New Country: A Fresh Take on Classic Rustic Style
We’ve given the country look a modern Australian-meets-Scandi makeover, with native colours, luxe textures, and pared-back styling – meet our New Country style!
READ ARTICLEINTERIOR DESIGN MANAGER, JESSICA HODGES
Design a façade that embodies modern Australian style with swathes of smooth render in shades of warm grey that ranges from soft pebble to rich charcoal, paired with slender charcoal window frames, and touches of dark timber in your roof or balcony detailing. Opt for a glazed front door that fills your interior with light, and enhances the connection between inside and out.
Create a warm and low-maintenance base for your scheme with wide, light oak floorboards, or large, matt-finish floor tiles in an earthy shade with some movement in the pattern, such as marble-effect Tundra grey. When it comes to rugs and carpets, opt for chunky weaves and light tones.
Choose understated light fixtures with smooth, organic lines and matt finishes that won’t overpower the rest of your scheme. Consider curved metal pendants in white, soft sage or pebble grey above the kitchen island or dining table, simple floor and tables with touches of timber or travertine in the base in your living areas, and frosted-glass orb wall lights in bathrooms.
Draw your cues from nature, with textural, dual-tone joinery in white-washed oak and cream or grey-green, topped with soft grey benchtops. Keep detailing to a minimum with simple chrome tapware and either sleek stainless steel handles or push-touch cabinet mechanisms.
Maximise natural light and the sense of space with a white-tiled splashback, white bar stools, and a trio of curvaceous matt white or pebble grey pendants over the kitchen island.
Strike the perfect balance between low-key and sophisticated with beige or soft grey stone-look tiles on floors and the lower portion of walls, with crisp white paintwork above them, a wall-hung vanity in oak with minimalist handles, a streamlined basin, and curved chrome tapware. Style the space with raw timber display shelves and artwork in fine oak or white frames.
Peppercorn Hill Estate, Donnybrook
Coridale Estate, Lara
Canopy Estate, Cranbourne
Mt. Atkinson Estate, Truganina
Newhaven Estate, Tarneit
Eliston Estate, Clyde
Woodlea Estate, Aintree
Cloverton Estate, Kalkallo
Kaduna Park Estate, Officer South
Olivine Estate, Donnybrook
Berwick Waters Estate, Clyde North
Minta Estate, Berwick
Keep it casual and uncluttered with simple oak furniture upholstered in beige or pale grey cotton and linen, paired with cosy woven throws, and scatter cushions in a medley of warm, earthy neutrals, muted green, and soft terracotta. If you’re keen to introduce some pattern, avoid busy styles and steer towards stripes and bold abstract prints.
Bring in some texture with battened-oak side tables or consoles, a rattan-backed accent chair or bedhead, drum side tables in coloured concrete or a tactile stone like travertine, and one or two leather pieces. Curvaceous, handmade ceramics and round oak-framed mirrors will add a low-key, contemporary touch.
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