In her third interiors book, COCOON: Creating Homes With Heart, Ali Heath celebrates spaces of retreat—including Tasmania’s Satellite Island, a remote sanctuary shaped by nature and slow living.

From colour-soaked apartments to richly layered family homes, this year’s Australian Interior Design Awards spotlight the most inspired residential spaces shaping how we live today.

Grove House by Cadence & Co is a soulful reimagining of a 1920s bungalow, where heritage meets contemporary—embracing its past and the rhythms of modern living.

A joyful reimagining by Timmins Architecture, Casa Cassata blends colour, pattern, playful details, and smart design into a warm, light-filled forever home.

Through the use of colour, bold material choices and refined spatial edits, creative director Matthew Vescovo brings a new rhythm to his 1930s Bellevue Hill apartment.

Brought to life through a remote collaboration between STILO Architecture and owner-designer Alyssa Owens, Helen Street is a layered family home where heritage, art, and nature converge with quiet intent.

Revel Design reimagines a compact Sydney apartment as a flexible, design-forward sanctuary that pairs hotel-style grandeur with the warmth of home.

A multi-generational home designed to evolve—The Linton House by Sonelo Architects brings together heritage and adaptability, on a quiet, idyllic curved street in Kooyong, Victoria.

An addition shaped by memory, materiality, and slow, sustainable design—Bob’s Bungalow by Blair Smith Architecture gently unfolds behind a 1930s Californian bungalow in Strathmore, Melbourne.

Rather than starting over, Studio Doherty reshaped South Yarra House from the inside out—proving that the most meaningful transformations often come from what’s left untouched.

House of Fortune by Dean Dyson Architects pays homage to Collingwood’s industrial roots—where architecture becomes a medium for storytelling, layering the past with the present.

Designed and built by InForm, in collaboration with architect Pleysier Perkins and interior designers GOLDEN, Littlewood fosters a deep connection to nature—a warm, functional and family-friendly retreat.