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 […]
Riverton: See How A Luxury Builder Renovated Their Own Chelmer Queenslander Read More »
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
When the Brisbane River flooded a beloved 1954 home beyond repair, the question became: what do you do next? In Chelmer, a mid-century home designed by Kenneth Drewe in 1954, holds decades of architectural history. Lovingly renovated by celebrated Brisbane practice Hayes and Scott, it was a property that mattered to its owners, to the
A 10-metre by 40-metre block in Brisbane’s Grange is the kind of site that often invites compromise. Too narrow for grand gestures, too constrained for conventional thinking. Happy Haus, the Brisbane design-build practice that integrates architecture, interiors, and construction under one roof, looked at it and saw something else entirely. The result is Haus Grange,
Some homes announce themselves loudly. Others draw you in with a quieter kind of confidence. This newly completed modern farmhouse in Brisbane’s Bayside belongs firmly to the latter category, a study in Scandinavian minimalism and farmhouse generosity that feels both deeply considered and wonderfully effortless. Completed in March 2025 after a ten-and-a-half-month build, the home
Softly Scandi: A Modern Farmhouse in Brisbane’s Bayside Read More »
When the builder builds for himself, the result tends to be revealing. There are no client compromises, no budget conversations to moderate around someone else’s priorities. Just the unfiltered expression of everything he knows about how a home should sit in its landscape, and how a material should perform over a lifetime. Aaron Fertjowski of
Bush Dwelling: A Samford Valley Ridgeline Home That Lets the Landscape Do the Work Read More »
There’s a question that gets lost surprisingly often in the rush to maximise every square metre of a new home or renovation: will this actually bring joy to the people living in it? For Brisbane architect and interior designer Laura Stevens of Laura Stevens Architecture & Interior Design, that question sits at the centre of
Form & Feeling: How Brisbane Architect Laura Stevens Designs Homes That Bring You Joy Read More »
There is something undeniably special about a Queenslander. The high-set timber silhouette, the wrap-around verandahs, the intricate fretwork catching the afternoon light — these homes are woven into the fabric of South East Queensland’s streetscapes, and when they are well maintained, they are genuinely beautiful. Painting a Queenslander home is one of the most powerful
How to Paint a Queenslander Home: Get All the Expert Tips from BJC Painting Services Read More »
Most family homes follow the same logic: living and entertaining on the ground floor, connecting to the pool and yard, bedrooms upstairs. It’s a formula that works. But sometimes a site presents something so compelling that the conventional approach simply has to give way. In Manly, on Brisbane’s Bayside, that something was the view. An
Why This Manly Brisbane New Build Puts Living Upstairs, and Why It Works Beautifully Read More »
Your garden is doing more than you think. Or at least, it could be. For Brisbane-based landscape practice Green Care Project, the outdoor spaces surrounding our homes aren’t just places to put a pool and a lawn. They’re living ecosystems with the potential to restore ecological balance, support native wildlife, and create a genuine, grounding
The Regenerative Garden: A New Approach to Landscape Design in Queensland Read More »
When a luxury builder constructs their own family home, the result tends to be revealing. There are no client compromises, no brief to negotiate, no budget conversations to moderate. Just the unfiltered expression of everything they know about how a home should be designed, built, and lived in. For Paul Cross and Tanya King of
The Sunshine Coast Home That Proves Luxury and Warmth Belong Together Read More »
In Brisbane’s leafy inner-east suburb of Hawthorne, a pre-war home had been quietly ageing for nearly a century. Converted at some point into a duplex and largely left alone, it was the kind of property many buyers would have walked straight past. The neighbours next door saw something different. Their vision was bold: take this
