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Before + After: A Cost-Effective Kitchen, Laundry + Bathroom Makeover

How SpaceCraft Joinery transformed a kitchen, bathroom, and barely-functioning laundry with colour and a $90,000 budget!

How To Inject Unexpected Colour Into A Heritage Home

Melbourne-based architect Lisa Breeze has a knack for transforming heritage homes with colour and pattern, here's how she does it.

A Personality-Packed Kitchen Transformation

A popping pastel kitchen renovation that celebrates terrazzo, tiles, and tunes.

A Japanese-Inspired Kitchen For A Uniquely Sustainable Home

This kitchen in a sustainable co-housing development has been given a gentle redesign by Kim Kneipp Studio to improve its functionality and storage.

How A One-Bedroom Art Deco Pad Cleverly Saves On Space

The 1930s South Yarra apartment has received a contemporary upgrade that blends seamlessly with the original architecture.

A Butter Yellow Mid-Century Modern Kitchen Renovation

See how the original 1960s fit-out was transformed to suit modern living!

Why You Should Renovate Your All-White Kitchen

Spacecraft Joinery show how to replace an all-white generic kitchen with colour and character.

Renovation Diaries

Renovation Diaries: The Cost Of A Colourful Scandi-Inspired Kitchen

Melbourne designer Emily Green reveals the budget breakdown behind her dream kitchen, complete with yellow joinery and custom-patterned tiles!

This Alternative To Engineered Stone Just Got A Luxury Upgrade

Australia says goodbye to engineered stone this year, but what are the alternatives? We explore a new range of versatile benchtop solutions from Laminex.

How To Create A Dreamy, Light + Bright Kitchen In Your Home

Our top tips for creating a kitchen that's light and calming — featuring lots of timber, tonal neutrals, and classic pieces!

10 Of Our Favourite (Perfectly Styled) Small Kitchens

See some of our favourite kitchens of all time, and tips on how to make a big impact in a small space!

TDF's Guide To Kitchen Cabinetry, Handles + Benchtops For Every Style

Create the kitchen of your dreams with new cabinetry, handles, and benchtops added to The Design Files Design Directory!

Before + After: A Melbourne Apartment's Milanese-Inspired Kitchen Renovation

This cute inner-city kitchen was inspired by Milan's relaxed elegance and aperitivo hours — see the before and after photos!

10 Popular Kitchen Benchtop Options, Compared!

Wondering how and why to avoid engineered stone in your kitchen renovation? Here is our explainer with nine great benchtop alternatives!

Get The Look: Recreate The Studio Doherty x Laminex Nest Kitchen At Home

Take inspiration from the Nest kitchen designed by Studio Doherty for Laminex with this exact product breakdown.

Kaboodle Kitchen Releases New Colourful, Travel-Inspired Trends Range

Explore the new Trends Range featuring limited edition doors and panels by kaboodle kitchen and brought to life by Jono Fleming.

Balancing Colour + Sophistication In Kitchen Design, With Studio Doherty + Laminex

Recreate the look of the Laminex x Studio Doherty Scoop kitchen with this product and design breakdown!

Before + After: A Bulky 1990s Kitchen Made Timeless + Ultra Functional

Function comes first in this newly-renovated New Zealand kitchen, designed by Atelier Jones Design with pasta making in mind!

Four Ways To Get Colourful Kitchen Cabinetry In Your Home

Colourful kitchen cabinets are having a moment! Interior designer Lauren Li shares how to get the look.

Before + After: This Classic Kitchen Renovation Has Revived A 1980s Childhood Home

M.J. Harris Group refresh an original 1980s kitchen and dining area in the owner’s childhood, suburban Melbourne home.

Before + After: 3 Brilliant Kitchen Transformations Filled With Inspiration

See the transformation of three impressive renovations — including a functional kitchen with pops of orange, and a designer's own 70s-inspired space!

This Calming Apartment Kitchen Renovation Brings Nature Indoors

A Carlton apartment transformed with calming colour and natural materials by Cantilever Interiors.

Before + After: A Major Transformation Of A Suburban Melbourne 1980s Brick Home (With Plenty Of DIY Inspo!)

Be inspired by this huge renovation that’s transformed a 1980s suburban brick house into a stylish modern home.

Before + After: A Dated 70s Home Gets A Sunshine Yellow New Look

Studio Lala sympathetically transformed a tired Brisbane home, for a client who had never lived with colour before!

Before + After: A Dated Sydney Apartment Turned Refined Family Home

A 1960s apartment with uninspiring ‘90s interiors is now a stylish and functional family home by Sequence Studio.

How This First-Time Renovator Transformed Her Pint-Sized Melbourne Apartment

A tiny renovation (34 square metres, to be precise) – that packs a big punch!

This Pastel Kitchen Will Change Your Mind About Laminate

A new Scandi meets mid-century kitchen that highlights durable yet stylish melamine!

Interior Stylist Steve Cordony’s 19th Century Country Home

Inside Rosedale Farm – the restored country property of interior stylist Steve Cordony.

Get The Look: Dark + Moody Bathrooms And Kitchens

All the product and styling advice you need to achieve dark, moody bathroom and kitchen interiors!

The 5 Rules Of Good Kitchen Design, According To Cantilever Interiors

A good kitchen starts with observing these five rules, brought to you by Cantilever Interiors.

Two Inspiring Kitchen Transformations - From Affordable Update To Complete Overhaul!

Lauren Li takes us through two different kitchen renovations – one tiny, and one major!

Kennedy Nolan Design The Quintessential Modern Australian Kitchen, With Laminex

The award-winning architecture practice collaborate with Laminex to create two clever contemporary kitchens.

A Light And Lofty Rural Masterpiece

‘The Barn’ in South Gippsland takes contemporary, regional accommodation to a new level!

An Easy, Breezy Family Home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches

Interior Designer Suzanne Gorman shares her kitchen and laundry designs, for this relaxed family weekender.

Stylist Megan Morton Reveals Her Hidden Kitchen Design!

The self-proclaimed ‘house whisperer’ shares her bistro kitchen for a family of five.

An Interior Designer’s Charming Art Deco Apartment In North Bondi

Juliette Arent Squadrito of interior design studio Arent and Pyke takes us through her renovated 1930s apartment.

Stand-Out Kitchens To Inspire

Dream kitchen inspiration from our interiors columnist, Lauren Li.