alex and charlie's (41 images)

Family life fits into a picture perfect country scene for two creatives and their children. A sandstone home, with lofty proportions, is filled to the rafters with design and quirks. Even the cubby-house is covetable with it's silver birch railing and bunting lengths.

sohi home (22 images)

A savvy E-trepreneur has returned from London and nestled her family in a beautiful home that retains the charm of the old with all the mod cons. Surrounded by vegetable gardens, art collections, tapestries and hand made objects, there's is a colourful family life that continues amongst a modern back open plan renovation.

hill end artist retreat (21 images)

A home in outback Australia shows authentic charm and a sense of rusticity. It's distinctive warm palette runs from ochre through to soft browns, allowing the humble furniture to blend, rather than make statements. Offering a very unique look into country Australia, Hill End is sparsely dressed, but rich in other ways.

daylesford craft house (23 images)

Oh, life is sweet in the country. Craft rooms, kitchen gardens, mantlepieces, and freestanding baths make up the creature comforts of this country home. Base to one of Australia's cleverest design forces, family life is a glorious mix of wide open spaces and cosy fireplaces.

daylesford weekender (19 images)

Architects specialising in contemporary might spend their working week in meticulously modern spaces, but come the weekend, this architect recovers from the week with his family in a pea green weather board. A full kitchen garden means the family live semi sustainably and eat seasonally. Simple furniture, worn surfaces and school camp like bunk bedding add the charm, while the pea green walls hold the house's deliberately design-free palette together beautifully.