Dress Your Tech Blue Irises

Dress Your Tech: Blue Irises

Okay before I introduce you to the magic that is this beautiful blue iris wallpaper… I want to introduce you to someone real quick. If you’ve been following for any length of time, you may know that my wonderfully talented friend Jess has been helping me behind the scenes for years now… Including providing us […]

LISM22 Life Instyle Samee Lapham HR 019 scaled

Life Instyle returns better than ever to educate and inspire

Back and better than ever, Life Instyle returns to Melbourne from 3 to 6 August 2023 with a carefully curated collection of brands from Australia and beyond, offering the perfect opportunity to meet the brand owners and creators and see their collections in person before they hit the shelves.  Taking place at the Royal Exhibition […]

Home Sustainability x hipages 8 scaled

How to make your home more sustainable and who can help you

A new national survey from tradie marketplace hipages has found that 58% of Aussie homeowners are looking to invest in more sustainable and green improvements around the home. With increased cost of living pressures, energy hikes and environmental consciousness top of mind for homeowners, hipages chief customer officer, Stuart Tucker, shares his tips and insights to help Aussies get […]

01 OOF Architecture Gantry House ©Tatjana Plitt 0190

Chance to see inside some gorgeous private homes in Melbourne

This month’s Open House Melbourne (OHM) Program has been announced, with an exciting program of almost 200 buildings, tours, cultural events, design talks and family friendly experiences for every Melburnian. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the weekend when the city’s most intriguing venues open their doors. Gantry House. Photo by Tatjana Pitt […]

Caesarstone Anna.Carin Pebbles Riverlet 7 scaled

One interior designer, three different kitchen styles

Anna-Carin McNamara, Australia’s leading Scandi-style interior designer, places sustainability, simplicity and functionality at the forefront of each of her projects, stressing the human experience of space is central to all of her design decisions. Today, we’re bringing you three of her recent kitchen projects, all within quite different residential architectural styles. In the first kitchen […]

Easy Hack to Hang Art Perfectly Straight

Easy Hack to Hang Art Perfectly Straight

Hang art easily with this painter’s tape hack! If you’ve ever struggled hanging art or mirrors with more than one hook on the back, this helpful little trick is for you!  We’ve all been there — if you don’t get the holes drilled perfectly in the wall, everything is wonky.  This is especially helpful on […]

Screen Shot 2023 06 28 at 10.34.04 am

IKEA hack with VJ panels creates stunning media room

In 2019 during covid, Chantelle and Marcus Barresi took the exciting step of buying a plot of land and building their first family home on it. “Little did I know that this would ignite a deep passion for interiors within me. I absolutely love seeing my home transform from an empty space into a reflection […]