A Napa Inspired Hilltop Estate

A Napa Inspired Hilltop Estate

If a Napa inspired home is your thing, boy do I have the home tour for you. Designed by the beloved Studio McGee (of course!) it might just be my favourite home of theirs yet. I love how it feels both luxurious and grand in one breath, yet cozy and intimate at the very same […]

Josh and Jenna’s amazing pink kids’ room before and after

Serial renovators and former Block contestants Josh and Jenna Densten are known for their minimalistic style, however, after working through the design for the heritage home they purchased in Rutherglen last year, the duo have enjoyed experimenting with a much broader colour palette than ever before. and boy, do we have a before and after […]

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Tiny home style: the latest South Australian designer example

You’ve stayed in tiny cabins, you’ve glamped in luxury tents, now check out the newest way to get away from it all—South Australia’s new luxury, off-grid, futuristic pod. On 300 acres of Eyre Peninsula coastal bushland near Streaky Bay in South Australia sits Pod[e]’s Mulla Mulla—a one-of-a-kind, futuristic pod that is out of this world. […]

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Laminex introduce new profiled door and drawer fronts

Laminex have extended their innovative Surround by Laminex decorative wall panels with a new collection you can use on your cabinetry doors and drawer fronts. Laminex Profiled Cabinetry Sheets are a contemporary, design-led cabinetry solution to add instant depth and textural interest to any interior space. The range varies from the timeless vertical designs of […]

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Quaint exterior belies light-filled family home behind

Set amongst a tree-lined street in Sydney’s Queens Park Heritage Conservation Area stands a quiet Victorian cottage hiding a hard-working revitalised family home.  The project by RUN Architecture began by removing a series of dark extended rooms from the original gable roofed building and marrying this with a light-filled contemporary extension. The new two-storey volume […]

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A Shared Vision: IDEAL Restaurant by Lorenzo Botero & Martin Mendoza.

  Colombian architects Lorenzo Botero and Martín Mendoza have collaborated on this warm and textural restaurant in Bogota. With Lorenzo on architecture and Martín on the interiors, the space flows into a harmonious concept grounded in a shared focus on materiality. Located in an eclectic three-storey house, featuring a highly compartmentalised mishmash of renovations, the […]

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Young couple pull off stunning unique kitchen

Young couple Nina and Dylan Meehan decided to reject the safe all-white kitchen and go against the grain (or rather, embrace it!) when designing for their seventies bungalow in Newcastle NSW. Together since their teens, the couple, a site foreman and a digital marketing manager, have embarked on their first, but they say definitely not […]

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Creating a spa at home: how technology is evolving the bathroom

By Kate McGlone The latest bathroom technologies and designs are enabling Australians to focus on wellness. The pandemic led us to reinvent everyday rituals, which we are now seeing in the smart technologies and designs making their way into bathrooms. From shower heads with wellness functions, to extra large freestanding baths that offer a more […]