May, 2026 - Queensland Homes

Bicheno’s Best Kept Secret: A Tasmanian Beachfront Holiday Escape That Feels Like Home

Bicheno on Tasmania’s East Coast was recently named Australia’s number one town to visit in Australian Traveller’s 100 Best Towns list for 2026, also taking out the Best Emerging Town category. And if you’re looking for the perfect base from which to experience it, we’ve found it. Cooinda on the Beach sits right at the […]

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Hanging Garden House: A Flood-Resilient New Farm Renovation

Building + Renovating, Home + Living

There’s a particular kind of renovation that begins not with ambition but with necessity. A home that isn’t working, a layout that frustrates daily life, a flooding problem that refuses to be ignored. The Hanging Garden House in New Farm is one of those projects, except that what started as a practical problem to solve

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No Watering Required: The Faux Plant Edit That Actually Looks the Part

Design + Decorating

Faux plants and flowers have had a reputation problem. A fair one. For decades, the category was defined by dusty silk leaves, suspiciously vivid plastic, and a general air of trying too hard and not quite getting there. Design-minded people filed them firmly in the never category and moved on. It might be time to

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Riverton: See How A Luxury Builder Renovated Their Own Chelmer Queenslander

Building + Renovating, Home + Living

When you build luxury homes for a living, turning that craft on your own family home is a different proposition entirely. There are no clients to manage, no brief to interpret, no compromises to negotiate. Just the unfiltered pursuit of getting every single detail exactly right. For Shane and Kim Boulter of BBH Projects, that

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Inside an Ashgrove Bungalow Refresh That Proves Every Room Can Have Its Own Identity

Design + Decorating, Home + Living

Not every renovation begins with a blank slate. Some of the most interesting interior projects start with a home that already has good bones, a life already lived in it, and a client who simply knows it’s time for something new. This Ashgrove project by CG Design Studio is exactly that. A 1940s bungalow, partially

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ABI Interiors’ New Antique Collection Is the Hardware Range Texture-Lovers Have Been Waiting For

Building + Renovating, Design + Decorating

If there’s one shift defining interior design right now, it’s a move away from polish and perfection toward something that feels more lived-in, more material, more real. ABI Interiors has read that shift precisely, and their new Antique Collection is the result. Four bespoke finishes, Antique Aurum, Antique Bronze, Antique Slate, and Antique Steel, each

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We Tried An Ayurvedic Skincare Ritual That’s Been Practised for 5,000 Years — And Why You’ll Love It!

Lifestyle

Australian brand AyurScience is bringing one of the world’s oldest beauty traditions into the modern bathroom cabinet — and as our Editor, Natalie Bannister, discovered, the results speak for themselves. I’ll be honest. I’ve tried a lot of skincare over the years. Occupational hazard of working in lifestyle media for as long as I have…

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