Interior design and styling, homewares, furniture, home appliances and the personalities behind them
This home first came to my attention when it was a finalist in this year’s Dulux Colour Awards. Given the rainbow palette within, it’s easy to see why the house was given a nod in the paint brand’s annual celebration of clever colour use. Located in the Melbourne suburb of Balwyn North, this original 1960’s home sits on a large, leafy block and was …
Located in Roseville, on Sydney’s upper north shore, this stylish home was designed by Clare Le Roy of The Little Design Corner for her young family of five, with particular provision for her disabled son. “Our middle son is profoundly disabled and in a wheelchair so we needed a flat block so he could access the whole house. I wanted to do a …
The idea of prefabricated building conjures a pretty bad picture. For me, I think of the demountable classrooms that comprised much of my primary school but the prefab building process has come a long way since then. Not only does contemporary prefabricated building offer much speedier build times but it’s often cheaper than a traditional build and …
In the race to create Australia's most dazzling hotel interior, the baton was passed recently to a new boutique establishment in Sydney’s Surry Hills, the Little Albion Guest House. Formerly a convent and boarding house, the three level space was dark, dilapidated and fronted onto one of Sydney’s dodgier streets but all that is a distant memory …
When Perth interior architect Sarah Coghlan moved into this North Perth home six years ago, the intention was always to make it over before her and her husband Alex became parents. “We bought this home when we were newly engaged and have lovingly renovated it to become the family home it is now. We lived in it for two years in all its old school …
After a successful four-year stint in Melbourne, one of Australia's leading contemporary design and art events DENFAIR is coming to Sydney, where it will be taking over the Hordern Pavillion from August 16-to-18. With an inspiring array of local and international brands exhibiting, we thought we'd highlight a few in anticipation. Cotswold InOut …
“Upholstery has always been in the family. My dad has been an upholsterer for over 40 years and I remember sitting on the floor of our little apartment in Brisbane’s north side chatting to Mum and Dad about their plans to retire in 18 months. It was bit of lightbulb moment for us and we didn’t sleep much that night coming up with grand plans of how …
Between her TV hosting duties and super successful interior design career, Shaynna Blaze spends a lot of time on planes, which is what provided the fodder for her latest collaboration with Urban Road. “When Suzie and I decided to do our third collection, I knew exactly what it was going to be. It’s inspired by my years of travel around Australia …
With no room left on the mantelpiece, 2018 is proving quite the year for the multi-award-winning Sydney-based design firm Alexander & Co. “We kicked off in January with The Frame awards in Amsterdam where we took out the award for Best New Restaurant on foreign shores – that win was exhilarating. We were then honoured to win Best Hospitality …
Recently renovated by the team at SJB, who removed all traces of a previous 1980’s-era renovation, this heritage Melbourne home ‘Villa D’Arte’ is full of drama and strong paint choices – the latter of which saw it nominated in this year’s Dulux Colour Awards. “Working with clients that were well known to us, the project was essentially a …
