Carli Philips

Melbourne

Writer at Freelance

Contributing Editor at Bauer Media Group (AU)

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Articles

A soft and grounded palette anchors this zen-inspired holiday home

5 days ago | homestolove.com.au | Carli Philips

When they’re not juggling the footy, kids, social events, work and the hectic to-and-fro of weekday appointments, this young family is decompressing at their newly built holiday home on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. A Covid purchase where a green fibro shack once stood, the plot is close to the beach with no through traffic, which was a great selling point for the owners who have two young kids.
This Spanish-Style Avalon Home Feels Like A Warm Embrace

1 week ago | homestolove.com.au | Carli Philips

Radiating a European sensibility, this glorious home in Sydney’s Avalon is, say designers Dominique Brammah and Shannon Shlom of interiors studio Duet, “completely transportive”. While it may call to mind a Spanish estate, its web of established Sydney red gums, tree ferns and cabbage tree palms makes it uniquely and unequivocally Australian.
These are the best new interior design projects in Australia

2 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Carli Philips

The Australian Interior Design Awards 2025 have honoured some of the most imaginative, thoughtful and boundary-pushing Australian talent working today. The winning recipients, announced 6 June in Melbourne, were lauded for their clear narratives, commitment to the user’s well-being and immersive environments. From a raucous subterranean restaurant channelling '80s Hong Kong to a bespoke sea-green lacquered ping pong table in a residential bayside home, here are our favourite winning projects.
Four must-visit eateries in Greece’s newest food destination

4 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Carli Philips

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The city of Chania, on the north-west coast of Crete, has a charming medieval harbour and an old town full of architectural influences drawing from the Ottomans, Venetians and Egyptians. But now there’s another reason to visit: a new generation of food makers making their mark with slick venues. If it wasn’t for the snaking queues, it would be easy to simply pass by Red Jane Bakery.
A Down-To-Earth City Retreat With A Brick Extension In Subiaco

1 month ago | homestolove.com.au | Carli Philips

During the week, Michelle Barrett and her husband Kieran sweat it out at their family farm near Esperance, WA, about 100km from so much as a supermarket. “We wanted a place to retreat to in the city,” says Michelle, the owner of this “Perth pad” and also the founder of interior design studio Frank & Boyd. “We wanted a place for when we are in Perth on business or visiting the kids,” says Michelle of the couple’s adult daughters Emma and Eadie, who live in the house full-time.
An Architect's Inner-Brisbane Home Extension

1 month ago | homestolove.com.au | Carli Philips

Motivated by the mild Queensland climate, the owner and architect of this riverside inner Brisbane property, Alexandra Buchanan, drew on subtle, tropical references to transform and ground her family home. “The interiors have rich, textural reference to the tropics,” she says, referring to the palette of hardwood, concrete and bluestone.
A Classic Federation Home With Floor-To-Ceiling Windows

2 months ago | homestolove.com.au | Carli Philips

Designers don’t often have the opportunity to visit their own projects regularly – especially well after completion. However, for Melbourne-based interior designer Samantha Eisen, dropping in to this bayside home is a regular occurrence. Defying the ‘never do business with friends or family’ taboo, she successfully renovated it with the owners: her younger sister, Bianca, and brother-in-law, David.
A 170-Year-Old Bluestone Miner's Cottage In Melbourne

2 months ago | homestolove.com.au | Carli Philips

Blue and grey with the slightest trace of indigo, the bluestone facade of this 170-year-old miner’s cottage in Melbourne’s inner east is one of the oldest in the area. Framed by two Pyrus trees with original leadlight glass and a wide patio overlooking parkland, it’s a charming blast from the past. The owners, a young family with two kids, had been living in the house for a while before they decided to renovate.
A Brutalist Coastal Home On The Mornington Peninsula

2 months ago | homestolove.com.au | Carli Philips

Travis Walton, principal architect and interior designer at his own eponymously named studio, was averse to using materials typical of a coastal house in this brutalist Mornington Peninsula home. “We adopted richer and more unexpected materials, such as concrete, stained timber, tumbled travertine, brass and oxidised metal accents,” he says. Ringed by what’s described as a “battlement castle wall”, Norfolk Residence is everything a conventional beach house is not.
A Colonial Regency-Style Mansion In Melbourne's Inner-East

2 months ago | homestolove.com.au | Carli Philips

Tucked into the leafy landscape of Melbourne’s inner east, this Colonial Regency mansion features 170 slabs of imported Italian marble used across its floors, columns and bathrooms. “Nothing was spared,” says Swee Lim, who curated the interiors with furniture and art.