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TROPIC • INTERIOR DESIGN

Home goals

INTERIOR DESIGN
In this new Tropic column,
interior designer Hyaesil
Gilligan talks about our
collective passion for turning a
home into our sanctuary.

Words: Hyaesil Gilligan
It is said we spend up to two-thirds of Classic Queensland houses, pole homes,
our life in our homes. Increasingly, we block rendered houses, some with curves,
are looking for homes that don’t just fit pavilion houses and the list goes on…
our families, but our lifestyle aspirations. But the most change we have seen in
We’re looking for homes that we work our homes is interior designing and
from and entertain in. We’re looking styling. New trends are set every year via
for homes that make a statement about magazines and social media and these
who we are. Importantly in this day and trends integrate into our house harmony
age, we’re looking for places of respite and style. Trust me, it’s getting very
and relaxation. We are looking for our impressive and very serious just how
sanctuary. much we care about interiors. If you’re
Hi, my name is Hyaesil. I work in the like me, it’s an obsession!
design and building industry alongside Options are endless. Changing your
my carpenter-builder husband Liam. As paint colour, adding pot plants, soft in order to achieve the population
you can imagine, we practically live and furnishings… all with relative ease and growth goals of our cities. ‘Smart
breathe houses with a passion. People minimal cost. However, designing your homes’ with integrated technology, and
across Cairns care so much about their space to fit your life and anticipating how perhaps the most powerful source of
home and it’s becoming more common those needs will evolve is something you all, power consumption by consumers
that they’re busy every weekend creating really only get the chance to do in those and how this makes a statement about
their own sanctuary by themselves or early stages of planning your home. the world we want to live in. Making
with the help of professionals. We all Getting it right is imperative to creating design considerations such as choosing
think a house is more than just a roof over your ideal sanctuary. materials and furnishings based on their
our heads. In the future we will be influenced far environmental footprint is increasingly
Over the years, there have been no more by some much larger factors at popular and important.
shortage of trends in our industry. play; the need for higher density living There is just so much to talk about… I
hope you are as excited as I am about this
new Tropic column!
I’d love to know if you have any questions
about any upcoming projects, ideas or
something you would like to change
about your home.
This column is all about sharing
knowledge and interacting with others
and hopefully you can take something
useful away from this page… can’t wait to
start this fabulous trip with you.

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