Three homes shortlisted for the Residential Decoration award

Clever design and smart furniture placement can change a home from feeling cluttered to spacious and breezy. Smart colour choices and use of different textures and materials add to your home’s character. The 2017 Australian Interior Design Awards feature seven categories which homes can be nominated for. The below three homes are our picks from the Residential Decoration category’s shortlist. Take a look and be inspired.

*(Credit: Project: Bondi Breeze. Practice name: Hinterior desi. Photographer: Francoise Baude)*

*(Credit: Project: Pyrmont apartment. Project name: Arent & Pyke. Photographer: Tom Ferguson)* *(Credit: Project: Pyrmont apartment. Project name: Arent & Pyke. Photographer: Tom Ferguson)*

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*(Credit: Project: Peninsula. Practice name: Hare & Klein. Photographer: Nicholas Watt)* *(Credit: Project: Peninsula. Practice name: Hare & Klein. Photographer: Nicholas Watt)*

Want more inspiration? Take a peek at the nominee’s for Residential Design.

Madeleine Curby

The quintessential outdoors gal, Maddie suffers keenly from wanderlust and is always on the hunt for adventure - whether it's hiking to Everest Base Camp in Nepal or discovering the 100s of beaches in Bali and along the Australian coastline.