Posts By Jade Johansson

Rich, moody and beautifully detailed, this luxury Werribee renovation demonstrates how an established home can be expanded and transformed without losing the character that made it special in the first …
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There is just something about the colour yellow that screams happy – sunshiney, summer vibes! For anyone who loves its vibrant warmth but is nervous about committing to a yellow …
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Buying a vintage wooden console isn’t like picking something off a showroom floor. Every piece carries decades of use, and that history is both its appeal and its risk. Knowing …
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Most custom-home briefs spend pages on joinery, stone and glazing. The concrete outside often gets a single line, if that. Yet the driveway is the first surface a visitor touches, …
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You’ve spent a year or two choosing every surface in the house. The oak floors were sanded and finished three times. The island bench is a single slab of marble …
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On most custom home builds, fencing is often the last line item considered. After resolving the architecture and refining the landscape plans, someone finally asks what is going along the …
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For a feature once associated almost exclusively with country homes, barn doors have recently made a surprising move into contemporary interiors. Today they are appearing in everything from coastal and …
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Packing bags, checking passports, and locking the doors usually sit near the top of the holiday list. Plumbing probably does not. But leaving a home empty changes how quickly a …
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Few homes feel as distinctly Australian as the classic Queenslander. With their deep verandahs, weatherboard walls, elevated floorplans and broad metal roofs, these homes were shaped by the climate but …
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A stained driveway, mossy walkway, or patio faded under a layer of grime can age a home fast. Weather and daily foot traffic both leave a mark on outdoor hardscaping, …
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A kitchen frozen in 1998 or a floor plan that no longer suits a family of five: these are the moments homeowners start weighing their options. Some fix what they …
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Building a custom home gives you control over nearly every design decision, yet many homeowners still treat the backyard as an afterthought. The best custom homes extend their architecture beyond …
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A custom home gives you a rare shot at getting the plumbing right from the first sketch, before the walls go up and the decisions get locked in behind them. …
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Australian architects and custom home builders are recommending metal roofing for a growing share of new builds, and the reasons go well beyond looks. A gabled roofline finished in steel, …
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Some days your home feels just right. Other days it feels like a sweater that shrank in the wash. If you’ve been going back and forth about moving, you’re not …
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Joinery is where a new home either sings or sags. You can pour a perfect slab, frame it dead square and still end up with a kitchen that feels cheap …
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Most people picture paint colours or kitchen benchtops when they think about designing a custom home, but it’s the roof selection that carries the most weight. A roof shapes the …
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Water is patient. It doesn’t need to flood a basement or crack a wall overnight to cause serious harm. Most foundation problems build slowly, through years of small moisture intrusions …
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A design on paper only tells half the story of a new home. The other half sits underground, invisible until something goes wrong. Buyers will spend months debating floor plans …
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A custom home build generates far more debris than most owners expect. Framing offcuts, packaging from every fixture, broken tile, drywall scraps: it adds up fast, often before the roof …
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