The roof is on and the new reality of the house is emerging, and it’s beautiful. Who would have thought that a circa 1950s federation house could transform into a modern contemporary look for the 21^st century.

The truly magnificent aspect is the essence of the house is still intact: a place to gather (work and live), have fun, feel safe and celebrate life with all its ups and downs. A place to share story, exchange perspective, guide and encourage children and welcome extended family, friends and colleagues. None of this has been lost; in fact the new reality will capture this even more through providing the physical space for building bigger, better and more relationships.

The house is my life. I live in the place I work; I work in the place I live. I have successfully blurred the boundaries between work, life, family, friends and colleagues. The space is shared with children, family, friends, colleagues, clients and animals. Clients become friends; friends become clients and collectively we have built something very special: sound relationships that provide interchange of idea, expression and opinion. And here is the parallel: not only has a new version of the house been created to *live in*, I have also created a new *way of living*.

This is life in the 21^st Century!