Weatherboard cottage

Nostalgia for a childhood home, the desire for bucolic views and theatrical design skills all played a role in the revival of this weatherboard cottage in the NSW Southern Highlands.

Armadale House is the response to a traditional brief that responds to its contextural influence. We speak with Tom Robertson, founding directore of studio.

A love of gardening and the dream of creating a botanical oasis led the owners to a classic country Victorian weatherboard bank turned cottage in Victoria's central highlands.

A weatherboard home, with its classic shadowline, is so much more receptive to different exterior colours than a rendered house is.

With its corrugated iron roof and wraparound verandah, the white weatherboard cottage is typical of the houses that dotted Perth’s suburbs a century ago. But tucked behind it is a modern extension that’s anything but ordinary.

In its original state, the existing cottage was run down and in need of repair. Ameliorating this called for the dilapidated lean-to at the rear […]

Two renovators from Melbourne put a lot of love and hard work into restoring the old country cottage they visit in Trentham most weekends.

Renovating Mums shows you our top three picks for popular exterior house colours. From coastal chic of Dulux Millar Mood to moody Dulux Domino...

Oak Cottage by Tim Pilgrim is a country garden in Macedon that mirrors the wild and diverse planting of untouched nature.