Overview
While tranquillity was central to the brief, the client was equally seeking a sense of quiet sophistication—an environment that felt refined without excess. A strong connection to the landscape, flexibility in planning and the use of natural, enduring materials were all key drivers.
The process was highly collaborative, with close alignment between interiors, architecture, construction and landscape. Each element was considered in dialogue with the others, resulting in a home that reads as a cohesive whole rather than a series of separate interventions.

Scope
Homeroom Studio led the interior design, including the spatial planning and refinement of the floorplan. This allowed the home to be reoriented around its outlook, ensuring key moments engage directly with the landscape while maintaining a strong sense of functionality.
The interiors were developed in close alignment with the architectural framework, reinforcing continuity across materiality, flow and atmosphere. This extended through to the furniture curation, where each piece was carefully considered in terms of proportion, tone and placement—ensuring the furnishings sit quietly within the architecture and contribute to the overall sense of cohesion.

Design details 
What feels most compelling is the home’s sense of restraint. Materials have been deliberately limited, allowing light, texture and landscape to take precedence. Moments of veined stone are introduced sparingly, creating quiet focal points, while subtle green tones echo the surrounding environment.
There is also a considered absence of visual noise. In the living space, the joinery was designed to conceal a pop-up television, allowing it to disappear entirely when not in use. This ensures the view remains uninterrupted and the landscape, rather than technology, becomes the primary focus of the room. The introduction of crazy paving into the plinth further anchors this moment, tying it back to the entry sequence and reinforcing a sense of continuity throughout the home.
A sense of openness underpins the experience more broadly. With no immediate neighbours, privacy was not a constraint, allowing spaces such as the master ensuite and main bathroom to be oriented directly towards the sweeping landscape. This creates a more immersive and unguarded relationship with the site—where shifting light, seasonal changes and the quiet rhythms of the land become part of daily life. At dawn and dusk, kangaroos and sheep gather near the dam, offering a gentle, ever-changing backdrop. The experience of showering or bathing within this setting feels both expansive and freeing—an intimate moment set against a vast natural landscape.
The design responds closely to the conditions of the site—its slope, orientation and surrounding landscape. Spatial planning was reworked to sit comfortably within the contours of the land, while prioritising solar access and natural light.
Material selection was equally considered. A restrained palette of durable, textural materials ensures the home feels embedded within its environment, allowing it to age gently and sit quietly within the landscape over time.

Lighting
Lighting is led primarily by natural means. Openings were carefully composed to capture shifting light conditions, frame views and enhance the home’s connection to its setting. This approach establishes a calm, ambient quality that evolves throughout the day.
Architectural lighting is intentionally understated, designed to support rather than define the space. In the kitchen, a lineal track pendant introduces a subtle architectural gesture - guiding movement and drawing the eye towards the butler’s pantry, while maintaining the overall sense of restraint.

Layout/Floorplan
The home comprises three bedrooms, each positioned to capture the ridgeline outlook and maintain a strong connection to the landscape. Living spaces are arranged to maximise light and openness, creating a natural flow between interior and exterior.
A bagged brick wall runs along the rear of the home, forming a grounding element that anchors the plan. As the home’s orientation is directed entirely towards the view, this rear spine provides a quiet backdrop to the primary spaces, allowing the front façade to remain open and expansive. Its materiality carries a sense of weight and permanence, communicating with the established pine trees beyond in terms of their shared strength and stature.
This approach allows the home to respond pragmatically to site constraints at the rear, while prioritising outlook, light and connection to the landscape where it matters most. The result is a plan that feels both intuitive and resolved.
Materials and furnishings to highlight

Exterior
A restrained combination of timber cladding and stone anchors the home within its setting, selected for both durability and their ability to soften and weather over time.
Entry detail
The front door handle was developed in collaboration with artist Suzie Stanford, incorporating bark sourced directly from the site. Referencing the client’s affinity for kookaburras, the piece acts as both a functional object and a subtle, sculptural marker of place.

Team:

Architecture: Homeroom Studio

Words: Deborah Cooke

Photography: Traianos Pakioufakis

Materials Used:
- Crazy paving: Luca Warm Grey (matt) by Eco Outdoor
- Engineered timber flooring: Mantle (matt lacquer) by Made by Storey
Kitchen
- Stone: Honed Lauriana by Artedomus
- Stools: Jonas Bohlin via Great Dane
Living room
- Sofa & chaise: Flexform via Fanuli
- Coffee table: Flexform via Fanuli
- Armchair: Collector Group via Origine
- Bench: Hygge via Origine
- Floor lamp: Penta via Fanuli
- Rug: Cadrys
- Artwork: ‘Omne’ by Hannah Nowlan via Lander Se
- Ceramics: Lilach Mileikowski, Minna Graham
- Ceramic vessel: Pretziada via Origine
Bathrooms
- Main bathroom: Honed Verde Bardini (Artedomus)
- Ensuite: Honed Ocean Blue Travertine (Artedomus)
- Flooring: Technifirma Tile – colour Lido by Eco Outdoor
- Tapware: Reece and Custom green tapware with Sussex Taps for the main bathroom
Bedroom
A Flexform screen from Fanuli is used as a headboard, introducing height, texture and a sense of softness while maintaining visual lightness.
- Bedding: Abode Living
- Armchair: Flexform via Fanuli
- Outdoor stools: Riva 1920 via Fanuli
- Side table: Articolo
- Ceramics/Vases: Minna Graham