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On Open Shelving in a Hallway or PassageThe open-shelving life isn’t for everyone. Keeping household goods on display takes some planning and some maintenance to keep from looking cluttered. But this style of pantry storage can create a beautiful feature when used to display attractive pieces like glass bottles, baskets of snacks or anything else you like the look of, especially when stashed in multiples like this.

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House at a GlanceWho lives here: Joe and Natalie Sidoti of SQ Projects, their 8-year-old twins, Claudia and Nicolas, and their dog, DixieLocation: Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSize: 8,073 square feet (750 square meters); three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a powder roomThe building was bought by Joe in November 2013 after it spent roughly 75 years as a commercial warehouse and then lay vacant for eight years. There had been three previous attempts to turn it into a home, but all were abandoned.For Joe, it was a no-brainer to use his 14-person building company to help with the conversion. He also wanted his beloved team to add bits and pieces of themselves into the design as they went along. The project team consisted of Joe as project manager, Lindsay Holland as site foreman, Ben Ingaldo and David Komadina as carpenters, and Blair Sully in his role as apprentice. SQ architect David Maes helped Joe take care of the design and detailing.

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