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Interior designer Brett Mickan says artwork is a great starting point for bringing colour into interiors.

The hidden hacks interior design experts use for colour filled homes

Introducing colour, especially strong colour, can be intimidating for the uninitiated. Use these tricks of the trade for beautiful, cohesive spaces.

  • Robyn Willis

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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

Inside this renovated duplex with world-class views of the Sydney Opera House

The views from this home are matched only by the art and design found within.

  • Susan Redman
Historian Zeny Edwards, right, has written a book about the mosaics of the Melocco Brothers, including this example in the State Library of NSW.

The forgotten and overlooked Sydney art you may be standing on right now

The Melocco brothers painted in stone, and their work turned architecture into art in places nearly every Sydneysider has visited. Look down, or you may miss it.

  • Julie Power
“The kitchen bench faces the backyard, a design feature we mimicked from the original house,” says Sarah Auld. “My uncle, Martin, made the dining table from spotted gum.” The “Arcade” pendant lights and “Fun” chairs are by Dowel Jones and the pink tapware is from Par Taps in Preston.

The colour-filled family home renovations that took hard work, sacrifice and emotions

Pops of brilliant colour make this family home a warm and welcoming place.

  • Heather Nette King
The Airey’s Inlet house is constructed from compressed cement panels and pearlescent-coloured translucent fibre-reinforced plastic.

Shell art got a shellacking. Now it makes an architectural comeback in this beach house design

A tongue-in-cheek beach house makes effective use of shell art and cement panels.

  • Stephen Crafti
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Isabella, holding Bowie, with Ross, Natalie and Sascha in the lush garden, which is planted with camellias, orchids, peonies and tulips.

Renovating this historic Melbourne mansion was a ‘labour of love’

A piece of the city’s rich history has been transformed into a beautiful family home.

  • Heather Nette King
Architectural firm Techne got the job of redesigning this grand Victorian house in South Melbourne.

What do Brunetti’s and the Espy Hotel have in common with a dour Victorian home?

A couple, one of whom previously worked as a chef, gave architecture firm Techne the job of redesigning their Victorian house.

  • Stephen Crafti
A double-fronted, two-bedroom workers’ cottage in inner Sydney.

The modern renovations underneath this inner-city workers’ cottage have transformed it

The house has been remodelled with an eye to maximising space, storage and style.

  • Susan Redman
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

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