September 30, 2025
The Challenge This much-loved family beach house in Lorne, once a holiday rental, wasn’t designed for daily living. Storage was almost non-existent, the kitchen felt heavy & dated & the bathrooms were purely functional with no sense of retreat. The plaster balustrade blocked light to the stairwell & the overall palette felt tired. While the...
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September 19, 2025
The Challenge… Transform a dated 1980s brick veneer complete with a curious floor plan & a previous renovation featuring traffic-stopping red, into a light-filled, open-plan coastal haven. The Solution… I started by reimagining the home’s flow. The wall between the kitchen/meals area and dining room was removed to create a large open galley kitchen with...
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August 18, 2025
If you’re struggling with layout or furniture choices in any part of your home, the guidance of an Interior Designer can make all the difference. With experience, creativity & a trained eye, we can help you transform an empty room into a thoughtfully furnished space or reimagine an existing one so it feels balanced, functional...
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August 18, 2025
The Challenge… This kitchen sits within a striking, architect-designed home defined by soaring 3.6‑metre ceilings and bold materiality. While visually impressive, the original layout lacked everyday practicality. The overhead cabinetry stretched beyond reach & the black internal finishes made even the simplest items difficult to locate. Storage was inefficient, the oven had been poorly installed...
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January 5, 2025
The Challenge… Kylie’s client felt his newly purchased early 2000s apartment had all the appeal of a retirement home. Having lived abroad for decades, he was seeking a luxe aesthetic in earthy, harmonious tones, with the added comfort and convenience of modern smart technologies, including demisting mirrors, intelligent washlet toilets, induction cooking, auto taps, sensor LED...
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July 16, 2024
I believe that clutter is the enemy of interior design so I like to live & work by the 19th century designer William Morris’s famed quote: “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” This doesn’t come naturally to everyone so here’s some of the...
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May 9, 2024
Just south of Hobart, interior designer Kylie Sargent worked her magic to transform this humble 80s South Arm holiday shack into a modern day retreat. With a focus on staying within a tight budget a complete makeover was achieved. The once-dull beige walls, bricks and yellowing timber doors, skirtings, and architraves were revitalized with a...
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January 12, 2024
I appreciate that engaging an Interior Designer is a daunting step for many people. They are often concerned that their job is too small or that it will be expensive to employ an interior designer or that they won’t like the end result. They needn’t worry, as interior designers such as myself are happy to...
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May 20, 2023
The challenge… Take a grand 1950s residence & create modern home. The main living area should nod to the past in scale only, this room should be warm & bathed in light. Please reinstate the original wall panelling & mantel somewhere else in the house. Before – Living After – Living The solution… Replace single-glazed windows...
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January 10, 2023
Never under estimate the power of paint! The majority of this dramatic Torquay home transformation was achieved just by painting. Inside the exposed brickwork (with the exception of the formal dinning room) was simply painted out in Dulux natural white. The trusses, window frames & doors were then highlighted in black. Smaller tweaks included replacing the...
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