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Why This Mid-Century Melbourne Home Has Stood The Test Of Time

Built in 1958, this alluring mid-century modern house has seen its current owners through 17 years, and counting.
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This Family Home Is A Love Letter To Australian Art

The artwork of late family members/local icons Mirka Mora and Martin Sharp adorns the walls of Lily Mora and Jonathan Rands’ Thornbury home.
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How This 1968 Brighton Home Got A Sensitive, Energy-Efficient Revival

You’d be hard-pressed to spot where old ends and new begins in this restored Brighton home by Harry Ernest.
Homes

Inside A Victorian Coastal Family Home With California Soul

A striking Torquay home, inspired by an Architectural Digest celebrity home tour!
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Why This Melbourne Apartment Is A Perfect Non-Traditional Family Home

Artist Atong Atem and nurse Otillo Page invite us inside their 90-square-metre Nightingale apartment.
Homes

This 1970s Melbourne Share House Is Full Of Life

Esin Üstündag lives in a quirky 1970s Melbourne share house, complete with an original red kitchen and blue bathroom!
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A Family's Architecturally Significant 1970s Townhouse

The brutalist-style Melbourne townhouse of In Good Company founders Louise and John Bastiras.
Homes

A Design Director’s Eclectic Melbourne Terrace

Jeff Provan loves collecting, whether that’s a Minnie Pwerle painting, Spiderman figures, handmade baskets, or stormtrooper masks!
Homes

This Rented Home Is A Calming Oasis In Busy Fitzroy

Stefanie Jung and Philip Meyer swooped on this Fitzroy rental renovated by their architect friend. It's not hard to see why!
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How This Creative Couple Turned Their Rental Apartment Into A Home

In the words of the tenant, artist Abbey Rich, everyone deserves housing like their Brunswick apartment.
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This Sydney House Feels Like A Slice Of The Mediterranean

It’s not hard to see why artist Annabelle Gfeller fell immediately in love with this Vaucluse home.
Homes

A Designer’s Stylish Inner-City Pied-À-Terre

Brahman Perera's distinctly layered and eclectic off-the-plan Fitzroy apartment.
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A Calming + Clever Forever Home For A Creative Family

A slow but steady renovation has created interior designer Leah Hudson-Smith and musician Wally Maloney’s dream family home in Northcote.
Homes

This DIY-Renovated Home Celebrates Stylish Family Living

This Balaclava home balances clever budget-friendly upgrades with the finer things in life!
Homes

An Architect's Thoughtful Six-Year Family Home Reno

It took six years and four seperate stages for architect Wilson Tang to transform his triple-fronted post-war home into a sanctuary for connection and valued cultural rituals.
Homes

A Designer’s 1970s Home Where The City Meets The Country

Interior designer Cetti Wearmouth’s renovated 1970s Diamond Creek house is the perfect marriage of city and country living.
Homes

It’s Another Day In Paradise In This NSW Central Coast Home

How husband and wife renovating duo Shell and Brodie Stewart turned a 1970s house into their dream home in 10.5 months.
Homes

Inside TDF Art Director Annie Portelli's Sentimental Family Home

After a four-year renovation, Annie shares how this dated Victorian was transformed into a cosy residence with a 'beach house' feel.
Homes

An Antique Specialist’s 1930s Apartment Drenched In Colour

Alex Telford-Sargeant's colourful and eclectic East Melbourne apartment styling is the product of a life of collecting.
Homes

This Off-The-Plan Apartment Warms The Soul

Mecca's retail innovation manager, Susan Egan, shares her off-the-plan Brunswick apartment.
Homes

This Fashion Stylist’s Artful Home Is Filled With Joy

How fashion stylist Stuart Walford turned his newly-built ‘blank slate’ home into a warm, uplifting space that's full of life!
Housing

How Two Families Unlocked The Surprising Benefits Of Multigenerational Living

Two Melbourne households share why they’ve embraced living with family, and the surprising benefits.
Homes

A Couple's Clean, Considered + Contemporary Sydney Home — And It's A Rental!

This creative couple have leaned into the architectural design of their dream rental property.
Apartments

Inside The Creative Apartments Of Hattie Molloy + Pip Byrne

Two creative friends and neighbours invite us inside their respective homes in a 1940s art deco complex.
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A Heartwarming Renovation For A Family's 1920s Weatherboard Bungalow

Interior decorator Lauren Egan has given her rundown 1920s weatherboard bungalow a rich and welcoming renovation and extension.
Homes

Inside A Creative Couple’s Enchanting 1970s Retreat

Moving to a 1970s brick and timber house in the Macedon Ranges has changed the lives of Shari Lowndes and Dion Hall for the better.
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A Couple’s Playful, Pint-Sized House In Inner-City Melbourne

With its thoughtful styling and pops of colour, this tiny Richmond house is a breath of fresh air.
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A 1930s Country-Style Family Home With A Romantic Garden To Match

Sigrid McCarthy and Trent Moreschini are living the dream raising their daughter on the bushy outskirts of Melbourne’s north east.
Homes

Inside Matty J + Laura Byrne's Charming Coastal Home

The media personalities share the first look inside their completed South Coast NSW home.
Interiors

9 Retro Gems We're Still Swooning Over From 2025

Relive the unmistakable magic of these very special homes from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.
Coastal Homes

8 Coastal Homes We Loved In 2025

It's our favourite time of the year (summer), and these seaside homes are exactly where we want to be!
Apartments

The 10 Best Apartments We Featured In 2025

See the most covetable compact homes we visited this year, inside both new and old apartment buildings!
Homes

The Design Files' Top 10 Australian Homes of 2025

From tropical farmhouses to sophisticated inner-city pads, here are the most popular Australian homes we saw in 2025!
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An Off-The-Plan Apartment Turned Design-Lover's Forever Home

Purchasing an apartment in 2021 has given Mathew Fowler and Jonathon Law stability, security and a beautiful blank canvas for their design-led lifestyle.
Homes

Stylist Kelly Thompson’s Colour-Rich, Happy Home

How Kelly Thompson made a ‘stark looking’ white home her own through cosmetic renos.
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This Inner-City Family Apartment Is Reimagining The Australian Dream

How Bonnie Herring and James Senior live small and car-free with a child and dog in an inner-city Melbourne apartment building.
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Ash Pollard’s ‘Polarising’ Melbourne Family Home

Ash Pollard says the renovation of her Melbourne home reflects her personality: ‘polarising, talked about, and expensive!’
Homes

A Uniquely Creative 1960s Home On Sydney’s Northern Beaches

The original quirk of this 1960s Bilgola Plateau home has been embraced and enhanced by designer couple Nasim and Jan Köerting.
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How This Family Built A Life And Home In Barwon Heads

Designer Chantal Hoare and builder Tom Nissen swapped inner-city Richmond living for small town living on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula.
Homes

A Delightful Fitzroy North Terrace For Creative Directors

Noemie Le Coz and Jeremy Elliot’s Melbourne home is a bit like the brand campaigns they design: warm, bright, and minimal, but still with plenty of character.
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This Oakleigh Apartment Is A Time Portal To The 1970s

Walking into photographer Sarah Ruhullah’s unassuming apartment, with its all-original 1970s interior, is like stepping back in time.
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Michelle Banares’ Art Deco Family Apartment

Content creator Michelle Banares lives with her partner and son in a dreamy beachside Melbourne apartment!
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A Share House Inside One Of Melbourne’s Oldest Terraces, Right By The Beach!

Photographer Daniel Temesgen has made a creative home out of his St Kilda rental, located inside a historic 1860s Victorian complex.
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Life’s A Beach In This Breezy Portsea Home

A book and art lover's newly-renovated home on the Mornington Peninsula.
Homes

A Hidden Gem In Peter McIntyre’s Yarra River Village

Zac Bunston lives in the Tea House — part of a village of Kew homes designed by McIntyre Partnership Architects on the steep banks of the Yarra River.
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How A DIY Reno Turned This Simple ‘70s Apartment Into A Bespoke Home

Inside a graphic designer’s ultra efficient and vibrant apartment, created through DIY renos!
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A Character-Filled Mudbrick Family Home

Fiona Killackey and family live in an enchanting 1980s mudbrick home with city and bush views in North Warrandyte.
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A Home For Culture, Connection + Rodeo Dreams In Outback Queensland

Glenda McCulloch has imbued family traditions and rich culture into her family home on Kalkadoon Country.
Homes

Family Life In A Heritage Collingwood Apartment

Designers Cara Stizza and Mitch Jones swapped a four-bedroom house for family life in an inner-city warehouse apartment.
Homes

This Northern Rivers Farmhouse Is A Family's Tropical Paradise

Holly McCauley, Nich Zalmstra and their three children are living the dream in a farmhouse on the fringes of lush rainforest.
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A Generous Melbourne Family Home For A Life Well-Lived

Every inch of Stephanie and Matthew Crosara's Brunswick West family home has been designed with entertaining in mind.
Homes

A Book Designer’s Perfectly Imperfect Family Home

Behind an 1890s worker’s cottage facade in Petersham lies Alissa Dinallo and Nick Ball’s delightful family home.
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A New Era For A Beloved Family Home

With the permission of some flexible landlords (her parents!), Amy Elliot has renovated her childhood home, ready for a new chapter.
Homes

Inside A Sunshine-Yellow Sydney Terrace That Sparks Joy

A delightful Paddington terrace, styled to suit its joyful exterior.
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A Down-To-Earth Home For Creativity + Community

A 1940s housing commission property turned warm and curvaceous family home in Williamstown North.
Homes

An Artist + Filmmaker’s Slice of Ibiza In Newrybar

Inside artist Jai Vasicek and filmmaker Matt Sharp’s unorthodox Byron home, renovated over four years.
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An Artist's 1970s House Turned Poetic Family Home

Sunni Hart and Peter Baxter share their 1970s Balwyn North home, originally designed for artist Bruno Leti.
Homes

A Pint-Sized Melbourne Apartment Packed With Personality

With clever storage solutions and sparing use of bold colour, designer Will Kelly has transformed a 1960s apartment into his dream Melbourne pad.
Homes

An Artist's Romantic Bronte Home With Whimsy

Artist Leah Fraser’s family home feels like a slice of the French countryside in Bronte!
Homes

It’s Summer Holidays Year-Round In This Northern Beaches Home

Inside interior stylist Belle Fearon’s happy, weatherboard cottage in Avalon Beach.
Homes

A Breathtaking Beachside Family Home

A dream St Andrews Beach location inspired a dream new home designed by Pleysier Perkins for Hayley and Mick Barrett and family.
Home of the Month

A Cinematographer's Storybook Cottage In Eltham

There's no place like home for cinematographer Edward Goldner, who cherishes returning to his cosy mudbrick abode after travelling for work.
Homes

Kip&Co Founder Hayley Pannekoecke’s Joyful Family Home

Much like her beloved brand, the Barwon Heads family home of Kip&Co co-founder Hayley Pannekoecke is all kinds of wonderful.
Homes

An ‘Unserious’ Colour Drenched Bondi Apartment

The Bondi apartment of creative couple Jerrie-Joy Redman-Lloyd and Bob Broadfoot is designed to make you smile.
Homes

A Relocated + Renovated Queenslander, Brimming With Bold Colour

Interior designer Jana Isaza-Smith transformed a relocated Queensland into her family's dream colour-filled abode.
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A Dream Country House + Garden By The Yarra River

Josh and Sharn Alexander swapped inner-city Melbourne for a country lifestyle in Christmas Hills.
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An Artistic Family Home That Celebrates Nature

Artists Tais Rose Wae and Heath Wae live in sync with nature in their Northern Rivers home.
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Comfort Comes First In This Converted Warehouse Rental

The Collingwood warehouse of ceramicist Samantha McIntyre (aka The Soda Fountain), and Elsa Bryant, is a place for friendship and community.
Home of the Month

A Family’s Storybook Mudbrick Home With Soul

The 1980s mudbrick home of Effie Mann and Simon Hill is made with local, recycled timbers that tell stories of North Warrandyte’s history.
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A Charming 1920s Family Bungalow In Bangalow

Claire Hickey and Daniel Oliver have built their life in the Northern Rivers around this gorgeous 1920s house and garden.
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The Enchanting Country Estate Of The Owners Of 'Shag' Vintage

Step inside The Stones — a historic house and garden being lovingly restored on a rambling estate in regional Victoria.
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A 1990s Byron Bay A-Frame Home On The Edge Of Nature

Architects Laura Muirhead and Peter Tanevski are the new custodians of a special 1990s home designed by the late architect, Gina Ghioni.
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A Serene Inner-City Melbourne Home With LA Influences

How a couple with no building experience bought a rundown heritage house in Abbotsford back to life.
Home of the Month

A Sensitive Renovation Of A Modernist Home, With A Few Twists!

A thoughtful renovation by Kennedy Nolan further strengthens the mid-century charm of this modernist Kew home.
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Fashion Stylist + Influencer Tash Sefton’s Art Deco Family Apartment

Inside the 1920s Kirribilli apartment of Tash Sefton and Genovese Coffee managing director Adam Genovese.
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A Completely Customised Off-The-Plan Brunswick Studio

See how a stylish custom fit-out has maximised space in this tiny 55 square metre apartment.
Home of the Month

A Fairytale New Family Home In The Byron Hinterland

The French and Moroccan-inspired farmhouse of photographer Jamie and Lisa Green is like stepping into a dream.
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An Architect + Builder’s Victorian Worker’s Cottage Renovation

The fully restored facade conceals a new contemporary addition that pays homage to former brickworks in the area.
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