Home Trends & Inspiration

While location and other key factors still dominate homebuyer’s priorities, energy-efficient features can help seal the deal, according to one expert.

Wombat Park, outside Daylesford, is just one of the beautiful gardens which will be open to the public during the National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association’s Virtual Garden Day.

After purchasing the property in one of her favourite towns, Gale and her partner Shaun Hampson decided to share their holiday retreat with others. Dollywood, as it's known, is a renovated modernist 1940s bungalow with attitude.

"Embrace the brown" became the motto during the renovation of a near-original mid-century home designed by Alistair Knox - and it's paid off.

Whether invited or not, wherever you live, some sort of insect or animal pest will be attracted to your garden at some point, so it’s important to know who to allow residency and how to cohabit with them. 

A home in the Sunshine Coast hinterland has kerb appeal of an unusual kind: the cafe operating within its picket-fenced front garden serves up freshly brewed coffee, cakes and pastries to local customers.

We look at some of the elements that make a home look and feel as luxurious as a six-star hotel.

Owning a period home can be a double-edged sword: we fall in love with the intricate details, but the cost of maintaining, repairing and restoring those features can leave us wondering if it's all worth it.

As you wind along the Pacific Highway in northern NSW, pay close attention to the turnoff for Brunswick Heads, a quaint little seaside town where you'll find the revamped Sails Motel.

Two contrasting buildings combine to create a magical family home that blurs the boundary between indoors and out.