Renovations

By restoring the original cottage and separating the addition from the original home, The Paperbark sensitively blends old and new...

Richmond Hill House blends heritage charm with modern design, creating a timeless, sustainable home that adapts to family needs.

Carpenter’s vision meets architectural brilliance: transforming a dark, outdated house into a light-filled, energy-efficient family home.

This Art Deco home renovation references the original to create a home that is full of character and perfect for modern living.

Architect attempts to design her own renovation of a 1950s stunner while heavily pregnant. What could possibly go wrong?

Discover how a dilapidated property was reborn as a stunning, sustainable Passive House, blending modern needs with classic charm.

This old home needed rebuilding from the stumps up, but the result is an energy-efficient, all-electric family home.

Who would have thought a modest red brick project home could be hiding so much potential. The transformation is stunning...

Transformation of a century-old cottage into a share house for mother and adult daughter with space for bonding and personal retreats.

Not a square metre goes to waste in this tight Darlington terrace renovation to create a modern, multifunctional home.

Discover how a dated 1950s brick house was masterfully renovated into a stunning, light-filled contemporary home in Melbourne.

This beautiful double-fronted home in a heritage precinct of Hawthorn East is renovated and extended for 21st century living...

This beachside apartment had the makings of a beautiful home. It just needed some assistance…

Bathroom renovations are popular. They're also expensive and risky. Here are the tips and trends you need to know before you start...

Damp-ridden, cold and leaking, this 1960s home needed a revamp. Luckily, a sensitive approach retains the home's unique character.

By removing poorly constructed add-ons and creating an open-plan living area as the new heart, this quaint cottage is transformed...

A house can become dysfunctional as poorly planned renovations alter the layout and strip away original details. But it can be fixed!

An addition sitting high and dry (literally) above the flood level, creates a refuge from the main family home and potential floods.

Wanting a place to entertain friends and family, this new addition creates a grand living area overlooking the garden

This heritage warehouse has been sensitively transformed into a home with the careful insertion of joinery units to divide the space.

Far from the classic box-like addition, a series of unique spaces unfurl from the rear of the cottage, opening up to light and garden.

A series of expert moves brings in more light, improves livability and connects this terrace to its courtyard all without extending.

Bungalows are charming homes, but they tend to be dark. This addition finds a way to bring light into the depths of this bungalow.

The front verandah of this Californian Bungalow is reinterpreted at the rear of the home to create a shady outdoor living space.

Not that you'd know it now, but this sleek, modern-Japanese-inspired home was once a tired '70s brick pad and what a transformation!

To create space for the kids as they grow, this new bedroom wing sits beautifully in the landscape and meets BAL requirements.

The owners would have ripped this out-of-place fireplace out if they'd had their way, but it's become the centrepiece of this reno...

Creating a light-filled addition where the garden and outdoor spaces feel like an extension of the living areas for year-round use.

Creative ways to bring more light into the home, even when the backyard doesn't get much sun, makes this home light-filled and airy.

The charred timber addition float in front of the home, complementing the original cream brick and transforming the street appeal.

This Carlton terrace renovation updates ageing interiors to create the perfect home for a collector of colourful art and furniture.

The amount of space you have is one thing, but its functionality, light and flow is a whole other thing.

An addition to this period home sits comfortably alongside the original, oriented to catch the light and open up the backyard.

Despite a seemingly impossible set of constraints, this terrace has been transformed into a light-filled and sustainable family home.

The renovation of this post-war house leans on mid-century details and views of the native landscape to create a special home.

A generous north-facing courtyard becomes the best part of this house, bringing light, breezes and the outdoors into every space.

Chimneys of the old brickworks immediately caught the architect's attention and she knew this renovation needed to capture that view!

Transforming a 1960s apricot-brick unit into the perfect bachelor pad meant rethinking the space and adapting what was already there...

Before the temperature really drops, now is a great time to start to transform your home with these reno ‘must-haves’ for winter entertaining.

Rather than relocate, this family decided on a Queenslander renovation to create the home of their dreams in the street they love.

Others overlooked this heritage-listed home because of its exposure on three sides, but a playful addition turns it into an asset.

A new 60 square metre addition creates a bright and modern living space for this inner-city home.

Perfect for entertaining, this new living pavilion at the back of a 1910s home is light, airy and open to the backyard.

An addition which doesn't overshadow the original heritage house, but improves the home's spaciousness, access to light and the yard.

If you love the curved lines and detailing of the Art Deco period, but crave open spaces and natural light, this home is for you...

Once home to the local milkman, this quaint cottage has been transformed into a light and bright home with a surprising sense of space.

A simple, rectangular, double-storey addition was a cost-effective way to gain the space this family needed. Plus some indulgences...

This home, inspired by a jewellery box, is perfect for your most treasured people and possessions: beautiful, safe and ordered.

From the street, all you can see is a sliver of the stunning new addition, designed to protect the heritage value of the original home.

At 52 square metres, this two-storey terrace was about the same size as a two-bedroom apartment, now there's space to entertain guests.

Rearranging this apartment opens it up to the views, builds in lots of storage space and finds room for a home office space to boot!

Your builder is the most crucial component of any home renovation project. Here's how to choose a builder for your renovation...

The owners of this whole floor apartment in Manly loved the location, but not the dark unfriendly spaces. Luckily, there was a solution!

Transforming a 1980s house into a warehouse loft-inspired home involved removing the roof but the results are more than worth it!

Every good architectural story needs a hero. In this renovation, it's a striking bookshelf which screens a work-from-home space...

This addition to a post-war brick home has a trick up its sleeve to guarantee access to sunlight despite the backyard facing south.

Defying its narrow site, challenging east-west orientation and heritage restrictions, this skinny home manages to feel spacious.

A west-facing backyard and poorly-designed additions left this family with dark mornings and overheated afternoons, but no longer...

Imagine having a classic modernist house in the family for three generations? How would you sensitively renovate it?

Staging the renovation of this home into two phases made budgetary sense and allows the home to adapt to the family's changing needs.

Clever planning allows this small apartment to feel grand and glamourous. Wait until you see how the dressing room transforms...

The roof and layout of the original home serve as the inspiration for a new addition, but a modern twist creates perfect family home.

This 1980s-era home already had a stellar location. Thanks to an internal reno, it has everything else you'd want in a home, too...

The substantial renovation of this terrace transforms the home, but reminders of the past are woven in to create a rich tapestry.

In many ways, Feng Shui aligns with the principles of good design. Here, Feng Shui achieves a light, harmonious and delightful home.

Three distinct pavilions create the breathing room needed for maximum light and breezes on this narrow inner-city block.

A beautiful new living space wrapping around a courtyard deck plus main bedroom suite creates the perfect home for a family of six.

Pooling for a pool: would you join forces with your parents to create the ultimate inner-city pad complete with a rooftop pool?

The only way was up at this home, but renovating meant this family were able to achieve everything they wanted without having to move.

With the option of renovating or selling, this family chose to renovate to stay in the area they, but that was easier said than done!

With its lush, wild setting, this home could be worlds away from the city and that's exactly what the owners wanted to achieve.

By rethinking the layout of this home, a more efficient plan that's perfect for modern living was found within the existing footprint.