The Hall House at Mons, c.1982, is a fine example of an architect’s own home providing the opportunity for out-of-the-box thinking and experimentation. In the design and construction of his own home, Russell Hall adopted the attitude ‘when in doubt, just do it’. This is most obvious in the use of upturned trees with the root ball still attached which became the internal posts for the home. The trees were salvaged from a pile that was intended to be burnt, and their use here emphasises the magnificent sculptural qualities of these trees, which are often incinerated as waste! The house features walls that do not meet the roof line and the shape and form of the house evolved to maximise views down the valley to the northwest. The architect is Russell Hall, whose Carpenter Hall House, is listed for the Australian Institute of Architects’ Nationally Significant Architecture.