Heatherbrae1854, Caulfield (2026)

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31/05/2026

Creating a beautiful room is easy. Creating flow through a whole house is much harder.

One of the biggest advantages of renders, CAD drawings and AI visualisation is being able to design spaces and put them side by side like this then step back and ask:

Do these rooms actually work together?
Do the colours relate?
Do the materials flow?
Does the mood shift naturally from room to room?
Do they tell the same story?

Putting spaces side by side like this can really help you make decisions and save you thousands in expensive mistakes.

Which room wins for you - the darker dining room or the lighter living room? And do they feel connected enough to you?

23/05/2026

The dining room - a room that so many of you know as painted… now wrapped in the softest tailored stripe.

One of my greatest goals with Heatherbrae has been to create interiors that feel timeless for the home itself, not trend driven, but rooms that could have existed in the 19th century and now and decades from now.

This dining room was intentionally designed to feel more opulent and layered because, unlike many large Victorian homes, we don’t have a separate formal dining room. This is it. It needed to hold its own functionally and architecturally.

The wallpaper is intentionally understated, almost like a menswear ticking, so the architecture and the pieces within the room could still breathe. The dining table is particularly special to me. It dates to circa 1880 - the same era this room was built.

The chairs are a custom, the curtains are now officially in production, and the rug… the rug might be one of my favourite pieces right now.

And interestingly, while this room leans into a more layered sense of grandeur, those of you who have followed this page for a long time will know that the adjoining living room is by design actually far more pared back, softer and more liveable day to day. I think homes need that balance. Moments of drama and beauty, but also spaces that are about gentle, comfortable luxury.

I’d genuinely love to know your thoughts.

Do you prefer the painted walls… or this softer layered look?

And what’s the very first detail your eye goes to?

22/05/2026

There’s something I’ve always loved about art in a home — the way a single piece can completely change the feeling of a room.

The warmth of it.
The mood.
The atmosphere it creates at different times of day.

One of the things we’ve loved most about working with Jesslyn Murphy is seeing just how beautifully her work adapts to different spaces throughout Heatherbrae. These originals have now found homes with collectors, which has been incredibly special to witness

But after so many messages asking whether the works would still be available, we created an extremely limited release of carefully replicated prints designed to retain the depth, softness and tonal quality of the original paintings.

Not mass-produced pieces.
Not poster prints.

But artworks intended to live beautifully within homes, offices and thoughtfully designed spaces.
I think people sometimes underestimate the impact art can have on how a space feels to live in every day.

Very limited editions are now available through Heatherbrae 1854.

18/05/2026

A collection of beautiful new gift hampers is now available via Appleseed Gift Boxes — each thoughtfully curated with premium Australian-made produce alongside our Heatherbrae1854 candles and linen sprays.

Beautifully boxed and conveniently delivered Australia wide, with international delivery also available by request.

A little glimpse through just some of the options now available.

17/05/2026

In our last reel, we talked about why we’re saving money on the restoration of the pool.

This is why.

Our original stable and wash house... believed to date back to the 1850s and used right up until the 1990s to house racehorses that were trained at local Caulfield Racecourse and then walked back home again.

But the roof is now failing, the brickwork is cracking, and some of the bricks have literally turned back to sand.

So the first step will be restoring the slate roof using reclaimed Welsh slate, repairing the render and brickwork, restoring the original timber boards, doors and louvers... And upstairs, we’ll replace the broken window with original crown glass salvaged from the house itself.

And then — only then — once the building is structurally restored, will we even begin to think about what purpose it might serve next.

Maybe Glen Eira Council will let me have the two miniature cows I’ve always wanted.

Maybe a horse.

Maybe something else entirely.

What would you do with a structure like this once it’s beautiful again?

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