An 1980s brown brick home doesn’t necessarily jump out as an interior designer’s dream home… but Alex Bennett could see the potential in this Suffolk Park property.

With help from Those Architects, this home was gutted, reworked and extended to create the perfect beachside sanctuary for Alex and her two young children, Parker and Scout.

There must be something in the water in Tasmania… Not only does an insanely beautiful accommodation offering crop up here every other week, but as Sarah Andrews will tell you, it’s a place where magic happens.

Sarah is the owner of Captains Rest, a heritage-listed waterfront cottage turned Airbnb in Strahan, a small town on the state’s west coast. Once a dilapidated shack no one wanted, Sarah has transformed this into an enhancing space that’s become one of the most in-demand accommodations in the Apple Isle.

A great garden can completely elevate a home. But it takes a pretty special garden to transport you to a totally different hemisphere! Despite being located in the summery eastern beaches of Sydney, this dreamy garden belonging to landscape designer Anthony Wyer could easily be on a sun-scorched Greek island.

Replete with a lush, layered planting palette, pool and a sandstone cabana cave, the Boulder House garden is like being on holiday, at home! What more can we say? It’s absolute heaven.