Under the Queenslander

An Australian home with mid-century interiors and a subtropical garden.

Queenslander up top.Mid-century underneath.Garden all around.

Curved white landing upstairs, with dappled light on VJ boards and glass louvres looking out to the trees — **Up top**The original Queenslander, in VJ boards and sash windows.

An internal window in a VJ-lined room, framing the stair void, beside an open casement of textured glass — **Looking through**An internal window frames the stair, in VJ boards and timber.

The mid-century living and dining room under the house, glass doors open to the garden — **Underneath**Built in under the original house, with teak, spotted gum and cane, and doors that open straight onto the garden.

The galley kitchen in dark green joinery, looking through to the indoor garden — **The galley**Dark green joinery, looking through to the indoor garden.

Upstairs bathroom in green finger tiles, with a tiled bath beneath a run of casement windows — **The green bathroom**Finger tiles and a tiled bath under the windows.

The striped tiled wall of the plunge pool from the lawn, with timber battens, rocks and a scalloped umbrella under a blue sky — **All around**A subtropical garden of natives and exotics, wrapped around a striped plunge pool.

The rooms.

Swivel armchairs and a striped chess table in the garden room, the creeper wall beyond the glass

LivingUnderneath

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Kitchen island clad in spotted gum, with rattan counter stools and a marble top

KitchenUnderneath

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Coffee bar in bottle-green joinery, looking through to the indoor garden and lounge

Coffee barUnderneath

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Looking down the stair into the indoor garden, a fig tree growing among river stones beside a timber-framed sofa and a tiled coffee table

Indoor gardenUnderneath

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Main bedroom with a quilted coverlet, a mustard throw and a sliding door

Main bedroomUp top

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Fringed lamp on a bedside table against VJ boards

BedroomUp top

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RumpusUnderneath

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Every paint colour, tile and light in these rooms is in the Style Guide.

See the Style Guide

The garden, zone by zone.

Five zones, from the side of the house to the pool, planted with Australian natives and exotics that can take a Brisbane summer.

Concrete breezeway path lined with grasses and a planter bed

A curved concrete seat and fire pit with timber stump stools, under a tall wall of creeper

Timber deck with a pink scalloped umbrella beside the plunge pool

Garden bed of white wild irises, silver foliage and pink flowers beside round stepping stones set in river pebbles

The side path along the climbing green wall and timber battens, with elephant ears and wild iris over pebble mulch

Indoor garden of river stones and a small tree beside the lounge

Shop the house.

Mustard velvet swivel armchair with a timber star base on a cowhide rug, its twin beside the striped chess table

Swivel armchairVintage find. Recovered in Warwick's Caulfield Gold fabric.See the fabric

A side table in striped ash and walnut with a chess set on top, between two swivel armchairs on a cowhide rug

Pepe Side TableEllison StudiosWhere to buy

A glowing rattan table lamp on the radiogram

Raffia lamp shadeHandwoven raffia grass shade. Sold as the shade only, to fit a standard E27 lamp base.Where to buy

A round marble side table with a fluted base

Tiramisu Side TableTrit HouseWhere to buy

A brass dome pendant light hanging in front of a linen curtain

Brass Dome ShadeFerm LivingWhere to buy

A natural tan cowhide rug on polished concrete, between swivel armchairs and a boucle sofa

Natural cowhide rugCowhide Rugs OnlineSee the range

Two rattan counter stools at the spotted gum island

Rattan counter stoolsFound on Facebook Marketplace. Cushions recovered in Warwick's Caulfield Gold fabric.See the fabric

A mustard fringed lamp glowing on a bamboo bedside table, with a candle beside it

Fringed bedside lampFenton & FentonWhere to buy

See every piece

Queenslander up top. Mid-century underneath. Garden all around.

The whole house, in one guide.

The guide tells you exactly which paint, tile, light and plant, where it came from and how it has held up.

Part 1. The house

Every paint colour, code and sheen
Tiles, surfaces and lighting
Room-by-room recipes
What I would do differently

Part 2. The garden

The five zones as planting lists
Every plant named, native or exotic
Where each one came from
What thrived and what died

The natives have a book of their own: The Native Fifty, fifty plants rated city by city.

The Style Guide is being written now. Join the waitlist to hear first when it is ready, including the launch-week price.

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Coffee bar with dark green joinery, looking through to the indoor garden and lounge

Radiogram sideboard with a large painting

Bedroom with a mustard throw and a sliding door

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Long view through the mid-century dining room to the garden

Hire the house for your shoot.

A Brisbane photoshoot location: two eras under one roof, a subtropical garden and a striped plunge pool, available for TV, advertising and photo shoots. Rates on request.

Queenslander bedroomsSunroomMid-century livingSpotted gum kitchenIndoor gardenGreen-tiled bathroomsBreezewayLawn, deck and pool

Enquire about a shoot

Brisbane. The address is shared once a booking is confirmed.