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Update your kitchen before the end of the year with new lighting and new cupboard doors.

Left the reno too late? The micro updates to refresh your home before Christmas

The major works might have to wait until next year but there are still plenty of ways to make your home look and feel its best before party season kicks in.

  • Robyn Willis

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The world-renowned Australian designer you’ve never heard of

An unexpected phone call led to a career-changing event. Now the rich aesthetic of this Sydney-based designer is sought after on the world stage.

  • Robyn Willis
Russell Jack and Annalisa Capurro with Russell’s dog Geordie on the Jack House deck.

Joyful, original and it has a waterfall: The house that Jack built

This home left its mark on Australian modernism, its architect’s career – and my life.

  • Annalisa Capurro
Emmaline Bowman made this Northcote garden feel welcoming by using widely spaced sleepers for a fence

Why losing your front fence can make your neighbourhood safer

Can a garden be designed to foster better community ties? Why you just might love what comes of adopting a more open front garden style.

  • Megan Backhouse
For David Flack, every project he takes on lasts at least three years, so clients have to be committed. “It’s a big journey,” he says.

Troye Sivan’s home put David Flack on the map. Now he’s Australia’s most in-demand stylist

Once a country kid who dropped out of design school because he felt overwhelmed, now Flack couldn’t be cooler.

  • Susan Horsburgh
The clock at Zurich Hauptbahnhof station.

Why this unassuming train station clock is a must-see attraction

This ingenious piece of technology is also an influential style icon.

  • Anthony Dennis
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Artist Madeleine Stamer loves “quirky yet versatile pieces”.

The tradie shoe that’s a staple for this Melbourne artist

Madeleine Stamer also shares her most terrifying fashion moment.

  • Georgie Gordon
The space below the pergola at ‘Clos du Peyronnet’ in Menton in the South of France is used like a living room

Parlez-vous gardening? Why you should steal these six ideas from France

While the temptation when you see a beautiful French garden is to slavishly copy it, you’ll have more success if you adopt their attitude to garden design instead.

  • Megan Backhouse

What’s worse than a broken bone? A playground that plays it too safe

A new exhibition ditches the bubble wrap to explore shifting ideas about child’s play.

  • Ray Edgar
Seddon only takes on work within a two-hour drive – “understanding the local terrain is important.”

It’s about planning ahead: Kate Seddon’s switch from advertising to landscape designer

Great gardens and backyards should never be an afterthought, says the Melbourne-based designer.

  • Stephen Crafti

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