Home Ideas

The style is Tropical Colonial with a ‘cattle station homestead’ twist to throw back to our country roots. We like the colorbond exterior in a dark colour (monument, basalt or woodland grey) with timber and corten accents. For the interior we would like a neutral, natural palate with a dark polished concrete floor, timber skirting and light paint. We would like a large open plan living/dining/kitchen leading out to the outdoor living area. For the kitchen we would like a breakfast bar peninsular bench, and a servery window out to the outdoor living area with a white farmhouse double sink. We like a dark Dekton bench top, white lower cabinets and possibly wood for the higher ones, with a wooden kick board on the breakfast bar. The splashback material should be corten or copper. Our appliances are all black, and we have a collection of copper cookware we would ideally like to display somehow. We would like a functional butlers pantry with a sink (dishwasher in here and loads of storage). We like the idea of an outdoor living room/bar area with wooden decking, which would overlook a pool. We love the Tropix look of timber cladding on the ceiling. We do a lot of outdoor cooking, so an outdoor kitchen would be ideal, but possibly on a concrete pad separate from the outdoor living area (for ease of cleaning and less smoke into the house). The style for the bathrooms would be the tropical resort look, natural light stone surfaces and tiles with wooden cabinetry and river stone basins. We are picturing a copper tiled feature wall in the main bath, with a green clawfoot tub. For the ensuite we would like it to be largely outside, so bath (like the Cassia house) and shower open air. Some kind of timber louvres system to wall in the outside portion of the bathroom would be ideal. Our walk in robe should be simple and the same style as the rest of the interior, just large enough to dress in, closed off from the bedroom, with enough room to store a concealed valuables safe and a gun safe.