There’s A New Room Replacing The Kitchen. It’s A Borðstofa!
In Iceland, the word Borðstofa refers to the dining area of a home — specifically, the idea that this space is where the household truly gathers. Not the kitchen, with its noise and heat and perpetual motion. The dining room: slower, more deliberate, designed for the pleasure of being together rather than the efficiency of getting food on the table.
Australian homes have been obsessed with the kitchen for thirty years. Open-plan living gave us kitchen islands the size of aircraft carriers and benchtops that cost more than the family car. But something is shifting. The dining room — properly designed, properly considered — is reclaiming its place as the room where life actually happens.
Exceptional Kitchen Design With New Rules for Style and Function !
Meld style AND function for your best kitchen yet. Exceptional kitchen design is not a luxury, it’s an imperative! If you can't work easily in a space, find everything you need and be cool under cooking pressure then you may not have a functional kitchen.
What Is The Loudest Mistake in Every Adelaide Open-Plan Renovation?
You've just dropped somewhere between $500,000 and $1,500,000 turning your perfectly solid 1960’s Adelaide brick home into an open-plan dream. The walls are gone. The polished concrete gleams. The stone countertop stretches for miles. The frameless glass splashback catches the light.
And every single word anyone says in your kitchen ricochets around the space like a ping-pong ball in a shipping container.
Welcome to Australia's most popular renovation mistake — the one nobody warned you about because your builder isn't a designer, your tiler doesn't own an acoustics degree, and the renovation shows on Channel Nine never, ever mention the word reverberation.
Your Family Haven: Effortless Design for Happy Homes
Creating a family haven isn’t about perfection; it’s about crafting spaces that balance comfort, functionality, and style, all while embracing the chaos and joy of family life. Your home should be a sanctuary where every member—from toddlers to teens (and even furry friends!) — feels welcomed and inspired. Here’s how to design a family-friendly home that radiates warmth and happiness while keeping life’s practicalities in mind.
Celebrating Stylish Coastal Interiors Reimagined by Kyal and Kara
Australians love their stylish coastal interiors even when they don’t live near the beach. Curves and unique features abound in this stunning duplex design by ‘The Block’ stars, Kyal and Kara Demmrich. Side-by-side and sharing the same floor plan, this duplex is different. Expert renovators Kyla and Kara have created their own brand of stylish coastal interiors resulting in two homes with unique features. Learn how they did and bring their ideas to your own home renovation.
Grand Waterfront Residence Conversion Reimagines Coastal Design
Arts & Crafts Style 1940s home becomes two design-rich residences. Reimagining a 1940s Gunnamatta Bay grand waterfront residence into two separate dwellings was recently accomplished with charm and elegance. Personally, I love Arts and Crafts style homes so I was excited to see the renovation on this charming home. And then I realised it was two homes! This made the renovation and design aesthetic even more interesting.
Hamptons Style Done the Australian Way
Everyone is loving Hamptons style, the cool and clever beach-style reputed to have started in Maine, USA, in the beachside Hamptons area.
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