For The Love Of DESIGN

I tell at least one client a month their house isn't worth renovating. This isn't pessimism. It's the most important conversation I have. Because spending $300k on the wrong house leaves you with a beautiful renovation in a house that still doesn't work. These are the five things I look at before I'll tell you it's worth proceeding. Slide through. If you've been wondering if your house is the right house, the Floor Plan Review is where that conversation happens. $699. Link in bio.

We are in our CUSTOM joinery Era!!! ‘Everyone asks me about built-in joinery vs buying furniture. Here’s my honest answer: it depends on your house, budget and how you live.’ This is on thing we really get into our ‘floor plan review’ service before anything gets built or dreams are broken when the quote comes back. 🔗Link in bio to start with a floor plan review

Renovating for me is about giving a home a NEW life. We have made mistakes, had HUGE learnings and gown from each project. ALL while raising these little ones! Now we want to share the love and knowledge with our new design services. Find the link in our bio to see what is NEW and improved Services.

HORIZON HOUSE - CAN include additional amenities such as a third garage suitable for storage or caravan accommodation, alongside an additional rumpus or gym space enjoying northern light and surrounding landscape. Through its restrained form, considered spatial planning and deep connection to site, Horizon House offers a contemporary home that balances architectural clarity with the rhythms of its natural setting — a place where landscape, light and living are seamlessly intertwined. Find out how you can customise this house to make it your dream home. For all Off market enquires please contact us.

Flexibility is central to the design of Horizon House. Two primary bedroom suites are positioned at opposite ends of the home, enabling a multi-generational living arrangement that offers both connection and independence. This configuration allows for the potential creation of a self-contained living zone with its own external access, allowing the home to evolve alongside changing family needs and stages of life. Contact us to find out more about this off market opportunity. #elthamrealestate

HORIZON HOUSE explores natural materials in a very unique way. If you would like to know what is included in the sale this amazing home DM us! A colonnaded walkway traces the edge of the terrain, guiding arrival while opening views outward to the treetops beyond. This transition from landscape to architecture is marked by natural travertine flooring and a dramatic double-height raked ceiling that introduces both scale and quiet grandeur to the entry sequence. Internally, the home opens into a generous kitchen, living and dining space where carefully framed outlooks draw the landscape inward. The raked roof form directs the eye toward the northern aspect, capturing natural light throughout the day while amplifying the sense of volume within the central living areas. Large openings dissolve the boundary between interior and exterior, allowing the surrounding bushland to remain an ever-present backdrop to daily life.

Horizon House was formed by its unique site context. A truly custom home. Contact us about an off market opportunity. The architecture is defined by two linear volumes arranged across the site. One accommodates the private functions of the home; garage, bedrooms, bathrooms and utility spaces, while the other houses the shared living environments. Between these forms, movement through the house unfolds as a sequence of framed moments, where circulation becomes an experience of the surrounding landscape. #melbournedesign #forsaleeltham #homeforsale #elthamrealestate

DRUM ROLL PLEASE …. Welcome to Horizon House. Positioned lightly within the treetops of Eltham, Horizon House is designed as a quiet response to its landscape. Surrounded by native bushland and distant views toward Kinglake, the home sits gently within its setting, allowing the natural terrain and canopy tress to shape both its form and spatial experience. We are running an off market campaign on Horizon house with @jelliscraig @aaronyeats_jelliscraig PM us for info! #RyansRoad #horizonhouse #fortheloveofdesign #homerenovation #melbounredesign

Let’s be honest… the real magic of a weekend of learning is the people in the room. Because when you are learning from builders, designers, finance experts and developers who are actively running projects, navigating markets, in the trenches and scaling businesses right now… the conversations land differently. They are practical. Honest. Sometimes a little unfiltered. Always so valuable. That is exactly why every Weekend Intensive brings fresh speakers, new perspectives and real-time industry insight. No recycled content. No rinse-and-repeat. Just relevant, current learning from the best in the business. Each speaker has been chosen because they bring a different lens - finance, design, construction, brand, strategy - and together they show you how all the moving parts actually connect. And just as importantly? You are surrounded by women who are walking the walk. Women asking the same questions you are. Women navigating the same decisions, risks and trade-offs. Women who get it. This is where clarity sharpens. Confidence builds. And strategy finally clicks. Go on, have a stalk of our speakers and you'll quickly see why they are leaders in their space and exactly why they were chosen to speak at March's Weekend Intensive. @katelawrenceinteriors @loanmarketconnect @ryconbuildinggroup @loxtonbuilt @ftlo_design Have you booked your ticket yet? Hit the link in our bio to save your seat at the table. #buildhercollective #weekendintensive

There are events… and then there are experiences. Enter - our Weekend Intensive. And yes, the venue matters. We chose @1hotel.melbourne very intentionally. Not just because it is beautiful (although, yes… it totally is). Built around sustainability, it blends eco-technology with heritage materials in a way that feels layered, grounded and quietly luxe. Reclaimed timbers, natural stone, soft light, greenery throughout. It’s calm but powerful. Elevated but welcoming. Because the space you learn in shapes the conversations, the ideas and the confidence you walk away with. This weekend is about levelling up. The venue had to match. Members who joined us last October, this is not a repeat. Every Intensive has new speakers, new topics, new conversations. Because your projects evolve, and so should the learning. This March, we are bringing together an incredible mix of experts: Kate Lawrence @katelawrenceinteriors - becoming a developer while building a brand and business, blending design vision with real-world renovation experience. Jacob Decru @loanmarketconnect - unpacking “The Game of Funding” and how to structure finance strategically for growth. Ryan McKenzie @ryconbuildinggroup - sharing build methods from the luxury custom home space, backed by 20 years and 200 completed homes. James Ind @loxtonbuilt - bridging architecture and construction with a collaborative, transparent build approach. Taeler Axon @ftlo_design - bringing architectural thinking, lived building experience and accessible design strategy together. This is not a sit-at-the-back-and-take-notes kind of weekend. It is immersive. Thought-provoking. High-level. And surrounded by people who are actively doing what you too are aiming to achieve. We have also secured discounted room rates at 1 Hotel for our members so you can stay onsite, sink into that beautiful atmosphere, and turn it into a full experience - not just an event. If you are ready to think bigger and refine your strategy - have you booked your ticket yet?! Hit the link in our bio. #buildhercollective #weekendintensive

Or Do you prefer option 2! One thing we really work on is providing 2 very different approaches to the structural design. Giving you a cost effective option you can discuss and workshop with your builder. Which do you prefer? Home Design featuring: Thermowood Cladding @mccormacksaustralia #Melbournedesigner #homedesign #home #melbournearchitecture #melbourneinteriours

As I have been navigating my business FTLO, I have been creating new services based on WHAT YOU want! I offer a Blended Service where I assist you along the way on designing your dream home. From Floor Plan Review for stage 1, to 3D external concepts, to interior 3d concept and specification. You only commit to one stage at a time and can engage a builder, draftsman and go out for Costing at all stages on the process. Here is a 3d concept we worked on for a client this week! AND THEY LOVED IT! Email us to find out about pricing. Home Design featuring: Thermowood Cladding @mccormacksaustralia #Melbournedesigner #homedesign #home #melbournearchitecture #melbourneinteriours