With bespoke design features and a creative brief, this kitchen and home renovation hits all the right notes for its music-loving homeowner. When a client requests something a little bit extraordinary for their home renovation, it’s music to the ears of designer Stuart May, founder of Style Kitchens by Design. “A fundamental characteristic of design […]
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When it comes to transforming a backyard into a stunning retreat, we’re taking inspiration from the iconic Palm Springs style for a retro yet sleek and minimalist approach to indoor-outdoor living. Create a dream oasis for Queensland homes that is both stylish and functional, with a dash of mid-century modern flair and some budget-savvy, functional
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For Queensland residents looking to build, renovate or retrofit their homes, incorporating flood resilience measures is crucial to improving your property’s preparedness for the next flood event. Here’s the expert guide to protecting your home from potential flood damage. Every flood event is unique, with different levels and sources of flooding. Unfortunately, as South East
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This space-savvy new build shows the possibilities of designing a functional and stylish, modern home (with a limited budget!) to suit a compact suburban block of land. With a tiny block size (and an equally small budget set in place), this new build in Mitchelton presented plenty of design hurdles from the get-go. It was
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A collaborative design team has handed over a modern masterpiece to their clients with this renovated riverfront home in New Farm. With expansive river views, a modernist facade, and a side boundary shared with one of New Farm’s iconic heritage-listed fig trees of monumental proportions, this inner-city residence always boasted maximum curbside appeal. But having
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Life is golden for one couple as they move into their modern beach house by the shores of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. A series of property hunting hurdles led one couple to meet the man who would eventually bring their vision of a modern beach house to life, building designer Pete Taylor. The couple
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With a joyful union of old and new, this architect-designed subtropical urban oasis in Brisbane shows how to renovate a Queenslander home for modern inner-city living. Outside this early-1900s cottage, tucked away in a pocket of inner-city Fortitude Valley, you may be hard-pressed to guess what lies behead the façade. While the slender profile and
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Form meets function in this Sherwood home by dion Seminara architecture, where eco-friendly retirement living takes on a modern, inviting feel. Few of us would be brave enough to take on a new build as we approached retirement, but for the owner of this Sherwood home, it wouldn’t just be a new build: it would
Inspired by its natural surrounds, this new build home in Buderim, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, is a casual yet inviting take on coastal-style interior design. You might think that in leafy Buderim, the brief would be simple: either achingly modern, or a considered renovation of an existing Queenslander. But for this family of four, securing a
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Bringing beauty to a blank canvas has delivered new levels of luxury and functionality to this family home. For Litsa and George, life happens around the kitchen. “We love cooking and entertaining — the kitchen is the hub of the home where everyone sits around to catch up,” says Litsa. So when it came to
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This modern take on a classic beach house draws inspiration from architectural greats in creating a multi-generational family getaway. Any home-lover’s eyes will light up at the mere mention of Frank Lloyd Wright; design students only have to hear the name Fallingwater and they’ll know exactly what style you’re aiming for. The homeowners of this
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A townhouse renovation yields a luxurious new kitchen, bathroom and living area update inspired by one family’s love of modern Italian style
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