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An Artist's Romantic Bronte Home With Whimsy

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

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.

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.

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.

A Dream Country House + Garden By The Yarra River

Josh and Sharn Alexander swapped inner-city Melbourne for a country lifestyle in Christmas Hills.

An Artistic Family Home That Celebrates Nature

Artists Tais Rose Wae and Heath Wae live in sync with nature in their Northern Rivers home.

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.

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.

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.

Family Life In One Of Melbourne’s Best Warehouse Apartments

How Made by Morgen founder Nick McDonald transformed his warehouse apartment into a light, bright, family home.

A Compact Kid-Friendly Home In The Heart Of Fitzroy

Family living and style go hand in hand in the charming Fitzroy home of Zoe Cuthbertson and Richard Healy.

A 1950s A-Frame Stunner In Northern Sydney

This mid-century A-frame house was originally designed and built in 1959, and continues to impress 65 years later.

A Loving Restoration Of A Significant, Modernist Melbourne Home

How interior stylist Holly Miskimmin restored this 1962 Melbourne home, designed by modernist architect Charles Duncan, and made it her beloved family home.

A Young Family’s ‘Not Too Precious’ 1920s Sydney Home

Sophie and Scott McComas-Williams are both involved in the hospitality industry, so naturally, the kitchen is the centrepiece of their warm and welcoming family home in Sydney's inner south!

Home of the Month

Inside Missy Higgins' Cosy 1970s Home

The iconic Australian singer-songwriter shares a look inside her evocative 1970s Melbourne family home.

A Romantic English Cottage-Inspired Melbourne Family Home

Posey and Marc Broomhall gave a rundown 1930s home new life with feminine colour, bold patterns and luxe textiles.

A Sydney Family Terrace For ‘Minimalists On The Go’

Brie Leon founder Janine Zafra and James Tesoriero live in a renovated Marrickville terrace that's full of surprises.

Inside A Surprising Reinvention Of A Northcote Heritage Home

A major renovation inspired by a former local quarry has reimagined this heritage home hidden behind its 1890s facade.

A Stately Victorian Home Revived With Pastel Interiors

Angie Rehak bought a rundown 1890s home in Clifton Hill and brought it back to life through thoughtful updates, colour, and art.

A Surfside Sydney Home Among The Clouds

Creative director Karina Dias Pires shares her Clovelly family home that captures iconic Sydney views.

A Design Duo’s Dreamy Alistair Knox Family Home

The Melbourne family home of designers Tom Shaw and Linda Raimondo is an under-the-radar Alistair Knox gem in Croydon South.

A Family Barn House In Bangalow’s Rolling Hills

The Bangalow home of Claudia Martin and family is both instantly familiar, and like nothing you've seen before!

A Designer’s Modernist Treehouse Rental

Creative director Sarah Shinners is the master of making a rental property her own, and she’s nailed it again in her Montmorency family home!

An Artist’s 1970s Log Cabin, Passed Down From Grandma

Artist Adam Lee purchased this 1970s log cabin in the Macedon Ranges from his grandma and made it his heartwarming family home.

A Young Family’s Sophisticated Northcote Home

How interior decorator Alyssa Owens made her Northcote terrace a stylish yet highly liveable family home.

A Yarraville Family House That Says ‘The More The Merrier’

A hardworking renovation by Kate Vernon Architects for this ‘busy, active, noisy, inclusive family' !

A Cosy ‘80s House Where Beach Meets Bush

The 1980s Mount Martha family home and rambling garden of Miles and Rachael White.

A Family’s Art Deco Sydney Apartment With A House-Like Feel

The Russell Lea home of Melanie Watkins, Polo Guilbert-Wright, and family in a 1920s duplex.

A California Bungalow, Elevated With Designer Flair

How interior designer Alison Lewis turned a monochrome California bungalow into this divine family home, in a major eight month renovation.

A Fashion Designer’s Romantic 1860s Family Farmhouse

FME Apparel owner Maddy Maeve Dawe and Brodie Doyle Jones made a tree change to Castlemaine for this rambling country farmhouse.

A Warm + Minimal Family Home Filled With Sunshine

Penny Basset and Shane Cracknell’s Yarraville home renovated with Kate Vernon Architects is tailor-made for family living.

A Charming Australian Beach House Made For Year-Round Coastal Living

This cosy, cabin-like renovated Shoreham home champions earthy tones, comfy furnishings and lots of timber, both inside and out.

Home of the Month

A Family’s Dreamy Sea-Change Home + Coastal Garden

Home of the month: the coastal house and garden of Sally Smith and horticulturalist Stuart Fahey on the Mornington Peninsula.

A Fashion Designer + Architect’s Fitzroy Family Terrace

The renovated Victorian terrace home of fashion designer Megan Park and architect Anthony Cox.

A Serene and Stylish 1940s Apartment For A Young Family

The beautifully refined Coogee apartment of interior stylist Samantha Brown and family was renovated in just eight weeks!

A Calming 1980s Fasham Johnson Home In The Hills

Designer Louise Jones shares her delightfully renovated 1980s Fasham Jonhson family home, located in Mount Dandenong.

An Eclectic Sydney Family Home, With International Flair

The character-filled rental home of Creative Director Chad Barnier and Heidi D’Elboux draws on global influences.

Home of the Month

A Mid-Century Melbourne Home With Glamorous European Flair

Interior designer Tali Roth and family live in a 1969 mid-century Caulfield North home, renovated in Tali's eclectic and sophisticated style.

An Alistair Knox Compound For Family + Friends

Tilly Barber, her son Mars, and friend Bianca Dansie live on a sprawling North Warrandyte property designed in the 1970s by Alistair Knox.

A Sophisticated Inner-Melbourne Terrace That Embraces Colour

This Fitzroy North family home is a cosy escape from Melbourne's busy inner-north, layered with colour and texture.

Photographer Tom Ross’ Peachy Melbourne Family Apartment

Tom Ross and Emily Shields valued quality over quantity in their 1960s Melbourne family apartment renovation, designed by Architecture Architecture.

A Textural North Warrandyte Family Home Immersed In Nature

Købn founder Sophie Matson shares her thoughtfully renovated 1979 family home on Melbourne's fringe.

Artist Miranda Skoczek’s ‘Carnivalesque’ Family Apartment

Inside the artist's art deco meets Tudor apartment.

An ‘Almost Modernist’ 1980s Melbourne Family Home

This Melbourne home looks like an authentic mid-century house, it just happens to be a 1980s unit in Carnegie! See inside.

Home of the Month

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Multigenerational Dream Family Home

Your first look at the gorgeous new family home of cook, best-selling author, and our very own food columnist — Julia Busuttil Nishimura!

A Sydney Family’s Mid-Century Rented Home With Colourful Danish Influences

Madeleine and Jake Bulgin have made their dream family home in this 1956 St Ives property.

A Designer's Family Home, Passed Down Through Generations

Creative directors Suzy Tuxen and Shane Loorham's renovated family home is filled with decade's worth of family memories.

Home of the Month

A Stylist’s Under-The-Radar 1950s Modernist Family Home

The 1950s family home of stylist Gemma Keil designed by prominent mid-century designer, Douglas Snelling.

A Modernist-Inspired, Fully-Accessible New Melbourne Family Home

The newly-built, fully wheelchair accessible, and modernist-inspired Melbourne family home of Tobi Dikstein and Nick Morris.

Home of the Month

Jumbled Founder Pip Brett’s Breathtaking Family Villa in Orange

The savvy style-setter has built her dream family home in country NSW, but it looks straight out of the Mediterranean.

The Vine-Covered, Victorian Family Home Of Frank Body Co-Founder, Bree Johnson

The entrepreneur shares her 1880s Victorian family home that hides a calming extension behind the leafy, heritage facade.

Stylist Bea Lambos’ Feel Good Melbourne Family Home

Stylist Bea Lambos of Bea + Co has turned her Melbourne house into a home with gorgeous art and colour.

Grace Dlabik’s Modernist + Accessible Family Home

After 20 years of searching Grace Dlabik has found an accessible home suitable for her son, Elijah, who lives with cerebral palsy. See inside the modernist paradise in Donvale, Melbourne.

Home of the Month

A Melbourne Architecture Power Couple’s Magic Family Home

Inside the playful Northcote home of Wowowa Architecture directors Monique and Scott Woodward.

A ‘Modern Mediterranean’ Family Home On The NSW Central Coast

The coastal home of La Boheme Lifestyle founder Stephanie Davies and family draws inspiration from villas in Italy and Spain.

A Creative Family Home In A 1960s Northcote Apartment Building

Lighting designer Dimitrios Tsiokaras and his family have made a cosy home in this light-filled, centrally located apartment.

A Serene Fitzroy North Family Home

How jeweller Jules Vleugel and builder Rhys Vleugel turned a cold Victorian terrace into the Melbourne family home of their dreams.

Home of the Month

Photographer Eve Wilson’s Palette-Perfect Inner City Family Home

Inside The Design Files' photographer Eve Wilson's incredible Melbourne home, designed by Studio Bright.

Artist Gemma Leslie’s 1880s Mediterranean-Inspired Family Home

The historic home of artist Gemma Leslie and Mike Chambers is a little slice of Tuscany... in Melbourne!

A Victorian Coastal Family Home Inspired By A Famous Alpine Village

The Jan Juc family home of artist Ingrid Daniell and designer Clifton Daniell.

A Melbourne Family’s Romantic Edwardian Home

The family home of artist Octavia Tomyn is a classic, stately Edwardian filled with sentimental art!

The Idyllic Country Family Home Of The Design Files’ Partnerships Manager, Alice Ziebell!

Alice and Marlon Ziebell moved to South Gippsland during Covid lockdowns, and never looked back. See inside their newly renovated home!

A 1970s Northern Beaches Rental, Where Everyday Feels Like A Holiday!

Everyday’s a holiday in the family home of film directors Helena Brooks and Jae Morrison on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

A Quirky Redfern Terrace With A Hidden Green Roof

The unconventional family home of designer Sacha Coles, split over 4 levels!

A Melbourne Family’s Ever Changing ‘Light House’

An innovative, sculptural screen invites dynamic shadows into the family home of Andrew Jaques, and Christina Chiodo, renovated by Layan.

A Sydney Family Home Inspired By Wes Anderson, Art Deco + English Country Gardens

Olli Ella founder Chloe Brookman reveals her newly-renovated South Coogee home, for her family of seven!

A Newly-Built Coastal Home Filled With Character + Colour

From an inner-city Melbourne rental to coastal Anglesea, see how these sea-changers designed and built their dream family home.

A Noughties Northcote Townhouse Turned Beautiful Family Home

A notice to vacate their previous rental prompted Patrick and Ally Smith to buy a drab 2009 pad, and transform it into an inviting home!

An Artist’s Spanish Mission Home In Newcastle

The recently-renovated home of artist Annie Everingham and family feels like a piece of California… in Newcastle!

A Bright + Happy Family Beach House

The Palm Springs-inspired, Mornington Peninsula beach home of Wowhaus artist Kate Jansen and family.

An Interior Designer’s Playful Family ‘Art House’

The playfully decorated Toorak home of interior designer and stylist, Zoe Murphy, and family.

Dee Tang + Desmond Sweeney’s Fremantle Family Home

The creative 1940s family home of Dee Tang and Desmond Sweeney, aka 'The Lady California'.

A Retro Templestowe Rental, Complete With An Indoor Pool!

A retro Templestowe rental property filled with vintage secondhand furniture, and complete with an indoor pool!

An Architecturally Superb Melbourne Home By Sean Godsell

The meticulously considered South Yarra home of Mandy Wilton, designed for the whole family.

'Cottagecore' Meets Modern Eclecticism In This Charming Renovated Heritage Home

Fiona Bateman's 1893 family home, originally designed by prominent architect Walter Liberty Vernon, in Neutral Bay, NSW.

Australian Fashion Legend Pip Edwards’ Rose Bay Home

The bold yet sophisticated home of P.E Nation co-founder and creative director, Pip Edwards.

A Designer + Builder’s 1950s Warrandyte Home Renovation

The mid-century home renovation of builder Pierre Seale, and fashion designer Alexandra Apostolidis.

Alistair Knox’s Former Studio Turned Family Home

Tilly Barber has converted the former Eltham studio of prolific local architect Alistair Knox into her own family home.