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Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
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Today we present a vibrant Victorian family home in Armadale – full of life, colour, and, well – PINK!
Yes, it’s no secret that Heather Nette King, respected local interiors stylist (we interviewed Heather last year) has a thing for bold, sometimes quirky colour combos – and a particular love of pinky, girly hues! Heather lives here with husband Jeremy and daughters Annebelle (14) and Alex (12) – it seems with three ladies in the house, Jeremy is a little outnumbered!
After buying the house in 2000, Heather and Jeremy undertook just a few minor tasks to pretty up their new home without breaking the bank – they ripped up the carpet, polished the floorboards, painted the walls and installed wardrobes. The pool is a more recent addition – the family spent four years in Sydney from 2005 – 2009, and Jeremy, a little sad to come home, was compelled to install a pool upon their return to Melbourne!
Inevitably Heather’s work means she is constantly stumbling across new ideas for their ever-changing home… she re-paints the kitchen floor regularly (it’s deep pink at the moment), and props acquired from shoots and creative friends are always on rotation throughout the house. Annebelle’s room was painted with amazing wide horizontal stripes for a Dulux shoot last year – they had planned to re-paint the wall white, but of course Annebelle loved the stripes, so they stayed! Gotta love that sense of spontenaity – such is the nature of a stylist’s home!
When asked what she loves most about her home, Heather says she has a soft spot for the ‘kookiness’ of the house – ‘it’s on an odd shaped block and the layout is a bit rabbit-warren-y, but it has a very relaxed, almost country-like feeling to it’ she says. The return verandah around the front and side of the house is another favourite feature.
Massive thanks to Heather for sharing her beautiful home with us and for the super speedy turnaround! Do pop over and check out Heather’s gorgeous blog if you haven’t got it bookmarked already, and you can also spot Heather’s fab house / product shoots most weekends in The Age’s Sunday Life and M Magazine!
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O I’m in love with this happymaking home!!!
Thanx!
♥ Franka
Thanks for the house of Heather Nette King.. wow.. it’s soooo beautiful!!!
So many beautiful colours!!
With love, Herma
This is so close to my dream home! I love all the colours! I can’t decide which room I love more, the candy pink kitchen or the cobalt blue dining table and chairs.
lovely lady and fabulous house. A great source of inspiration.
fantastic home, thanks for sharing. Love Heather’s style and that most “beloved possession” above the fireplace by Edwina Lye and Brian Simmons is simply divine, i can see why she loves it so….this home, girly girlness at it’s best. sigh. xx
Feel inspired by the colour and the mix!
I have house envy! I especially love the Alice & Shelly artwork.
oh wow – I am in love with this house!!
I love a good use of pink in the home and Heather has the master touch! Thanks for sharing :)
gorgeous home, I love following heather’s blog and seeing her pieces in the weekend magazine. Love the pops of colour and that blue table and chairs combo is a fave of mine (if only my man would let me paint his table that we’ve had since we moved in together!)
Such a gorgeous home and Heather has a wonderful way with colour – love it!
I love all those pops of colour against the white. Fabulous, incredibly inspiring!
Love this house (perhaps because I’m from Sydney?) I want the pink bentwood bench!
Love the colors. I would love how you deal with clutter because my daughter is nearly 8 and is consumed with clutter in her room! I would love to learn how…..
colour me happy! love this home very much. certainly cheery & light filled.
LOVE this home! its so colourful and welcoming!
happy Christmas and New year Lucy! Hope its another FAB one for you! x
Great homely kitchen and am so in love with the pool.
Ooh very nice! Love this house. I’m getting inspired to try a bit of colour in my house now!
I was having such a shitty morning until i looked at this house. Pink and green is my all time favourite combo and never fails to make me smile. Thank you! x
I love all the colour!
I have been looking for a chandelier light just like the one form Freedom but I can’t see it on the website. Is it not current stock?
I adore all the bursts of colour..the pink and green theme even down to the door and gumboots!
What a talented woman……I love the constant change of the house always evolving just fabulous!
Carla
The colours in this house are mesmerising. The fact it’s a character home makes it a bit of a stunner anyway (particularly the polished floorboards and the stained glass windows), but the contrast between subdued heritage features and flamboyant pinks, blues and greens is jealousy-inducing.
I really love all the colour! especially the pink floor in the kitchen. Dream-house in a dream-city! Just love the Aussies!
just lovely – I follow heather and it is so nice to see her own home featured :) as always stunning – best le
So happy to see Heather’s home back on here, Lucy. I love her house and Blog. xx
oh wow so beautiful
Inspired use of colour. Happy space. Love love love.
Love the colours used & love that navy kitchen table & chairs set.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/RosesUpcycled has lots of great upcycled furniture pieces are super cheap prices…
Fantastic use of colours in your house! Love your website & blog.
Melbourne Home – Heather Nette King and Family | The Design Files
Melbourne Home – Heather Nette King and Family | The Design Files
Melbourne Home – Heather Nette King and Family | The Design Files