, or use it as a teenagers (or parents!) retreat. OR buy a block of land with friends and build multiple! We believe communal living and land sharing is the future, and we love clients who come up with creative uses for their land. (If youre after something bigger, we have 1 and 2 bedroom options as well.) Pop over to @homefulbydesignful for more info on our pre-designed, pre-thought-out, pre-priced options. #enoughness #humble #connection #stressfree #dreamlifestyle #userwellbeing See more

19.01.2022 Meet our Homeful designs! Introducing the Shelter // One Bedroom. The ultimate pad for connecting with the outside world, and celebrating the relaxed Tassie lif...estyle. Stats // 1 indoor space for living + sleeping. 1 semi-indoor bathroom. 1 outdoor kitchen. 1 large living deck. All in a neat 72.3m2 footprint which includes 25.8m2 ofindoor space. #youcantbeatnature #homefulbydesignful #livemindfully #enoughness #tassielife #liveoutside #smallhome #makeahome #homefultasmania #smallhomefulllife #designandbuild #onebedroom #homefulshelter

19.01.2022 I think I need a bigger van!!

18.01.2022 We've had a number of recent requests to provide retrospective building permits for illegal buildings on recently-bought properties. Unfortunately, our powers a...re rather limited in this regard and what's usually needed is the services of a building designer, an engineer, quite often some tradies, possibly a builder, and then a building surveyor, and finally the council. All with their own fees and time availabilities so there's very little chance it can be done cheaply let along by next Thursday. Which usually leaves the new owner feeling somewhat crushed and us feeling like ogres. Luckily, you can find out before you buy whether there's illegal building work on a property by getting a Form 51 Building Certificate from the council. A Form 51 requires the council to reconcile what's on site with what's on record and confirms they won't be taking enforcement action. If they find there is illegal building work on the property, then you can use this to negotiate a buying price that covers the costs of retrospective approval. You can read more here: https://puddingln.com.au//buying-an-existing-house-read-t/ #puddingln #buildingtasmania See more

17.01.2022 For a long time now I've wanted to have a go at milling timber. Now I get my chance on my own block of land in franklin. If anyone is interested in checking out how it all works send me a message and you can come down and have a look. We should start with the mill in a few weeks.

17.01.2022 At Designful, each week in these posts we tend to impress the importance of always questioning ourselves. We find that when designing a future space, this proce...ss of questioning can lead to a greater and more holistic result. But keeping this in mind, let me ask you, do you know what you want for breakfast next week? Do you know if you are going to buy a few new jumpers next winter? Do you know if your family will come to stay unexpectedly in the next few years? Do you know if youll ever get another pet? Do you know what your kids new hobby will be in three years from now? Now these questions might seem ridiculous, and they are! Im pretty sure none of us can see into the future! When designing a home there are various ways we at Designful can design in anticipation of certain possible variables, perhaps having kids, beginning to work from home, going into retirement, etc. This is an important part of our design process, designing a home to function both now and in the future. But weve been thinking about these grey areas, these functions that a Home provides that arent so obvious, these questions from before that none of us can anticipate the answer. When designing a home we find that if we try and anticipate every single possible function a house could provide, this is where the square meterage of a house tends to blow out and building costs can go up. So how do you design for these grey area functions so many years down the track that you might have to deal with or you might not, how do you design for this? .... Maybe you dont. As the average Australian house size gets bigger and bigger, maybe we should ask ourselves why there is a slight fear of having to make do. More space isnt necessarily the answer, clever space is. #designfulstudio #designfulteam #smallhouse #sustainableliving See more

17.01.2022 What would you like to know about building or renovating?? ....Where do I start? How much will it cost? How long will it take? We would love to help you out and... provide you with holistic information so you can get going with your project. You might also like to have a look at our WHERE DO I START? section on our webpage, a direct link is in our linktree bio #wheredoistart #homeful #designfulstudio #livemindfully #yourhome #holistic See more

16.01.2022 Orchid enclosure and privacy screening.

11.01.2022 If you're working on the weekend it always pays to have good company!

11.01.2022 A little fence to keep a dog in.

10.01.2022 We need a very important person to join the Designful team! If you feel aligned with what we do, our ethics and would like to work within a supportive, inclus...ive, no overtime, flexible work place that has a focus on wellbeing and do work that matters then we encourage you to apply! The position: Office Coordinator/ Administration/ Director Assistant. The right person: will be confident and capable, willing and keen to grow with us, has a can do attitude, is grounded, can think out side of the box, has loads of initiative and is environmentally and socially aware! We are looking for someone to bring their own unique self to the team! We also encourage those of you with addition skills to apply, these might be: drafting, building, construction management, graphic design, web design, social media and marketing, strategic planning, bookkeeping or copywriting etc. If you would like to know more please see full job description in our Instagram linktree @designfulstudio. Applications close Friday 22 November. Interviews will be conducted the week of 25th Nov in Hobart. To apply please send a response to the job description and a story about YOU to [email protected]. Go on be brave and tell us what you can bring to the team!! #designfulteam #workwebeing #bebrave #jointhecrew #design #tassiedesign #buildingdesign #livemindfully See more

10.01.2022 When you mill timber you have to be careful where you leave things as they can get buried very easily......

10.01.2022 Last job before Christmas. It was originally clad with vj pine lining and had exposed Oregon roof timbers and no skylights. Now there are 8 skylights.

10.01.2022 Retaining wall!

08.01.2022 Renovated the bathroom today.

05.01.2022 I've been doing a big job for quite a while now. a New bathroom, laundry, office and hallway. It's been a great job with wonderful clients, it's so nice to see all the hard work be put into use.

05.01.2022 I love building decks. I also enjoy working with clients on their own property. So if you've always wanted a deck but don't know where to start give me a call. I'm happy to do the whole job, work side by side with you (1.5m apart), or just get you started to finish things off by yourself. Here's a bunch of photos of decks have have built to show you what we can do together.

05.01.2022 Some shelves and coat hooks at home.

03.01.2022 One of my favourite jobs of the year. Great clients and I really love celery top pine. I'm really happy with my design of the seating area and steps and I even made an outdoor dining table with the left overs.

03.01.2022 Some customers are just the best!

02.01.2022 The kids playhouse is almost complete! Inside is done, just need to finish off the roof! Thanks heaps Anna (best client ever)!

02.01.2022 A little bungalow conversion. New coloured concrete slab, new ceiling and walls and insulation, double glazed window and a kitchenette.

01.01.2022 90m2 of deck! The biggest one I've done by far! Awesome client and great work by Jackson from Renovative!

01.01.2022 Designful's recent warehouse conversion. It was great to bring my wife's concept into reality. Thanks to all the helpers especially Jackson from Renovative, Brad Verdouw Electrical and Natalie Mendham Photography.