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This space designed by Robson Rak Architects and Interior Designers reinterprets the traditional plaster ceiling and finishes with a soft peach colour.

Why designers want you to stop painting this ‘wall’ white

No longer a “set and forget” option, this blank canvas is becoming the perfect environment for expression and reflection as designers take their lead from immersive hospitality spaces such as restaurants and bars.

  • Robyn Willis

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Zoysia inching across a driveway in a garden designed by Paul Pritchard Landscape Design

The art of looking wild at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show

One of Australia’s most significant horticultural events, this year’s show tackled notions of rewilding, sustainability and rehabilitation, with ideas easy to apply to the home garden.

  • Megan Backhouse
The East Balmain project from Johnston Studio looked to the immediate leafy environment for its mix of olive green and timber cabinetry.

The one colour you should not paint your kitchen, according to the experts

This colour was once the last word in stylish minimalism, but a new breed of designers, architects and home owners are embracing a much richer palette for the hardest-working room in the house.

  • Robyn Willis
The variety of succulents and abstract art on the neighbour’s brick walls capture desert scenes.

Award-winning inner-city sanctuary gives a nod to the ’80s

The innovative Six Ways House, named after an intersection at its front door, has set neighbours’ tongues wagging.

  • Stephen Crafti
The award-winning home in suburban Newcastle’s Maryland, designed by Curious Practice, is named Aru.

An ‘insect’ house that touches the ground lightly

This simple interwar cottage, which was damaged in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake, is now an architectural treasure in harmony with its environs.

  • Stephen Crafti
In a time when we are encouraged to be anything we want, why must I still pretend to be someone who can fix things.

Born to rest and relax, forced to DIY or die trying

In a time when we are encouraged to be anything we want, why must I still pretend to be someone who can fix things?

  • Thomas Mitchell
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Dollhouses for adults: how social media turbocharged tiny models

Take a step inside a world where architects’ wildest dreams come alive before politics, zoning and costs get in the way.

  • Julie Power
Tramonto a New York sofa by Gaetano Pesce – Cassina, courtesy of Mobilia.

The ’70s and ’80s furniture back in fashion, and worth thousands

From today’s perspective, the late 1970s and early ’80s remain radical, pushing the boundaries of what furniture could be.

  • Stephen Crafti
The internal courtyard with clumping bamboo screening the neighbours.

How to create an award-winning garden in a tiny inner-city courtyard

A national landscaping award has gone to an inner-city garden that upends popular assumptions.

  • Megan Backhouse
Event Stylist Kerryn Howell believes anyone can create great table decor using secondhand items.

Don’t buy plastic plates for parties: Get a stunning op shop table spread instead

From spicing up your table settings to sewing an entire wardrobe from scratch, here’s how to make the most of op shop treasures and be sustainable.

  • Nell Geraets

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