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Revisiting the Best of Australia & India
House Tour Roundup

Today we take a look back at some of our best and most colorful house tours we've presented here at Apartment Therapy Los Angeles that originated beyond Southern California's city limits, originatin...

Melanie's Fresh and Woody
Room for Color - International #12

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Melanie Location: St Kilda, Australia Type of Home: single family home Color Inspiration: I grew up in the Australian bush, so I love green a...

Nic's Bibliophile's Bungalow
Room for Color - International #2

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Nic Location: South Perth, Australia Type of Home: 2 bedroom Californian bungalow Color Inspiration: My love for books and book covers. Give...

Simone's Beachside Vintage Cottage
House Call

Name: Simone Georgette Location: Brisbane, Australia Size:  Approx 350 square meters (3,700 square feet) Years lived in:  2 years, Owned We featured Simone's amazing waterside backyard a couple ...

Wombat Towers
Australia

As we head towards the weekend, all we can think about is how much we would love our own weekend house. We stumbled across Wombat Towers, built on 40-hectares in the Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales a...

Good Questions: Exterior Color Schemes For This House?
Melbourne

Hi there Apartment Therapy community,  I've just moved in to a new place in Melbourne, Australia which is definitely NOT an apartment. It's a timber-clad (weatherboard) house with a small front yard,...

Look: Grass Green Glass Kitchen Splash Back
Melbourne

It was the grass green glass splash back that completely drew us in. Searching around architect Grant Amon’s website this St Kilda apartment caught our eye and boy are we glad it did. This apartmen...

Small Cool 2009: Bonnie's Former Hotel Room
International Division #23

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Myself and my papillon puppy, Isobel Location: Sydney, Australia Size: 258 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, c...

Small Cool 2009: Petra's Furnished From Scratch Flat
International Division #20

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Two: me and my cat Marina Location: Melbourne, Australia Size: 300 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool ho...

Look: New Bespoke Press Prints
Brisbane

Brisbane based Bespoke Press have just released their latest range of letterpressed prints. Using their antique 1893 printing press these vintage chair prints are available in signed and numbered limi...

House Tour: Scott's Redfern Renovation
Sydney

Name:Scott Weston Location: Sydney, Australia Size: 285 square meters or 3060 square feet Years lived in: 4 years, owned >> Enter Slideshow Located in Redfern, 3kms from Sydneys CBD, is where Vill...

Look: Arent and Pyke Interior Design
Sydney

We love browsing through local interior design firms websites looking for great ideas using local resources, as well as some inspiring pictures to brighten our day. Today we stumbled across the Arent ...

Look: Chalkboard Easter Eggs
Sydney

Easter is this weekend and amongst our family, chocolate is the gift of choice. However, after seeing the above chalkboard Easter eggs we got quite excited about the idea of an Easter egg that will la...

Small Cool 2009: Amie's Life Reflection
Interntaional Division #07

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Amie Herring Location: Bondi, Australia Size: 1150 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? It's a reflect...

Small Cool 2009: Nat Z 's Beachside View
International Division #04

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Nat Z. Location: Gold Coast, Australia Size: 800 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? One favorite ele...

Island Living
Australia

Image from Kate Hume A particular large Swedish flavored furniture company has just started a new advertising campaign in Australia. The campaign is centered around the notion that since Australian’...

Color Clashing and Compromising
Melbourne

Image from Hecker Phelan Guthrie Interior DesignYellow. Ah, yellow. The above picture makes our heart sing and all we can think about is “how can I create a similar but tinier look in our dining ar...

What do your cleaning habits say about you?
Australia

The above quote is from Seb, the young son of David Thorn, owner of one of our favourite Australian blogs– 27b/6. While we laughed, it also got us thinking about what our home and our cleaning habit...

Before and After: Dry Spell Gardening
Australia

Our garden is looking mighty sad after the incredibly dry and hot summer Victoria has experienced this year. With water restrictions firmly in place, watering every day was off limits so we could onl...

Look: 3D Dragonfly Wallpaper
Melbourne

We’ve been looking at a lot of wallpaper recently with the grand plan of wallpapering the most grandiose room in our house– the toilet. We’ve seen some impressive wallpaper during our search but...

Look: The Winning Chair For Your Derrière
Melbourne

We really enjoy seeing entries in local design competitions, especially when there is prize money involved. The 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Awards are focused on ‘contemporary seat ...

Kitchen Renovation Ideas
From Australian Magazines

At the moment, it feels like every time we see a magazine it’s labeled “The Renovation Special”. We’ve already had a gut full of all the hiccups that keep happening with our bathroom renovatio...

Look: Peter McLisky Sculptures
Melbourne

The latest edition of Inside Out features architect Sharon Fraser’s home. Her home is beautiful, however it maybe due to our familiarity with Donnie Darko - but it was the giant gloss-red rabbit scu...

How to: Start a Worm Farm
Melbourne

We compost like crazy at our house and have been looking at starting a worm farm. Worm farms are a fantastic way to compost and they produce organic fertilizer and soil conditioner. More importantly,...

Close up on Rosalie Gascoigne
Melbourne

Over the weekend we had the opportunity to visit the Rosalie Gascoigne exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. We were blown away, impressive works from an impressive lady. Rosalie Gascoigne d...

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