baker house (28 images)

Dignified, dramatic, and done with a designer DIY can do attitude, this terrace opens to a family living space that you would not ever expect. Brave, witty, and the perfect living quarters to a taste maker and her two girls.

harte home (45 images)

A super stylish e-publisher and her aesthetically minded, antique loving husband have added a new layer of cozy to their charming family home.

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.

clovelly decadence (25 images)

A magical space has been created by a jeweller whose inspiration has come from far and wide. Moroccan, Venetian, Indian and French influences are all housed in her family home that is also distinctively Australian. A central open living, dining and sitting room separates the front bedrooms and library room to the master bedroom at the back. Customised solutions, like hand painted kitchen cabinetry, etched mirrors, painted panels, and heaving chandeliers provide delicate focal points to this expansive space.

kensington family home (27 images)

She gave Kylie her cool, is mother to five children, and enjoys being one of Sydney's most feted fashion stylists. In her home, there is no `them' and `us' rooms - instead the entire family lives in shared open plan that is full of their mother's signature style, all with an underpinning air of practicality. A handsome dark stained floor gives the coloured elements their edge and flatters her all-white walls.

melbourne mansion (21 images)

Once a twelve room boarding house, this majestic home gets a complete overhaul both architecturally and decoratively. A centre staircase, dressed in graffiti joins the upstairs bedrooms, while the back end of the house opens up to a wide backyard, pool and sunken trampoline. Both children and adults are served well here with a colour palette that borders on mediumistic - the perfect tonic for a grand old house that had seen better days.

brighton house (18 images)

A family whose interest in art and photography runs deep, happily exist with a heady mixture of mediums. Photography, ceramics, painting and mixed media fill all two levels of their Victorian home. The grand proportions of a terrace is combined with the quirk factor of such personal collections, making it such an interesting place to live and visit.

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.