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A Family’s Semi-Rural Home in Narre Warren North

All homes tell a story, but this is especially true of the Narre Warren North home of Sarah Woodhouse and Brad Nicholls’ of Nicholls Design.

The Nicholls’ family home is located on a 100-acre property, owned by Brad’s family for 55 years, alongside the 170-year-old homestead where Brad grew up, and where his mother still lives! Here, three generations of the Nicholls family live and work in close proximity – Sarah and Brad’s furniture business is based on the property, too!

This modernist-inspired family home is actually the second iteration of Sarah and Brad’s house, after their original home (built in 2006) tragically burned down. The central rammed-earth wall was one of the only elements to survive, and forms the centrepiece of their new home, completed in 2012.

A Cottesloe Family Home That Revolves Around The Sun

The clients of this home loved a previous project by Sydney based architects Clayton Orszaczky so much, they engaged the same design team to remotely create their new house, from the other side of the country!

The resulting home in Cottesloe, WA, draws on the same details and principles as Clayton Orszaczky’s Bondi project, while being unique to the requirements of its Western Australia site and environment.

Spaces are bathed in light from almost all directions, revealing soft materiality and detail.

Winter Garden Tips With Phillip Withers!

Even though it feels like winter only started about five seconds ago, somehow we’ve passed the halfway point and spring is somewhat in sight! Now it’s time to consider how to get your natural landscape ready for early spring, as the soil starts to warm up and the wattles burst into flower.

Legendary local Landscape Designer and our good friend Phillip Withers is here with some sound advice for taking care of your winter garden and prepping for the coming months! 

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Cabin Fever!

TravelCabin Fever!

An A-Frame on the top of the world

At the top of a hill on the 7000-acre Kimo Estate sits a modest A-Frame cabin, with a swoonworthy view across Gundagai. At a compact 28 square metres, JR’s Hut makes a big impact, on a small footprint.  This cosy getaway is specifically designed to encourage visitors to disconnect with the digital, and be truly immersed in the natural world – as such, it’s equipped with only the basics – and electricity is limited to a small solar panel with batteries to run low-voltage lighting. With a strict ‘no phone’ policy, the only tweets you will receive here are of the local bird life variety!

Book a stay and/or Check out our original story for many more pics!

 

Inside JR’s Hut , at the very top of a hill within the 7,000-acre Kimo Estate in rural NSW. Photo – Hilary Bradford.


Not a bad way to wake up! Photo – Hilary Bradford.


Views from the shower area. Photo – Hilary Bradford.


The Japanese-inspired ‘Hideaway‘ cabin by Maguire Devine, on Bruny Island in Tasmania. Photo – Robert Maver.


The Bruny Island hideaway was designed to have no furniture, which informed the overall design. Photo – Robert Maver.


The amazing self-built cabin of Lucy Hersey and her husband Nathan. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli


Earth pigment painting by Lucy Hersey and second-hand sofa, originally from Freedom. Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli


The cabin is a trove of op-shopped homewares! Photo – Caitlin Mills for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli


The Ross Farm Cabin designed and run by Andrea Moore in South Gippsland.  Photo – Eve Wilson.


Photographic work on the wall by Andrea’s brother, Lachlan Moore. Furniture by Andrea and her dad (YES, they made that couch!). Bowl by Ella Bendrups. Photo – Eve Wilson.


Brass edged mirror, luggage bench and brass and cypress wall light by Andrea and her dad. Linen and robes by INBED. Akari lamp by Isamu Noguchi. Photo – Eve Wilson.


Photo – Amy Oliver.


Photo – Amy Oliver.

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