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Making your airbnb stand out: an airbnb transformed with art

Art and colour have a remarkable power to transform and enhance any space and where better to really have fun and make a statement with these things than a holiday rental? To stand out from the seemingly endless listings, it’s becoming essential to make your Airbnb stylish or ‘Instagrammable’ to help attract visitors. Alexandra Guglielmino […]

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2023 Victorian Architecture Awards residential winners

The winners of the 2023 Victorian Architecture Awards were unveiled last week, celebrating collaboration and sustainability in design and paying tribute to the influential role of architecture in shaping the way we live, work and play across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Sunday by Architecture architecture. Photo by Tom Ross Today, we’re looking at some of […]

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Designer accepts challenge to fully furnish home in 4 weeks!

By Hayley Griffiths Having lived in Texas for the past 17 years, interior designer Skye Bryant’s clients were relocating home to Australia and craving a calm coastal home. They engaged Skye to transform a duplex into a space that felt elegant yet welcoming with considered style, so they could move straight in. And she only […]

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Paving the way to a sustainable future: permeable landscaping

Creating sustainable homes is rapidly becoming central to design and architectural considerations as we continue to integrate new and innovative ways to minimise our impact on the environment.  Regardless of whether you are starting a new build or simply renovating, sustainable design can be implemented at any phase of a project. From planning the home’s […]

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Homestead given new lease on life as picture perfect family home

With hobbies including styling and collecting anything old that tells a story, Gunnadoo Homestead was the perfect project for Melissah Yount and her American husband Ben, who live here on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland with their three children (and two dogs, six chickens and five Scottish Highland cows). This beautiful country home full of history […]

The Plan for my Daughters Big Girl Room

The Plan for my Daughter’s “Big Girl” Room

I don’t exactly know how it happened, but somehow my infant child is asking for a big girl room. Time is wild, man – I’ll simply never get over it. But I digress… Something that should be known about my daughter is that she’s an Aries child through and through. She came into the world […]

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Stylish new nursery range from Mocka with Hamptons vibe

The stunning new Genevieve range by Mocka will give your child’s nursery a stylish Hamptons look at an affordable price. But some of the pieces would look great in grown-up rooms too! It’s the perfect combination of traditional design elevated by the criss-cross detailing and gold hardware, and there’s a cot, change table, bedside table and six-drawer […]

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Use of spotted gum brings cohesion to heritage home extension

A family of five, including three teenage children, needed to adapt their inner-city home, to suit their growing needs. Located in the vibrant Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, the home, a double fronted heritage listed Victorian terrace, required a clever rework and expansion of its existing footprint to accommodate the next stage of life for […]