Domain Living: Home Trends & Inspiration

After an eight-month renovation and five years living in the glamorous Vaucluse mansion, the former PR queen says her family are ready for the next chapter.

”It’s about collectable design, authentic materials, free-thinking and letting the materials impact their design and tell stories.”

The property in Wonga Park has been the first personal project for landscape architect Nathan Burkett, who, with wife Kristen, bought the single-level red brick house on a sloping, overgrown block in 2010.

The humble barbie is forever burnt into the Australian psyche, but the growing popularity of outdoor kitchens has flipped the way we cook al fresco.

Annick Muylle was nearing the end of her year-long round-the-world trip when she discovered the laid-back beachside town on the far north coast of NSW in 1997.

It’s not pushing the needle too far into the red to say that this home, while humble, honest and unremarkable at first glance, is, upon further investigation, a veritable mutiny against mundanity. 

The design for this striking Palm Springs-inspired knockdown rebuild sprang from the unlikeliest of starting points, and it’s listed for $10 million to $11 million.

Whip these gorgeous shelves up in just three hours.

Cordony and his partner searched for three-and-a-half years for a rural property to call their own. They were immediately attracted to the 49-hectare property near Orange when they first passed through its gates back in 2017.