If you’re new to purchasing antiques and art or if it’s been a while since you’ve dabbled in that space, getting reacquainted with the way the market works can be daunting. In the world today, we are comfortable with searching and buying online for e

The very best houses aren’t just buildings placed on blocks of land. Rather, they’re homes that reflect the surroundings from which they rise, complementing them instead of simply casting them in shadow. This home on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula i

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the portrait of William Dawson Grubb that hangs in the hallway at Strathroy in northern Tasmania is only an opening gambit on the life of an extraordinary man and his considerable contribution to the state

It’s the kind of contention trivia buffs love. As anyone who was paying even minimal attention in primary school history class will attest, Edward Hargraves found Australia’s first gold just west of Bathurst in 1851, thus starting the inaugural gold

Holidaymakers around the world have become ever more style conscious — after all, who wants to spend their hard-earned time off in an aesthetically challenged space furnished with hand-me-downs? That said, it can now seem as if the pendulum might hav

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For the people of Marysville in Victoria, life would never be the same after the holocaust of Black Saturday, 2009. Penni and Tony Thompson count themselves lucky, however, as although most of their property was devastated by the inferno that raged a

At first, Jacquie McPhee didn’t even tell her closest friends about the new love in her life. She’d emerged from a rocky romantic period with little option but to sell the monastic stone villa she and her previous partner had lovingly created on the

Built in 1881, Arrowfield is a fine example of an architect-designed gentleman’s manor. The local council heritage-listed house was in need of a major restoration and the previous owners had not invested in the property for many years, a fact that wa

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They say the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. And that is precisely how Jo Little and Gary Brown are going about renovating their historic home at Yankalilla. “We’d been hunting for a cottage as a bolthole from Adelaide for a while,” Jo

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It’s shearing time at Tuckokcowie Station near Warooka on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, so the little shed on Richard and Lee-Anne Murdoch’s farm is buzzing with activity. The Merino flock, which is spread across the property’s home block and ne

A dedicated coffee and tea station at home is a luxury indulgence no longer limited to professional baristas. Creating the perfect coffee bar can be as simple as incorporating the right machinery, products and layout Whether you fancy a latte, a long

On a rolling hilltop in the Samford Valley north of Brisbane, an old chimney and single hoop pine pierced the landscape. Driving past, Leonie Kearney’s attention was captured, as if beckoned for a makeover. She had no idea the property was for sale w

From a disaster igniting entrepreneurial inspiration to breathing new life into family heirlooms, there’s a lot of passion, creativity and talent within the four walls of Lisa Rickert’s beautiful abode. As the CEO and creative director of the family-

When architect and designer Georg van Gass was commissioned to build a second dwelling on a sprawling family property in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Westcliff, he was up to the challenging task. This structure would have to nestle into the gr

Enjoy heat from a product designed for modern Australian homes with the Nectre Form 2. This wood heater is clean and modern when it comes to aesthetics, with a large, curved glass door that offers owners a captivating view of the fire within. Of cour

Leaving home to attend boarding school is a big decision for any parent and their child. For Caulfield Grammar School boarding students, the experience has been life changing. Boarding families recently shared their thoughts around this big decision

Initially built in 1856 by JTC Ballerstedt, Fortuna Villa was a somewhat humble double-front, two-storey villa with eight rooms and a semi-basement. Ballerstedt built the villa close to his quartz-crushing mill, the first on the Bendigo goldfields. B

My husband has a childhood memory of a vast apple tree that grew near his family home in Shropshire in England. Its gigantic branches loomed above his head and the tree had to be climbed to pick the ripe fruit. He can’t reconcile the small, neatly pr

Within the blossoming flora of Red Hill, spread across a vibrant 22 hectares, is a home away from home; Canberra Grammar School (CGS) has been a committed family environment for its boarding community since 1929. This school is renowned for the uniqu

After meeting at high school and spending most of their lives tied to work commitments and their boys’ schooling in and around Adelaide, Chris and Bruce Wright were presented with an appealing alternative. Bruce had an option on a project management