The Winter Palace studio is in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It looks more like a house that people live in than a studio. In fact it is a house that people live in, but its also a studio, sort of..
This started out being just for my own self-produced music. After it grew to a certain point, I thought I could invest in a bit more gear and start using it to record bands. It is always evolving as I change things around and buy new gear. Currently located in a big old house that we like to call the Winter Palace. I can't remember how it got the nickname, but it is pretty cold here in winter (getting the fireplace going again would be a good project..)
There is a really big living room with high ceiling - big enough for any band to set up in. The recording gear is in another room (with lots of cables in between, and a video link set up instead of a window). The white bathroom and the red hallway have also been used as recording spaces..