Best of Houzz: Top 20 Home Design Favourites for 2018
These winning designs have been voted as complete standouts in our people's choice awards – Best of Houzz
With 40 million users saving photos, browsing for ideas and bookmarking stories on Houzz each month, a pattern starts to emerge about which rooms, houses and outdoor spaces are their favourites. That’s where the Best of Houzz awards come in. We tally the most-saved photos throughout the year to determine the winners – with architects, interior designers and other home professionals awarded a Best of Houzz badge for the honour. These are the top 20 Best of Houzz winners, in no particular order.
Winner: Camilla Molders Design
When a room looks this cosy and inviting, it’s little wonder that it has attracted the attention of Houzzers looking for living room inspiration.
When a room looks this cosy and inviting, it’s little wonder that it has attracted the attention of Houzzers looking for living room inspiration.
Winner: Tonka Andjelkovic Design
This living room is just one of many gorgeous spaces throughout this Sydney home.
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This living room is just one of many gorgeous spaces throughout this Sydney home.
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Winner: Ardent Architects
This kitchen ticks all the boxes on most homeowners’ wish lists. Space, storage, style – yes please.
This kitchen ticks all the boxes on most homeowners’ wish lists. Space, storage, style – yes please.
Winner: Plush Design Interiors
Texture and soothing tones make this bedroom a standout, and set the scene for leisurely Sunday sleep-ins.
Texture and soothing tones make this bedroom a standout, and set the scene for leisurely Sunday sleep-ins.
Winner: Perini Tiles
Standalone tubs are the baths of choice for renovators with enough space to install one. This contemporary design features tiles of the same tone, but the variety of textures and patterns makes it far from bland.
Standalone tubs are the baths of choice for renovators with enough space to install one. This contemporary design features tiles of the same tone, but the variety of textures and patterns makes it far from bland.
Winner: Baahouse + Baastudio
The Hamptons comes to Brisbane in this beach-style home, with white-painted timber playing a starring role.
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The Hamptons comes to Brisbane in this beach-style home, with white-painted timber playing a starring role.
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Winner: Cantilever Interiors
This minimalist kitchen uses detail and colour to take it from ho-hum to heavenly.
This minimalist kitchen uses detail and colour to take it from ho-hum to heavenly.
Winner: Marlowe Hues - Colour & Design
A planter box filled with mother-in-laws tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata) breathes life and greenery into this renovated apartment.
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A planter box filled with mother-in-laws tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata) breathes life and greenery into this renovated apartment.
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Winner: Staple Design
Open shelving is practical and pretty in this traditional kitchen, enabling colour-themed items to be put out on show.
Open shelving is practical and pretty in this traditional kitchen, enabling colour-themed items to be put out on show.
Winner: Lightwave International
The impact of clever lighting is clear in this award-winning Queensland residence, which is full of ideas to get inspired by.
The impact of clever lighting is clear in this award-winning Queensland residence, which is full of ideas to get inspired by.
Winner: Donna Guyler Design
An enviable entryway that keeps clutter at bay – every home should have one.
An enviable entryway that keeps clutter at bay – every home should have one.
Winner: Bayon Gardens
Fire pits show no signs of waning in popularity, and they’re even more desirable in a landscaped backyard as inviting as this one.
Fire pits show no signs of waning in popularity, and they’re even more desirable in a landscaped backyard as inviting as this one.
Winner: Fido Projects
White bathrooms will never go out of style, and grey grout and black tapware take this design upmarket.
White bathrooms will never go out of style, and grey grout and black tapware take this design upmarket.
Winner: The English Tapware Company
Traditional-style bathrooms can transport you to another time, especially when they’re as luxurious as this one.
Traditional-style bathrooms can transport you to another time, especially when they’re as luxurious as this one.
Winner: GIA Bathroom & Kitchen Renovations
A wet zone can make the most of a small bathroom – this one manages to comfortably contain a shower and bath despite its relatively modest dimensions.
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A wet zone can make the most of a small bathroom – this one manages to comfortably contain a shower and bath despite its relatively modest dimensions.
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Winner: C.O.S Design
Stepping stones can transform a backyard – as this magical design reveals.
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Stepping stones can transform a backyard – as this magical design reveals.
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Winner: Milestone Building
The colour palette strikes just the right chord in this popular bathroom, and the marble vanity top and floor tiles give it a touch of luxe.
The colour palette strikes just the right chord in this popular bathroom, and the marble vanity top and floor tiles give it a touch of luxe.
Winner: Austurban Homes
The right sofa can turn a media room into a space of comfort and joy.
The right sofa can turn a media room into a space of comfort and joy.
Winner: Source Architects
A home that opens to the outdoors is high on the list for Australians looking to renovate or build their own home – and this design nails the brief.
To browse more 2018 Best of Houzz winners by region and room, click here.
A home that opens to the outdoors is high on the list for Australians looking to renovate or build their own home – and this design nails the brief.
To browse more 2018 Best of Houzz winners by region and room, click here.
Who can resist charcoal-toned tiles laid in a herringbone pattern? When they sweep along the floor and climb the shower wall the tiles become even more of a feature.