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01/11/2026

A Victorian Home Finds Its Voice Again with Manifold⁠
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On a street lined with Victorian-era terraces, Manifold has guided this inner-south Melbourne home through a tactful evolution rather than a bold contrast. All-white fretwork renews its heritage details, while a thoughtful replan restores the original proportions and brings light, practicality and individual flair to family life.⁠
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“The house needed to remain embedded in its context—not a bold contrast, but a tactful evolution of what was already there.” — Lachlan Cooper⁠
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Discover how Manifold balanced character with clarity on estliving.com — https://estliving.com/south-yarra-manifold/

01/11/2026

A Mid-Century-Inspired Belgian Home That Lets Nature Take the Lead⁠
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At the highest point in the Belgian city of Kortrijk, Sint-Anna sits within a dense canopy of trees. A path of grey flagstones leads to its sculptural wooden façade and crisp white brick wall, where Decancq Vercruysse opens the home to the landscape through large-scale windows and open, flowing layouts.⁠
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“We wanted to honour that landscape by opening the house to it.” — Hannes Decancq⁠
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Step inside the home on estliving.com — https://estliving.com/sint-anna-decancq-vercruysse/

31/10/2026

Olaver Architecture Balances Rest and Play in a Fitzroy Home⁠
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Relaxed on the surface but thriving on tension behind closed doors, Gore Street House in Melbourne’s inner north knows how to kick on, and when to call it a night. Vinyl turntables slide out from one side of the kitchen island, while the gentle thud of an integrated subwoofer can be felt from the other.⁠
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“There were definitely party vibes, but it also needed to be a space of respite from a busy area.” — Emlyn Olaver⁠
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Discover how Olaver Architecture designed for both on estliving.com — link in bio.⁠
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https://estliving.com/gore-street-house-olaver-architecture/

31/10/2026

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Marble Meets Checkerboard in This Sydney Home by Smac Studio⁠
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In a 1980s Espie Dodds home in Woollahra, Smac Studio principal Shona McElroy cracked open a “compartmentalised” floorplan to bring lightness and flow. Calacatta Oro clads an entertainer’s kitchen island with an outward-facing cooktop, a vinyl collection is displayed like art in the music room, and a bathroom lined in jagged fingers of coloured stone takes its cue from Celine’s boutiques. Most joyful of all is the checkerboard stone lining the pool.⁠
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“The house has playfulness by way of pattern and colour, but it’s grounded by calm, tactile materials so the overall feeling remains serene.” — Shona McElroy⁠
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Step inside the home on estliving.com — https://estliving.com/queen-house-smac-studio/

30/10/2026

Marker Architecture Let the River Write the Brief for This Cabin⁠
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Where the Hunter and Williams rivers meet in the NSW Hunter region, Millers Forest is flat farming country on Awabakal Country, land that is used to going under. Rather than fight the floodplain, Marker Architecture let the river shape this guest cabin, which sits half on a mound and half on stilts so the water can pass beneath when it runs high.⁠
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Explore Marker Architecture’s portfolio and learn more about the studio on estliving.com — https://estliving.com/flooded-gums-marker-architecture/

30/10/2026

Once an afterthought, the powder room is now where designers take their biggest risks. Shimmering mirrored mosaics in Milan, graphic black-and-white stripes in Stockholm, glossy yellow walls in South Yarra and dramatically veined stone in Bellevue Hill: in these seven spaces, colour, pattern and material are pushed further than anywhere else in the home. Small in scale but never short on impact, each one shows how the smallest room can leave the biggest impression.⁠
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Discover more statement bathrooms on estliving.com — https://estliving.com/spaces-category/bathroom/

30/10/2026

Sally Caroline Welcomes Us Inside a Melbourne Homecoming⁠
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After a decade spent living between Amsterdam, the US and Australia, one family decided to make Melbourne permanent, and called the practice they trusted most. In their fourth project together, Sally Caroline has created a home that gathers a lifetime of collected objects, memories and furniture under one roof. Green timber veneer, Viola marble and orange onyx bring “a little bit of tension, a little bit of ‘oh, what?’”, while a gallery-like wall of Gaggenau Expressive Series ovens frames the kitchen like an artwork.⁠
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“It was the home they purchased when they decided to stop moving.” — Sally Knibbs⁠
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Step inside the home and watch the film on estliving.com — https://estliving.com/homecoming-sally-caroline/

29/10/2026

Marker Architecture’s Drip-Dry House Strips Coastal Living Back to the Essentials⁠
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For the owners of Drip-Dry House, “back to the essentials” was more than a design brief. It was a philosophy for how they wanted to live and share each other’s company. On Worimi Country in Hawks Nest, Marker Architecture has stripped away the unnecessary features of modern life to create an inter-generational home centred on its most prized foundation: time with the people you love.⁠
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Its layout lets multiple generations use the property together or apart, so relationships can grow and shift. Grandparents become parents, and children turn into grandchildren, then swiftly back again.⁠
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Explore Marker Architecture’s portfolio and learn more about the studio on estliving.com — https://estliving.com/professional/marker-architecture/

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