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There was a time when single storey designs ran a poor second to their double storey counterparts. Not anymore. The Airlie 30, on display at Clarendon’s Warnervale Display Centre in Hamlyn Terrace, is part of a new generation of single level designs offering the convenience of having everything within easy reach without compromising on the comforts, privacy and sophisticated style modern families have come to expect.

Australians are a nation of travellers. Perhaps it’s our island status at the bottom of the world that makes overseas travel inevitable but many of us think nothing of packing our bags and heading for the airport.

Some expressions are thrown around so much that they start to lose their meaning. These days, ‘family friendly’ is attached to everything from movie sessions and restaurants to workplaces and hotels. But what does it mean for home designs?

There’s no disputing the calming effects of nature. In recent years, there have been studies to show that everything from bushwalking to working in the garden has a positive impact on our wellbeing. So it’s not much of a stretch to see how beneficial it can be to draw a little bit of our natural environment indoors.

When you’re in the thick of raising a family, everything just needs to work. Ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day activities from getting out the door in the morning to completing homework and eating dinner together at night is essential. And when another hectic week is over, having time and space to relax with family and friends on the weekend offers a chance to recharge and reconnect.

If there was such a thing as a country destination house, then The Bowral would be it. With four bedrooms, separate home office plus multiple living spaces, inside and out, there’s everything a family needs in this ranch-style design.

There’s something a bit special about anything French. Although we are about 15 thousand kilometres from the home of the city of lights, we love their fashion, pastries and interiors. Here are our top suggestions for seamlessly bringing French Provincial luxe to your modern new home.

While looking for a house design, you’re probably considering either a single or double storey home. But, there’s another option available that you may not have considered: split level. Although not as common as our single and double storey home designs (mostly due to split level being better suited to sloped blocks), they are available and can solve problems you may have with finding a design to suit a block that isn’t level.

Since wealthy New Yorker, Dr. Theodore Gallard Thomas built the first mansion on Southampton’s Gin Lane in the late 19th Century, the elite have been spending their summers at the famous coastal enclave.

Cassandra lives with her husband and three sons in their Cronulla knockdown rebuild Australian Contemporary Beachside home.