Domain Living: Home Trends & Inspiration
Read the latest home living & lifestyle trends and inspiration from Domain's team of industry leading professionals.
Brisbane's cutest cottage could be yours
Tara Wesson|Mar 14, 2025
The floorboards were rotting, the tin roof was rusting and the garden was overgrown. Not anymore.

Best housewarming gift ideas for new homeowners
Julia Back|Mar 14, 2025
Explore our guide to housewarming gift suggestions and find something for green thumbs, home cooks and entertainers.

Love it or hate it: The 1950s feature making its way back into our homes
Elizabeth Clarke|Mar 13, 2025
The sunken lounge, or conversation pit, reached peak popularity in the 1950s and ’60s. Fast forward to 2025, and they’re retro-cool again.

Trash to treasure: Designer Marlo Lyda proves that broken can be beautiful
Gitika Garg|Mar 12, 2025
It’s often said that one person’s trash is another’s treasure. For Sydney-based designer and maker Marlo Lyda, this guides her creative practice every day.

Saint Peter’s The Grand National Hotel marries heritage charm with world-class fine dining
Lucy Bell Bird|Mar 12, 2025
Sydney-based Studio Aquilo worked closely with the Nilands on the hotel’s fit-out.

'Just don’t ask us to change a light bulb': Inside Gogglebox fan faves' epic home reno
Jackie Brygel|Mar 12, 2025
Sarah Marie and Matty Fahd’s new family oasis is a far cry from the 1960s red-brick bungalow they purchased five years ago.

How to grow a resilient garden that thrives year-round
Tammy Huynh|Mar 7, 2025
Droughts one season, floods the next. Gardening in our climate isn’t always easy. But with the right plants, your garden can take it all in its stride.

Atmosphere is the ultimate flex for studio-inspired home gyms
Alice Jeffery|Mar 5, 2025
The key to home workouts? Designing a gym that makes you look forward to exercising.

The Wensley is a luxe take on the classic Aussie shed
Gitika Garg|Mar 5, 2025
The shed is made with ironbark and reclaimed Oregon salvaged from demolished projects in Melbourne and coated with silver top ash.

'It's better than any kind of holiday': How this couple revamped a 1970s houseboat
Jane Hone|Mar 5, 2025
Brad and Brooke Attard transformed a ’virtually worthless’ houseboat into a floating family haven on Victoria’s Lake Eildon.
