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Small Garden Suburban Garden Country Garden Public Garden Vegetable Garden
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Illustration Lighting Interior Design Graphic Design Styling Textiles Furniture Jewellery Photography Craft Floristry Architecture Industrial Design Woodwork Quoted Art Indigenous Art Ceramics
Lunch Dinner Snack Salad Vegetarian Breakfast Sweets Gluten Free
Kids Accessories Art Ceramics Craft Furniture Gifts Jewellery Lighting Plants + Flowers Rugs Soft Furnishings Tableware TDF Shop

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Homes

Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.

ALL
Apartment
Architectural
Coastal
Country
Family Homes
Mid Century
Minimalist
Renovated
Tiny
Victorian

Architecture

Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.

ALL

Interiors

ALL
Kitchens

Gardens

In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.

ALL
Country Garden
Public Garden
Small Garden
Suburban Garden
Vegetable Garden

Food

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Creative People

Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.

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Extraordinary Routines
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Highlighting ten outstanding styling and art direction projects, shortlisted for the TDF Design Awards!
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With the release of her new book 'A Tree In The House', Annabelle Hickson shares her ideas for styling an autumnal dinner party at home.
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A day in the life of Melbourne stylist Stephanie Stamatis.
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Megan Morton’s new book on homes that make your heart skip a beat.
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Wise Women · Megan Morton

Timely guidance from the accomplished educator and stylist.
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Nat Turnbull is an emerging stylist, designer and a total legend.
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The Harvest Table

A unique creative workshop which brings together floristry, food, styling and handcrafted ceramics.
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Extraordinary Routines · Megan Morton

A day in the life of super stylist, author and founder of The School, Megan Morton.
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An introduction to impressive young Sydney stylist Alicia Sciberras.
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A studio visit with Brisbane photographer, stylist and storyteller Kara Rosenlund.
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A market round-up featuring new trends in creative cutlery - we've rounded up over 80 functional utensils from local makers and retailers, e...
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Heilam Choy

Today we’re sharing the home of a die-hard design enthusiast, whose tiny one bedroom apartment in Collingwood has been no limitation t...
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Georgie Kay

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Minami

Today we introduce MINAMI,  a new online store from local foodie Julia Busuttil Nishimura and her husband, Norihiko Nishimura, stocking a
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