Melbourne Home Design + Living

As we mature and grow throughout our lives, so too do our beloved homes, and just as age is merely a number, our houses need not be bound by the clutches of time. It’s important that your home reflects both your needs and taste at every stage of your life, and in this issue #32 of Melbourne Home Design + Living we celebrate the best of both contemporary designs and those of decades gone by. Purchasing an existing house, especially in Melbourne’s historic landscape, can often come with a long list of much-needed updates to ensure that it accommodates your modern lifestyle; page 178 kicks up a ‘Rustic Revolution’ and explores how you can incorporate contemporary luxuries into a period home. While on page 226 ‘A Vision of Vintage’ breathes…

HOME OF THE YEAR HB Custom Homes is excited to announce that its stunning Cockatoo project – nestled within the heart of its rugged landscape – is the worthy recipient of both the COLORBOND Home Of The Year Award and the People’s Choice Award. A testament to the team behind its creation, the Cockatoo project presents homeowners with a wealth of opportunity for both comfort and utility. Bordering the impressive home, an expansive deck offers picturesque views of the surrounding treetops and greenery. Moving inside, an industrial interior defined by black, grey and stainless steel appliances boasts incredible functionality, while rustic features, such as a stand-alone wood fireplace, add effortless warmth and a homely vibe to the space. This brilliant build is one of many from HB Custom Homes, and…

Engineered to enhance the health and safety of your home, Schweigen Steelflex™ is the ultra-strong, flexible and high-performance safety duct that the team at Schweigen is thrilled to introduce to the market, with the impressive product now coming as a standard addition to all Schweigen Silent Rangehoods. Offering unbeatable value, safety, longevity and performance, Steelflex™ is made from Shirikon Firemesh – a tri-layer, tear-resistant and UV treated sleeve that has been specifically engineered to enhance the safety of your home at its very heart – the kitchen. The Schweigen Steelflex™ is anti-microbial treated, thermally insulated and acoustically dampened. As well as being fireproof, pest and crush-proof, the Steelflex™ safety ducting has a treated surface that prevents the build-up of grease and bacteria. Being independently tested, all Schweigen Steelflex™ products offer…

SK Pietra Natural Stone is thrilled to be owned and operated by the very first independent female importer within the natural stone industry – a testament to the wealth of knowledge that director Sabrina Hassen and her inspiring team of women bring to their craft. Encompassing more than a decade of experience in the construction industry and three years in sourcing natural stone - alongside architectural building supplies - SK Pietra Natural Stone prides itself on the accurate delivery of each client’s unique vision. Having been able to source and supply some of the most distinctive and eye-catching natural stone from around the world has seen SK Pietra Natural Stone continue to move from strength to strength, creating long-lasting relationships with top suppliers throughout Europe, and solidifying its connection with…

As unique as a fingerprint, your home should be an authentic reflection of the people inside of it, offering a tranquil escape from life outside of its four walls. And while the merits to a neutral colour scheme are extensive, it is perhaps combining neutral shades with a crackle of colour that can provide some truly awe-inspiring results that age with grace. Journey on, dear reader, into a world of captivating colours and tantalising textures that promise to elevate your home to new heights. WE MAKE A PAIR Having constructed and transformed dwellings across Melbourne’s beautiful bayside suburbs, Norton Builders is no stranger when it comes to transitioning a house into a home. And with in-house interior designers working closely alongside the company’s clients to deliver their vision, it’s no…

Now considered future-forward and innovative homing for dependent loved ones on your property, ‘granny flats’ have gone through many iterations throughout history. They first came into fruition during the Victorian era, then known as ‘dowager houses’, as an alternative living option for widowed wealthy and noblewomen. This was usually because widows traditionally had to make room for her heir’s family, who would inherit the main estate. Just like ‘dowager homes’, today’s ‘granny flats’ allow aging parents to live independently. But what derived from Victorian times has now grown into a wonderful and freeing alternative housing for loved ones, available in all different creative designs and customisations. DPU DEFINED Adam Doherty tells us that the proper name for a self-contained unit – commonly referred to as a ‘granny flat’ – is…