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BUILDING BY THE SEA

The Block: Glasshouse co-winner and interior architect Shannon Vos. voscreative.com.au

Agreat songwriter once wrote, “I do like to be beside the seaside.” Well, it’s truer now than ever. Australians love a waterside home, so much in fact that now more than 80 per cent of us technically live in a coastal area. Coastal may be a loose term here, but we all love a life beside the sea, don’t we? The sun, the surf, salty air (and hair!) are the stuff dreams are made of, but a coastal life can be a nightmare when it comes to our homes. Those of us who live near a sunburnt and sea-sprayed coastline know that the salt, sand, wind and rain

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