Interior design
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I just want to watch something on my hotel room TV. Why is it so hard?
This simple pleasure has turned into a palaver that makes me long for the violently expensive halcyon days of pay-per-view in hotel rooms.
- by Mark C. O’Flaherty
Latest
The story of Reginald Grouse and his very cool house
This Japanese-inspired two-storey brick house – designed by architect Reginald Grouse more than 60 years ago – remains a thing of beauty decades later.
- by Stephen Crafti
Opinion
Architecture
Family compound escapes demolition, becomes elegant home
Large home plots in Melbourne’s blue-chip Toorak tend to be a prime target for demolition.
- by Stephen Crafti
Living in the ’70s: Reinventing a Bayview beach house
The decade was defined by great music, cheap fuel and homes with open-plan living, but this residence missed out on that last key attribute.
- by Stephen Crafti
Peek inside an interior designer’s colour-filled home in Melbourne
A roomy rental in the south-eastern suburbs gets a fresh personality.
- by Heather Nette King
The Sydney suburbs where home buyers pay top dollar for tiny blocks
Architects have come up with clever ways to live in terraces and small homes close to parks and playgrounds, and buyers are on board.
- by Kristy Johnson
Magazine
Sunday Life
The November 10 Edition
In our special Homes edit, the gorgeous Italian house on the cover will surely inspire you to think about introducing some bold colour and European flair to your place.
Mid-century meets modern design: This home in Sydney’s inner west pulls it off
The 1880s, double-fronted Italianate home is listed as being of heritage importance because of its original ornate features.
- by Susan Redman
Step inside this Italian home for design inspiration that’s anything but grey
The result is halfway between nonsense and fairytale, a house more illustrated than designed.
- by Francesca Venturoni
Block your neighbour’s view? Not this cliff-top beach house in Bronte
The owners wanted to be neighbourly, to make sure next door’s sight lines of the ocean and Bronte Gully, the bordering park, weren’t blocked by this new three-level home.
- by Stephen Crafti
Couple keeps the best, ditches the rest in stunning Californian bungalow renovation
Rather than ‘ripping the guts’ out of their original home, the owners briefed architects to keep as much of the original fabric as possible.
- by Stephen Crafti
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