Summer DAZE

WITH A BACKDROP OF WHITE ON WHITE, THIS EXPANSIVE QUEENSLAND HOME TAKES AN EARTHY AND ECLECTIC APPROACH TO MODERN MINIMALISM

- Kylie Jackes

As is the case for many southerners who migrate north, it was the lure of the warmer weather that enticed Andy and Stephen to move from Victoria to Queensland with children Charlie, nine, and Izzy, seven. “I was sick of feeling the cold and I made a deal with Stephen that he could choose the location, but I’d have carte blanche on the interiors,” says Andy. Drawn to the Sunshine Coast, where they regularly holidayed, Stephen discovered a place that ticked all of their boxes – a 10-acre property enveloped in bush.