Domain Living: Home Trends & Inspiration

Winter is here, but that doesn’t mean we must stop gardening. There’s plenty to do in the garden this season.

When the owners first saw the property in late 2017, it was ”barely liveable”. Now, thanks to interior designer David Flack and architect Peter Knights, it’s a stylish two-bedroom, two-bathroom city pad.

Believed to have originated in Japan in the 18th century, this charred finish is becoming more popular among Australian architects and builders.

The million-dollar Adelaide property has a sleek grey-rendered façade and Mediterranean-inspired interiors.

With fresh perspectives and original approaches, a new generation of designers is putting its stamp on our built environment.

The company’s products – and the ads promoting them – are markers of design and societal trends that trigger feelings of nostalgia for many of us.

From the street, it looks much like it did 143 years ago. But behind the heritage facade is an expansive harbourfront house beyond what the original owners could have imagined.

Consider a powder room as an opportunity to show off, in the most stylish way of course.

When she and husband Chris Monahan saw an open for inspection at Pigeon Bank Road six years ago, they couldn’t help but check it out.