Jackie Brygel

1 week ago | domain.com.au | Jackie Brygel

Owners: Interior designer Steve Cordony and landscaper Michael BoothType of property:  Restored 1877 homestead on almost 50 hectaresAddress: 671 Ophir Road, Orange, NSWExpressions of interest: Close 5pm, May 15The iconic Rosedale Farm, meticulously restored by Steve Cordony and Michael Booth as an eight-year passion project, is now on the market.

4 weeks ago | homebeautiful.com.au | Jackie Brygel

Tucked away in a leafy Melbourne suburb, the ‘Passive Pleat’ house stops passers-by in their tracks. But while the impact of the facade with its pleat-like ‘folds’ is beyond question, the home’s real magic is not visible to the eye. This is an energy-efficient, environmentally focused passive house. For the home’s architect and certified Passive House designer Fang Cheah of Studiofang, bringing the vision to life proved as joyful an exercise as it did for the homeowners.

1 month ago | domain.com.au | Jackie Brygel

By Jackie BrygelMarch 12, 2025It’s surely only natural to wonder what might beckon beyond the ubiquitous Gogglebox Australia couches – presenting, as they do in each of the fan favourites’ homes, almost like characters in themselves. And here’s the thing. In the case of the hit show’s happily married couple Sarah Marie and Matty Fahd, there’s good reason to be intrigued.

Nov 1, 2024 | theage.com.au | Jackie Brygel

By Jackie Brygel November 2, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Life, as we know, doesn’t always go to a carefully considered plan. And so it came to be, in mid-2020, that The Block co-creator and executive producer Julian Cress and wife Sarah Armstrong surprised even themselves by making a tree change with their family. But this, of course, was an unprecedented time in history.

Oct 29, 2024 | domain.com.au | Jackie Brygel

By Jackie BrygelOctober 30, 2024Life, as we know, doesn’t always go to a carefully considered plan. And so it came to be, in mid-2020, that The Block co-creator and executive producer Julian Cress and his wife Sarah Armstrong surprised even themselves by making a tree change with their young family. But this, of course, was an unprecedented time in history. And COVID had a way of dramatically reassessing priorities.