If you spent all of this winter begrudgingly swiping through European holiday snaps on Instagram, it might be time to make your own travel plans for 2020!
Photographer Nikole Ramsay introduces us to her upcoming all-inclusive, immersive food and photography tour of the Veneto region in northern Italy, held alongside Annie from Annie’s Provedore in Barwon Heads. Bellissimo!
It has the makings of a Mad Men setting: In 1957, a wealthy real estate tycoon from Surfers Paradise builds a house on the coast while he oversees a suburb development nearby. Years later, a couple purchase the dilapidated structure as their holiday house, and eventually move into it full-time.
Neal and Shirley engaged DFJ Architects to revive their beloved beach house to its mid-century glory, with the hopes of bringing out its ‘case study’ character.
If there’s an architecturally significant home available to rent in Melbourne’s north-east, you best believe Tilly Barber knows about it.
The owner of furniture businesses Homebody and Monde has lived in multiple nearby ’60s and ’70s homes, but couldn’t resist moving into the former office of prolific architect Alistair Knox when it recently hit the rental market.
Embracing the site’s history and leafy Eltham environment, Tilly has turned the space into a somewhat unorthodox yet heartwarming home for herself, and six-year-old-son Marley.
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The Fremantle home of Poppy Lissiman and Harrison Kennedy feels like a beautiful boutique hotel, combining influences of retail, hospitality and residential design into the one unique space.
The couple bought the Tuscan villa-style house earlier this year, proceeding to renovate the space for improved outdoor connections and plenty of personality. Their secret weapon – Harrison’s mum and acclaimed architect Louise St John Kennedy, who designed the updated house plans.
Whilst renovating can often be stressful, Poppy describes the process as ‘pure heaven’, resulting in one seriously gorgeous home.
The maximalist yet personal feel of Leila Sanderson and sound engineer Tony Espie‘s South Yarra apartment is something that can only be achieved over a long period of time… 12 years to be exact!
Leila and Tony have filled the art deco space with plenty of contrasting colour, ribbon rosettes made by Leila (aka Skinny, owner of Skinny Wolf), and foliage from her florist work with Katie Marx.
It’s a heartwarming space, which celebrates the history and style of its original architecture. And would you believe, it’s a rental?!
Charlotte Ree has lived in Sydney for 14 years, but she’s never seen another property quite like her Potts Point apartment!
The head of marketing at Pan Macmillan Australia, recipe developer, author of Just Desserts and the upcoming food memoir Heartbake, was immediately attracted to the apartment’s unique mix of warehouse features in an art deco building, and of course, its private rooftop!
A mere three months since moving in, Charlotte feels more at home here than ever before.
We see a lot of houses here at TDF, but we’ve never seen an Australian house quite like Bronte Taton’s!
Bronte’s family home is reminiscent of classical Greek architecture, and surrounded by a French-inspired garden in Darlington – a quaint country town 30 minutes from Perth.
The creative director and antique collector at Cleo Collects moved here with her husband Joshua Casey, Indigenous program coordinator and design teacher shortly after the birth of their daughter, Clementine. The move has felt like returning home to Bronte, who grew up between Paris and California. The dream!
Every day feels like a holiday in the home of Cheryl and James Kitchener!
The couple purchased this ‘80s property in Suffolk Park, located six kilometres from Byron Bay, for its retro feel, privacy, and connection to the garden.
Subsequent renovations have enhanced these features and more, resulting in the ultimate tropical retreat… just steps from the beach!
The mid-century homes of Alistair Knox are always special, but place one in the hands of photographer Sean Fennessy, and art director and stylist Jessica Lillico, and you have a guaranteed knockout.
Sean and Jess purchased this circa 1969 Warrandyte property, nicknamed The Fisher House, as their family home in 2019. Together with architect Adriana Hanna, they’ve sensitively updated the brick and timber interiors, creating a heart-warming home full of textured, robust materials.
Founders of Pop and Scott, Scott Gibson and Poppy Garbin, know how to create an incredible home. The couple’s previous rental property in Eltham was one of our most popular stories ever, so ever since they moved to Dromana in 2017, we’ve been begging for a stickybeak!
Unsurprisingly, this reveal has been worth the wait. What was once a dated ‘80s house has been lovingly updated by the talented pair (with three kids in tow!) via mostly cosmetic changes and landscaping. Interiors remain faithful to the home’s original bones, featuring brick and timber spaces that absolutely ooze with soul.
Fancy a move to the Mornington Peninsula? You’re in luck. This wonderful home is currently for sale!
Recently we shared the 1870s church turned family home of Sarah Hall. Now, it’s her sister and business partner at Read&Hall Emma Read’s turn!
Located in Willunga, the same small town on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula, Emma’s home is an equally charming bungalow, shared with her husband Matt Read, and children Tuesday 13, Reggie 10, and Abel, 7.
The family have slowly renovated this house over the past 12 years, introducing more natural light and incredible vintage finds along the way. Every item has a story, all of which add to the home’s unique character.
Yasmine Ghoniem heads up one of Australia’s most exciting design practices, YSG, so it’s no surprise that her own Bondi home is a knockout!
Previously a dated apartment, Yasmine has transformed the space into a truly incredible incredible first home with little more than paint, 2pac joinery, and a whole lot of love.
Every inch of the 55 square metre apartment has been cleverly utilised in the renovation, creating an equally colourful and comfortable space, which Yasmine shares with her husband Tom Swanson.
Virginia Morris spent her childhood summers holidaying in Anglesea, so to purchase a property in the Victorian beach town 10 years ago felt like returning home.
Built in 1984 by a local builder, the house has been slowly renovated by Virginia over the past decade, and has evolved alongside her now-teenage children.
The home’s location, just steps from Point Roadknight beach, is simply the cherry on top!
The Southern Highlands home of James Watts and Tony Chapman is the kind of house many Australians wish they were isolating in right now.
With its gorgeous interiors, including sunny spots to read, antique furnishings, and a roaring fireplace, every day here feels like a boutique holiday stay.
James and Tony personally designed the renovation of the 1930s cottage, which was completed just before entering lockdown in 2020. With the help of a great local trades team, they’ve created the ultimate cosy sanctuary.
There’s a relaxed, Californian feel to the family home of James and Liana Shaw-Taylor – a tribute to the home’s mid-century architecture, and leafy surrounds in Wahroonga, on Sydney’s Upper-North Shore.
Working with interior designers Tom Mark Henry, the couple have maintained the original modernist spirit of the home, but in a contemporary manner inspired by nature and their own eclectic tastes.
The end result is equal parts playful and sophisticated, representing a modern take on the mid-century genre!
