They say that a change is as good as a holiday, and BOY do we need a vaycay right about now! After staring at the same four walls for what feels like an eternity, now is the time to bring some holiday vibes to your home with colour.

Melbourne stylist Bree Leech has worked with Dulux on some seriously impressive before-and-after colour transformations, using not much more than a fresh lick of paint from the Dulux Colour Forecast 2021 ‘Reset’ palette for Summer.

To help reset your space, we’ve got a Dulux Online Colour Consultation plus 20L of Dulux paint to give away to three lucky TDF readers!

With all the craziness in the world right now, escaping to an idyllic country cottage with a stocked bookshelf in Victoria’s relaxation capital sounds mighty attractive. Here to fill that void is Poets Lodge – a newly opened accommodation in Daylesford. 

Purchased in 2017 as a dilapidated 1850s house and cottage, wife and husband team Angeline and Richard O’Bryan have since fully restored both properties, and added a new but thoroughly sympathetic third component.

There are many questions that arise when renovating a bathroom. How do I start designing a layout? Which surfaces are best for my needs? What are my lighting options? Whether you’re re-designing, or starting from scratch, the questions keep coming!

Today, we chat to Bathrooms and Kitchens Merchandising Leader at Reece, Daniela Santilli, who guides us through the delicate balance of form and function when it comes to the wet zones in your house.

Note-pads at the ready, people, this is your one-stop guide to achieving bathroom perfection!

Simone Haag is best known as one of Melbourne’s most in-demand interiors gurus – but before she was a professional taste-maker, Simone spent years working around the world as a snowboard instructor!

While we’re usually profiling Simone’s fabulous design and styling projects on TDF, today she’s taking us around some of her favourite spots to stay, eat, drink and hang out in Mount Buller and Mansfield. Just in time for the snow season to start again on June 22nd!

Here’s something every interiors expert will tell you: atmosphere is everything. But how do you achieve that? Lighting, lighting, lighting!

Not only does lighting enhance an already gorgeous room, it’s also a magic wand to beautifying those not-so-great interiors. Even the most random spaces look hot under a good glow! Lauren Li gives us a the lowdown on creating a dazzling light scheme without splashing a lot of cash (under $500 to be exact!), as well as hot tips on the best budget light options she can find.

Considering Melburnians historically love everything the CBD has to offer (restaurants, theatre, art galleries, nightlife…), who wouldn’t want to live in the centre of town?

The truth is, for many city dwellers, the heart of Melbourne is an undiscovered gem, hidden in plain sight. Take architect Jessie Fowler (director of Fowler and Ward) and Damian Thompson (COO of The Conversation’s international division); who are the latest avid city living advocates of our new series The Urbanists – presented in partnership with City of Melbourne with support from Victorian Government.

The pair moved to the CBD in 2018, and have become passionate about city living ever since! The creative couple relish all that the city has to offer, including the unexpectedly tight-knit community, unusual architectural moments and indisputable convenience that permeates their day-to-day.