Innholdsfortegnelse for Annual Issue 25.2 2022 i Home Design

It’s party time at Home Design HQ — welcome to the annual collector’s edition. With summer in full swing, the theme of this issue is outdoor entertaining. In our multifunction backyards feature we take a look at how to make your outdoor space functional, aesthetically pleasing and safe for the whole family. It covers everything from pools, spas and decking to landscaping and covered outdoor areas. At Home Design, we love home living that integrates indoors and out. Our outdoor kitchens feature details everything you need to know to create the alfresco cooking space of your dreams. With our temperate and often hot climate, home cooling is of utmost importance in Australian houses. While air conditioning is important, it’s not the only way to keep your home cool when the…

Iconic TH Brown furniture is beautiful, each piece hand-crafted and timeless. The pieces work across many design styles, but the style TH Brown is most known for is mid-century modern. For Simon and Toni Brown, the story of TH Brown’s inception is as time-honoured as the furniture itself. It dates back to over 110 years ago in Adelaide, beginning with Simon’s grandfather Thomas H Brown. The baton was handed to Simon’s father, Peter, from the 1950s to the 1980s. “Peter was a highly respected designer and created a range of pieces that unequivocally defined Australian mid-century furniture design,” say Toni and Simon. From age 12, Simon helped to bring his father’s designs to life. He was captivated with the design and manufacturing process of the family business, and now the…

These days, renovating is big bucks, with the costs of building supplies at a premium. Get it right and it’s money spent wisely, but if you don’t, you could make costly mistakes. Renovating reality shows have many religiously tuning in and eagerly waiting for the before and after projects to be revealed — it all seems so easy. But while renovating can be very rewarding and add real value in terms of lifestyle and liveability to your home, it is hard work and it takes a lot of time, effort and planning to get it right. RENOVATING FOR LONGEVITY You’ve found the perfect home for you and your family and you’re not going to budge — not ever. While things can change over time, if you want to renovate to…

In a small town 90km south-west of Sydney sits a stunning property now called Infinity House. The owners, Jody and Michael, purchased a 4000sqm estate block on an old stud farm to build a family home to live in with daughters Stephanie, 18, and Stacie, 12, and their beloved Cavoodle, Miss Lady. From the onset, they knew they wanted to create a Hamptons-style home and were inspired by 2003 Hollywood rom-com Something’s Gotta Give. “That house is to die for,” Jody emphasises. “This is where I got a lot of my inspiration.” For Jody and Michael, wainscoting from Intrim Mouldings was at the top of their must-haves list. It is this feature that sets the home apart and solidifies the classic Hamptons aesthetic. “We have wainscoting in our entryway, living/dining…

We all love to sit and relax in the outdoors, but when the weather is too hot or humid, it’s an enormous deterrent. While covered outdoor spaces provide shelter from the hot sun, they need a suitable ventilation solution to maximise usability. Likewise, it’s not easy to relax in stuffy indoor environments, but with an efficient and effective indoor fan, you can generate air movement and reduce heat while saving on energy costs and maintaining the appeal of a natural breeze, compared with an air conditioning system. The question is, which ventilation solution is the right one for your space? And the answer is, ask the experts. Ventair is an Australian company operating since 2006, and for almost two decades they’ve been specialising in quality air movement products for domestic…

In 1973, a former flooring installer created a small business from his family home with the aim of making vinyl flooring as beautiful as it is practical. Now a thriving company, Karndean Designflooring is a leading global innovator in luxury vinyl flooring and the market leader in Australia and New Zealand. What makes the company special is that Karndean designers travel the world to find inspiration in nature and in the timeworn patina of timbers and stones featured in beautiful interiors, to grace your home with a luxury, low-maintenance flooring solution that will look stunning for years to come. Among their re-imagining, Karndean first launched Karndean LooseLay as a collection in 2011. A decade on, the new and updated Karndean LooseLay Originals range brings together timeless favourites from the original…

At this time of year, it might be easy to forget about the dreaded cold of winter, but warmer months are a great time to give some thought to your home heating solution. A Jindara wood heater can be a great addition to your home, adding to the comfort and aesthetic and creating an eye-catching centrepiece. To top it off, research has shown a wood-burning fire has a significant calming effect. But with so many options on the market, how do you decide which product is right for you? It’s an important decision and you’ll want to select the correct size and design that not only suits your interiors, but also does what it’s meant to do — provide an effective heating solution. The first step in the process is…

Entering this spectacular home through a custom blackbutt door, guests are immediately consumed by the beauty of the view and the simplicity of the design. A modern bohemian vibe has influenced the styling and materials chosen, incorporating a palette of glass, stone and natural timbers. Seamless integration between the internal and external spaces adds to the relaxed feel and laid-back atmosphere. The facade is lined with Berrimah natural stone and blackbutt battens, which will age naturally over time in harmony with the surrounding landscape. Berrimah has also been used as the fireplace surround in the family room, further emphasising the relationship between the exterior and interior of the home. Natural stone tiles and custom blackbutt vanities in the bathrooms also add to the earthy feel. The vast windows throughout make…

No doubt we all have a fond memory of a campfire, but we can also induce the same positive experience at home every day — and research offers compelling reasons why we should. A real wood fire creates an ambience like no other — the smells, the sights and the sounds provide interest and enjoyment for the whole family. Studies have shown that hearth and campfires induce relaxation as part of a multisensory experience, decreasing blood pressure and improving health and wellbeing. Sitting by a fire also helps regulate emotions, promotes joy and decreases stress — exactly what we all need — while encouraging positive social behaviours and interactions, building family connections and friendships. With so many benefits, it’s easy to see why wood fireplaces have remained a favourite over…

The warmer months provide an ideal time to prepare for winter, particularly if you’re looking to install a new heating solution. While a burning flame can create a wonderful glow and ambience, a traditional wood fire requires a significant amount of work. With a gas fire, however, you can achieve the same ambient effect as a wood fire, without the fuss. Gas fires are an incredibly convenient alternative to traditional wood fires. Inviting you to sit down and stay a while, they offer the benefit of cosiness and ambience for long hours each day, without requiring you to get up to stoke the fire or put on another log. A gas fireplace can make a real statement piece in a home in all seasons, and with an incredible range on…

Chanel was always drawn to art. After studying at TAFE while at school, she went on to complete a Fine Arts degree. Chanel describes her university experience as deeply psycho-spiritual. “It transformed my thinking in a way that was unimaginable to me,” she reflects. It wasn’t until 2021 when, driven by the aloneness thrust upon us with pandemic lockdowns, Chanel felt compelled to really pursue her art. “I was isolated for quite a large portion of that year and artmaking became a way for me to communicate this sense of loneliness,” she observes. In her early work, there is sense of feeling cast adrift, yet seemingly anchored in time and space. The more the viewer’s gaze lingers, the more intricate emotional layers are revealed. For Chanel, art is a way…

TRENDING COASTAL In 2021-2022 compared with 2017-2018, Australian homemakers have fallen more in love with the coastal style and out of love with contemporary and modern styles, in a trend that is reflective of our environment and warm climate. Based on new data from more than 20,000 Australians who have taken the Beaumont Tiles “What’s My Style” quiz in the past year, the top three styles in the 2021-2022 survey were traditional, coastal and Scandi. While generally lighter and more neutral, the coastal colour palette can be brought to life with the addition of a splash of colour. tile.com.au FENDI BAGUETTE TURNS 25 Timeless design — whether in furniture or fashion — has endless appeal. Fendi’s Baguette bag is 25 years in the fashion world and still a star. To…

1 / OUTDOOR DINING Designed in collaboration with Søren Rose Studio, Cane-line’s Basket dining chair shows off organic curves in a durable fashion. Made from the strong Cane-line Weave® on a hot-dip galvanised steel frame with complementing cushions in Cane-line fabric, this addition to your outdoor space will let you soak in the sun with a good book for hours. The sculptural shell-shaped curved backrest provides comfort and style and is available in both Natural and Graphite colours as well as an array of cushion colours. The Basket dining chair will easily complement your outdoor aesthetic. cane-line.com.au 2 / SUSTAINABLE COMFORT Handcrafted from bamboo rattan and bent cane, this curvy chair boasts environmentally sustainable comfort. Constructed from natural materials, the Bermuda designer chair in Natural Rattan exudes organic style…

When shopping for a new product for your home, the sheer number of different brands on the market can be overwhelming, not to mention the range of options within each brand. Unless you have a particular product in mind, the process of selecting new whitegoods, home entertainment, small appliances or even fitting out your new kitchen can be daunting as well as incredibly time-consuming. To ease some of the stress and burden, it’s a good idea to reach out to a trusted retailer who can guide you through the decision-making process easily and effortlessly, letting them do all the hard work and giving you peace of mind. In business for more than 65 years, Bing Lee has extensive industry experience across almost every product you’ll need for your home besides…

Magic abounds at Mermaid Coastal House. This beach house rises majestically from the sandy shores of Mermaid Waters in Queensland, almost as if it’s an extension of the waterway itself. Yet it wasn’t always like this. The previous dwelling was a stereotypical single-level project house, with little thought given to its functionality as a family home or its setting. Enter Reece Keil from Reece Keil Design, who helped his clients achieve their building dreams. “With an uninspiring existing home as inspiration, our clients dreamt of a large, light and bright house in a timeless coastal aesthetic to cater to the needs of their growing family,” Reece says. “Their budget allowed for major works but it had to be distributed responsibly to achieve an equally balanced outcome for all aspects of…

Renovating an old bathroom confined inside a home, with the challenge of no external windows, meant the focus of its transformation for Birdblack Design was to be on beautiful lighting and a light and airy aesthetic. This theme was to be carried across to the laundry renovation too. “Our brief was to create a bathroom haven that felt like a day spa,” says Sarah Nolen, Birdblack’s principal interior designer. “The original bathroom was dark and dingy, so the challenge of converting it into a high-end day spa took careful thought and planning.” One of the standouts is the visual cue as you enter the new bathroom. “In the bathroom, we removed a wall that was separating the bath and shower. In the new layout, we have an open-plan wet zone…

According to Le Corbusier, the Swiss-French pioneer of modern architecture, “The history of architecture is also the history of windows.” While ancient China, Korea and Japan widely used paper windows, the Romans were the first society known to have used glass for windows, around 100AD. In England, animal horn was used before glass became widely adopted in the 17th century. In the Georgian era (from 1714 to the 1830s), windows with six glass panes per sash in a grid design became common. Glass from that era often had air bubbles, distortions and curved ripples which can still be seen today in sash window styles of some historic buildings. In the 1950s, bigger windows became possible through the development of the revolutionary float glass process, which enabled glass to be made…

Amica’s work is immersed in the splendour of the natural world — its organic forms, its perfect imperfections and its ephemeral qualities. She describes her work as composed of abstract, earthy palettes and botanical forms. “These float gently around the canvas and are the result of an intuitive, lyrical engagement between myself and the materials I use,” she reveals. Her work is composed, balanced and harmonious — it soothes the soul. When creating art, it is with intention and a measured approach. “I begin with the chaos of colour and spontaneous mark making, and end with a ‘paring down’, creating a charged space between forms to create a harmonious composition, like yin and yang,” she explains. Amica’s artistic journey began after studying Fine Arts and Secondary Teaching at university. “After…

With soaring temperatures and steamy summer nights, there’s no need to sweat it out. Here’s the scoop on how to create the ultimate cool zone in your home. BUILD IT WITH COOLING IN MIND The way your home is built and orientated on your block of land plays a huge role in heating and cooling for comfort and energy efficiency. Simply put, the concept of thermal mass is how a building can absorb, store and release heat over time. It helps to retain a more constant temperature, lowering your reliance on cooling devices. For example, materials like brick or concrete have significant thermal storage capacity. They can store heat during the day, keeping the home cooler. As a guideline, the more robust, dense or heavier the material, the greater its…

Natural stone is an incredibly versatile material that can bring beauty and durability to a surprising range of applications — from kitchens to pool surrounds, and furniture to fireplaces. Stone can be cut to virtually any shape and thickness for creating floor tiles, table tops or wall cladding, or it may be used purely for its aesthetic appeal to provide subtle and stylish visual accents. With unmatched durability and authentic beauty, natural stone will stand the test of time and help create a luxurious and impressive home. And because no two natural stones are alike, it brings a uniquely bespoke appeal for people looking to differentiate themselves from the rest. ENDURING SURFACES FOR HARD-WORKING AREAS Kitchens and bathrooms are obvious places to take advantage of stone’s physical characteristics, with marble,…

With clever planning, dual functionality and attention to detail, your backyard can be everything you want it to be and more. If you’re planning a multifunctional backyard, adaptability of spaces is important. John Lea from Lea Design Studio says few people have a quarter-acre block like the old days where you could play cricket, have a vegetable patch and a pool, so today’s spaces need to be multipurpose. “Rather than just turfed lawns, there are far more ‘outdoor rooms’ being developed,” says John. “You can achieve this by using different ground or floor materials, such as a deck in one area, pavers in another, and then turf or artificial turf, with garden beds interspaced or surrounding these areas.” Many garden beds are no longer just filled with pretty fragrant blooms;…

This new design, titled Retreat from McDonald Jones, has been created from continuous consultation and client feedback over the past three decades, along with the company’s commitment to innovation and architectural design to truly take advantage of the best of the Australian lifestyle. The Retreat design was created to be a family home that felt like a holiday home. It is part of the Stuart Everitt range of architecturally designed homes on display at Waterford Living. The design was recently up for some major building awards, and the judge who walked through the Retreat display was so impressed, they returned on the weekend to request a quote on building the home for themselves! The home’s exterior is finished with classic lightweight cladding around the entire house and beautiful, cultured stone…

On a tree-lined street in Brisbane’s inner north sits Northgate Engawa House. Here, calming shades of green are complemented by natural wood tones in a building that’s been designed to create a sense of Zen for the two families who inhabit it. Yet the home didn’t always look this way. “The original house was a Queenslander, elevated to facilitate breezes, but without adequate clearance underneath for storage or living,” says Matt Kennedy, director of Arcke. This design flaw limited the potential of the block, which could play host to so much more than a basic single dwelling. When the homeowners, a couple with a primary-school-aged son, approached Arcke for assistance, they sought a solution to several design requirements. “In their brief, our clients wanted to lift the house and build…

Smith & Sons are renovation specialists comprising many family businesses located across Australia. Having completed more than 15,000 home renovations, they boast many happy clients and can proudly attest to their concept-to-completion reliability. For homeowners, especially in the current climate, they offer an outstanding proposition for your next renovation. One of their latest projects was once an ordinary rendered brick home that offered a lot of potential, particularly given its Gold Coast canal location. Built in the 1990s, it had all the hallmarks of that era, with tired design and a boxed-in layout. The brief was to fully renovate and update the two-storey dwelling, including a redesign of the internal layout on both levels, and create a more open-plan style. The clients — a professional couple based in Sydney —…

Emma — The Sleep Company is the world’s leading sleep brand, having won more than 75 awards globally, and now its mattresses have been voted number one again, this time by Australian customers. With the Emma Diamond Hybrid and the Emma Comfort both taking out the top spot in the 2023 Product of the Year Awards in their respective price categories, that’s an outstanding recommendation for anyone thinking to upgrade their mattress. Product of the Year is Australia’s largest independent consumer poll of new products, a survey of 5000 people conducted by NielsenIQ. In 2022, the Emma Diamond Hybrid was also an Australian Good Design Award® winner, while the Emma Comfort was awarded the CHOICE® Top Rated Mattress in 2022 as well as 2021. Emma mattresses are the only ones…

Across from the Sorrento Sailing Club stands a calming beachside retreat. Once an austere two-storey merchant-builder-style home, Sorrento House is now an oasis that celebrates texture, gentle colour and, of course, the property’s gorgeous coastal location thanks to a recent renovation from Fiona Lynch Office. The clients sought an air of contemplated seclusion in their home. This formed the basis for the renovation brief, with an overhaul of material, layout and aesthetic carried out. The resulting update sees a tranquil Positano palette meet an Italian Rationalism design style, where understated elegance, scale and symmetry reign supreme. This elegance begins in the lounge areas. Throughout the home, material selections focused on organic porous elements including putted travertine and honed oyster grey limestone. These were used to define integrated joinery elements plus…

Based in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Weathertex is an Australian manufacturer of timber cladding offering you outstanding products you can trust. High-performing and visually stunning, Weathertex cladding ticks all the boxes. If you’re looking for cladding indoors or out, they’re seriously hard to beat. Because the Weathertex brand values our environment, the products have a better than zero carbon footprint. With all products manufactured using PEFC certified waste timber from State Forests or private hardwoods from controlled sources, no old growth hardwood is used — protecting natural resources and maintaining the habitat of native wildlife. Weathertex has been through a rigorous evaluation from Global GreenTag Pty Ltd to determine its outstanding “green performance” and is proud to have the first manufactured product to receive “GreenTag Platinum” certification…

This kitchen, designed by Mark Hudson at JAG Kitchens, highlights the impact that texture and contrast can have on the overall aesthetics of a kitchen design. However, more importantly, the success of the project lies within more than just the perfect execution of form — it ultimately triumphs due to its respect for function. The homeowners’ main requirements were that the space had to accommodate the needs of each family member, including their children. More than that, the kitchen needed to function as the true heart of the home, a welcoming space for the family to retire to at the end of a busy day. Where the previous kitchen felt limited in its functionality due to separate rooms for the laundry, pantry and kitchen area, once the adjoining walls were…

1/HOME OF THE HAMPTONS OneWorld Collection is the primary destination for classic, coastal and Hamptons-inspired furniture, lighting and homewares. Focused on designing and supplying pieces that are stylish, elegant, functional and known for their superior craftsmanship, OneWorld Collection has a wide selection of products and everything you need to create the perfect home. oneworldcollection.com.au 2/RESTORE IT Covesmore Solutions, known as the “Ex Parker People”, set the standard in upholstery, polishing and furniture restoration. Based in Sydney, they offer furniture restoration services for Parker furniture and other premium brands. With more than 60 years of shared experience across their team, they uphold the same values that built the Parker business — “integrity and perfection”. This is why Tony Parker himself has endorsed their work. covesmore.com.au 3/AUTOMATED WINDOW COVERINGS Dollar Curtains +…