Australian Home Beautiful

EAST COAST GLOW

With glittering turquoise water on one side and rolling green fields on the other, the location of this beach property on the NSW South Coast is heavenly – but the house itself was far from sublime. Then, interior designer Melinda Hartwright blew through the property like a refreshing sea breeze, lifting it from modern mediocrity to a personality-packed stunner that’s utterly worthy of its divine location.

Now based on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Melinda is formerly of NSW’s Southern Highlands, which is where she met her clients, working on their Bowral home, then a city apartment. She had a firm grip on her clients’

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