Earthborne By Design - Interior Design & Decoration Services

Earthborne By Design - Interior Design & Decoration Services Award Winning Interior Design-Decorate-Style. HIA Greensmart Professional. Member: HIA, IDA, KBDi Award Winning Interior Design - Decorate - Style.

Specialising in residential renovation projects.

☆ Kitchen, laundry and bathroom design.

☆ Spatial design and Planning.

☆ Pre-purchase Design Consultation.

☆ Colour Consultation.

☆ New Build and Renovation Selections & Specifications. Member: HIA, IDA, KBDi. Brisbane/Gold Coast.

This little corner is a reminder that good design is rarely about a single piece.The mirror on its own is just a mirror....
03/06/2026

This little corner is a reminder that good design is rarely about a single piece.

The mirror on its own is just a mirror.

The buffet is just a cabinet.

The rug is just a rug.

The lighting is just lighting.

But when the scale, texture, colour and proportion begin to speak to one another, something shifts.

The deep charcoal wall creates a sense of drama.

The warm brass mirror softens it.
The Persian rug introduces history, pattern and warmth.

The buffet grounds the composition.

And the light quietly stitches everything together.

A room doesn't need to shout to make an impression.

Sometimes the most memorable spaces are simply a collection of thoughtful choices, layered over time, each playing its part in the story.

What do you think ties this composition together the most?

Tomorrow I begin my 30 day Walk For Him challenge.From 1 June to 30 June, I’ll be aiming to walk 10km a day to help rais...
30/05/2026

Tomorrow I begin my 30 day Walk For Him challenge.

From 1 June to 30 June, I’ll be aiming to walk 10km a day to help raise awareness and funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

Last year, with the kindness and generosity of so many people, I raised just over $4,000.
This year, I would love to reach $5,000.

But the truth is, any amount raised matters.

Because this is personal.

Prostate cancer is not just something that happens to the body.
It reaches into the quieter places too.

Identity.
Masculinity.
Virility.
Confidence.
Intimacy.
Relationships.
The way you see yourself.
The way you wonder if others see you differently too.

And there is a grief in that which many men do not speak about.

So tomorrow, I start walking.

For myself.
For other men facing this diagnosis.
For the people who love them.
For the conversations we avoid until life gives us no choice.

If you are able to support, donate, share, or simply check in on the men in your life, I would be deeply grateful.

Because no man should walk alone with prostate cancer.

Donation link in Bio.







Some Designer Guy

27/05/2026

Apartment renovations are one of our core specialities ~ not because they’re easy…but because they demand a different way of thinking.

Limited footprints. Existing services. Body corporate requirements. Acoustic considerations. Structural limitations. Tight access. Neighbours metres away.

And yet within all those constraints lies the opportunity to completely transform the way a space feels and functions.

The footprint may remain the footprint ~ but the experience of living in the space can change dramatically.

Often it’s not about making an apartment bigger. It’s about making it work harder. Feel lighter. Flow better. Store smarter. Connect more naturally to the way people actually live.

Good apartment design is rarely about excess. It’s about precision. Restraint. Problem solving. And understanding how to create impact within limitation.

This is the part of renovation we genuinely love ~ uncovering the potential hidden inside spaces people have stopped truly seeing.

If you’ve ever wondered what your apartment could become with the right design thinking behind it ~ perhaps this is your sign to start the conversation. Send us a DM or give us a call on 1300 926 624 - we would love to help.

I wanted to create this post because of a recent conversation with a prospective client.I met with them in their home wh...
25/05/2026

I wanted to create this post because of a recent conversation with a prospective client.

I met with them in their home where they shared the vision for their renovation ~ particularly the kitchen, which is the very first space you see when entering the home.

The challenge? The kitchen can’t really move.

So the exercise becomes how to create a showcase space that resolves the entry, kitchen and dining area together…while still making the kitchen functional and beautiful to live in.

After our meeting I went away with the brief to prepare a proposal.

Not long after submitting it, I received an email saying: “We need to scale it all back… but urgently need selections, design direction and a render because the builder wants to start.”

And honestly, this is where many people unintentionally underestimate what’s involved in design.

Because a proper render isn’t magic.

Before the image even exists, the space first has to be designed.

⏺️ Layout.
⏺️ Cabinetry.
⏺️ Appliances.
⏺️ Lighting.
⏺️ Materials.
⏺️ Storage.
⏺️ Flow.
⏺️ Proportions.
⏺️ Functionality.

All considered before a single render is produced.

Even relatively straightforward kitchens can involve 40 to 100+ hours of design thinking, selections, revisions and documentation before construction begins.

Because good design is not just about how something looks.

It’s about how it works.

How it feels.

And how the space quietly supports everyday life.

The kitchen shown in this post is not the kitchen I am referring to above ~ but it is an example of what started as one thing and became something entirely different after hours and hours of design refinement, problem solving and decision making behind the scenes.

Ironically, when it’s done really well…it all just looks effortless.

If you’ve renovated before, what surprised you most about the process?

Some spaces are designed.Others are curated slowly… layer by layer, object by object, story by story.A design direction ...
19/05/2026

Some spaces are designed.
Others are curated slowly… layer by layer, object by object, story by story.

A design direction is rarely about chasing a single style label. It is about creating a feeling that holds together ~ even when the pieces come from different places, periods, or influences.

This space leans into contrast beautifully.

Rustic timber against crisp white brick.

Structured checkerboard flooring softened by collected artwork and warm lighting.

Dark furniture grounding the room while the layered textures stop it from feeling rigid or cold.

What makes a space feel curated is restraint.

Not adding everything you love at once, but allowing elements to speak to one another.

Repetition of tone. Consistency in materiality. Rhythm in shape, scale, and mood.

The irony is that the most effortless spaces are usually the most considered.

Good design is not about perfection.

It is about creating a home that feels lived in, intentional, and unmistakably yours.

What actually makes a kitchen functional?Not just beautiful in a photo.Not just trend driven.But genuinely easy to live ...
16/05/2026

What actually makes a kitchen functional?

Not just beautiful in a photo.
Not just trend driven.
But genuinely easy to live in day after day.

Good kitchen design goes far beyond colours, finishes and feature pendants.

A functional kitchen considers how people move, cook, gather, clean, store, unpack groceries, make coffee half awake in the morning, or navigate around each other at the end of a long day.

The most successful kitchens usually share a few universal principles:

✅️ Clear circulation and comfortable movement paths

✅️ Generous preparation and landing space beside appliances

✅️ Storage designed around real daily habits

✅️ Practical drawer systems and accessible cabinetry

✅️ Layered lighting for both function and atmosphere

✅️ Durable materials that can handle everyday life

✅️ Thoughtful appliance placement to reduce strain and repetition

✅️ Conveniently located power points

✅️ Spaces that allow more than one person to use the kitchen comfortably at the same time

And perhaps the biggest consideration of all…

✅️ A kitchen should feel intuitive.
You should not have to constantly think about where things belong or work around awkward layouts that look good but frustrate daily living.

Good kitchen design is not simply about how a kitchen looks.

It is about how it works.
How it supports the people living in it.

And how it continues to do so long after trends have faded.

A hallway is rarely considered the “main event” of a home.It’s a space we move through. Pass by. Rush down on the way to...
15/05/2026

A hallway is rarely considered the “main event” of a home.
It’s a space we move through. Pass by. Rush down on the way to somewhere else.

But sometimes, if you slow down enough, you notice the way light falls against a painted brick wall.
The quiet rhythm of black and white tiles underfoot.

Fresh lilies opening slowly in the corner.

Art collected not to impress, but to say something about the people who live here.

And suddenly it’s no longer just a hallway.

It’s a moment.

A pause.

A reminder that homes are rarely shaped by the big gestures alone, but by the smaller details that quietly ask us to feel something.

The spaces in between matter too.

A home is never just furniture, finishes or carefully chosen objects.It is a collection of stories quietly layered over ...
08/05/2026

A home is never just furniture, finishes or carefully chosen objects.

It is a collection of stories quietly layered over time.

The artwork found on a weekend away.

The chair everyone fights over.

The light that falls across the hallway every morning in autumn.

The shelf styled and restyled as life changes around it.

Good interiors are not built all at once. They evolve. They gather meaning. They soften with memory.

And perhaps that is what makes a home feel beautiful in the end ~ not perfection, but the way it begins to hold pieces of the people living inside it.

The laughter.

The hard seasons.

The quiet cups of tea.

The visitors.

The ordinary days that slowly become part of the story.

A home is never just what you see.It’s the table that’s hosted more conversations than it was ever designed for.The chai...
29/04/2026

A home is never just what you see.

It’s the table that’s hosted more conversations than it was ever designed for.

The chairs pulled in, pushed back, moved closer… depending on who’s sitting there.

It’s the collected pieces ~ not curated to perfection, but gathered over time.

Paintings that meant something. Objects that stayed. Things that refused to be let go of.

There’s a rhythm to spaces like this. You can feel it before you understand it.
Not everything matches.
Not everything should.
Because a home isn’t built in a moment ~ it’s layered, edited, added to… and sometimes undone.

A collection of stories, still being written.

There’s a moment I look for on every project.Not when the drawings are approved.Not when the last cushion is placed.It’s...
28/04/2026

There’s a moment I look for on every project.

Not when the drawings are approved.

Not when the last cushion is placed.

It’s the pause…
when a client walks in, takes it in quietly, and says something they didn’t plan to say.

Yesterday it was:
“You really got me… my style… my personality.”

The truth is - the brief only gets us so far.

It’s in the in-between conversations, the hesitations, the things left unsaid…that the real brief lives.

That’s where the work happens.
Not just designing the spaces or selecting pieces, but understanding the person who has to live with them.

Because a space shouldn’t just look right…it should feel like it couldn’t belong to anyone else.

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