Western Australia Home Design + Living

Get lost in ultimate home inspiration! In this edition, furniture experts offer clever insight into choosing the right pieces for your home, alongside an exploration into restoring your heritage home to its former, rightful glory. Delve into a discussion on the benefits of open-plan living, or consider constructing a home that both you and the planet will love. Whether an impressive multi-storey home takes your fancy, or you’re after something all on the one level, let this curated collection guide you to success.

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Western Australia Home Design + Living

The latest news from the local industry

EXTRACTING THE BAD AND LEAVING THE GOOD

HOT THINGS HAPPENING AT DOTMALL

Room For More • Taking inspiration from studio apartments, most new homes and renovations built this side of the millennium proudly showcase an open floorplan, where multiple living spaces, from the kitchen to the lounge room, are connected to form one spacious area. Kirrily Ireland catches up with Cara and Matthew Ford, managing directors of Ford Building Co., to discuss the benefits of designing open-plan homes that provide maximal flow and ease of living, plus other ways homeowners can create a sense of separation between spaces without putting up walls.

DULUX COLOUR Forecast 2021 REDEFINE • Dulux’s Colour Forecast for 2021 asks homeowners across Australia to redefine their homes, which have nurtured us throughout this year of unprecedented uncertainty. Bringing muted tones across aptly named palettes– Retreat, Reset, and Nourish – 2021 looks to be the year where reconnection to the home begins. Here, Western Australia Home Design + Living seeks to understand how tones and textures can redefine and reconnect you to your domestic space.

HOME DESIGN – BUILDERS

A New ADVANTAGE • Traditionally, a building broker can be described as a liaison between the homeowner and builder, working as an agent for the homeowner to monitor their budget, wants and needs, and communicate this with the builder. Dubbed Perth’s biggest building broker, Home Builders Advantage (HBA) continues to guide homeowners across the city in bringing their dream homes to life. With this in mind, Western Australia Home Design + Living seeks answers from HBA owners and industry professionals, Paul Cheverall and Richard McHenry, and gains their thoughts on the benefits of the humble building broker.

Bodacious And Kerb-acious • In a city encroaching almost 1 million private dwellings and encompassing a range of styles dating back to the 18th century, designing an exterior façade that is both durable and awe-inspiring can pose a challenge to intrepid homeowners seeking to build or update their humble abodes. Within this article, Emma Warner Allen explores the ways one can create a timeless and spectacular external home design that will attract attention from the kerb.

COMFORTABLE COASTAL LIVING • A VIBRANT HOME WITH ENVIABLE VIEWS

RIVERSIDE RETREAT • INCREDIBLE VIEWS COMPLEMENT A REMARKABLE BUILD

SLEEK AND CONTEMPORARY • STUNNING INNER-CITY LIVING

READING THYME • Some real-life inspiration and quality research is key for your outdoor space to reach new and exciting heights. Whether you want to immerse yourself in the plush greenery of Australia’s aesthetic gardens or gain practical design ideas for your impending renovation, these handpicked releases are the perfect resources to help deliver your next mesmerising outdoor project. Inspiration is only a page turn away …

A MODERN MARVEL • DISTINGUISHED DESIGN

A COASTAL CELEBRATION • AN IMPRESSIVE STYLISH RETREAT

Dog Days • It is well-known that dogs are a man’s best friend, with this bond between our two species spanning millennia, and in the height of Perth’s sweltering summers, it is not just humans who feel the heat. Battling...