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Dulux Colour Awards – 2019

Residential Interior

The interior paint finishes of any building used as a private residence, including single and multi-residential projects.

Residential Interior

Winner

Project Title: Caroline House

Company Name: Kennedy Nolan

Green staircase in dining room
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Image Credit: Derek Swalwell
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Commendation

Project Title: Captain Kelly's Cottage


Company Name: John Wardle Architects

Old cottage room and hallway.
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Captain Kelly's Cottage by John Wardle Architects. Image Credit: Trevor Mein.
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Commendation

Project Title: Elmore Homestead

Company Name: Flack Studio

Grey living room with grey couch, copper lamp, artwork and white french doors.
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Residential Interior – Finalists

White living room with black grand piano and navy couch
SAR Residence

Company Name: Mim Design. Image Credit: Sean Fennessy.

White hallway of traditional house
Elsternwick House

Company Name: Chelsea Hing. Image Credits: Sean Fennessy.

White lounge room with bay window, white couch and two plum velvet tub chairs
Villa Amor

Company Name: Arent&Pyke. Image Credit: Anson Smart.

Blue-grey living room with rounded furniture, built-in bookshelves and silver mantle
Magnolia House

Company Name: Arent&Pyke. Image Credits: Anson Smart.

Modern white dining room with window nook
Fitzroy Terrace

Company Name: Taylor Knights. Image Credit: Peter Clarke.

White dining room with glass double doors, white mantle and mirror on the chimmey breast.
Brighton Homestead

Company Name: Robson Rak Architects & Interior Designers. Image Credit: Felix Forest.

Living room with white and olive green two-tone walls, upright piano and futuristic console.
The Pines

Company Name: Glamuzina Architects and Dessein Parke. Image Credit: Sam Hartnett.

Kitchen with pink marbled bench, navy cabinets, green cabinets, gold trim and white ceiling
Winston House

Company Name: Lynne Bradley Interiors. Image Credit: Anson Smart.

Grey living room with black marble mantle
Queens Park Residence

Company Name: Vellum Interiors. Image Credit: Pablo Veiga.

kitchen with timber cabiners, light green and dark green square tiles, white bench and frypans displayed on wall
Kagan House

Company Name: Kennedy Nolan. Image Credit: Derek Swalwell.

Purple living room with white ceiling
Blue Moon

Company Name: BayleyWard. Image Credit: Eve Wilson.

Kitchen with teal cabinets. Island bench with white top and red sides.
Lilyfield Residence

Company Name: Woods & Warner. Image Credit: Simon Whitbread.

Open plan living and kitchen area with floor to ceiling windows and glass door looking out onto grassed yard
Centennial Park House

Company Name: Madeleine Blanchfield Architects. Image Credit: Prue Ruscoe.

Green timber bedroom
Sandy Point House

Company Name: Kennedy Nolan. Image Credit: Derek Swalwell.

White open plan kitchen, living and dining. Three large arched pane windows with ceiling to floor white curtains
Kew Apartment

Company Name: Sarah Wolfendale Interior Design. Image Credit: Shannon McGrath.

White dining rom with glass table and 10 wooden chairs
Peppertree House

Company Name: Alwill Interiors. Image Credit: Prue Ruscoe.

White lounge and dining room with multi-coloured rug
Stanton Road

Company Name: Brett Mickan Interior Design. Image Credit: Thomas Dalhoff.

Kitchen with white ceiling and splashback, island bench and dark green cabinets
Beechwood

Company Name: KWD. Image Credit: Armelle Habib.

Aqua living room with traditional white mantle
Cydelia House

Company Name: FJMT. Image Credit: Nicole England.

Open plan kitchen dining with yellow floor
Yolk House

Company Name: Pac Studio. Image Credit: David St George.

White kitchen with main walls wallpapered
Fitzroy Residence

Company Name: Kate Challis Interiors. Image Credit: Sharyn Cairns.

Black kitchen with timber floors and stools.
Fish Creek House

Company Name: Archiblox. Image Credit: Armelle Habib.

White living room with pink velvet armchair, blue armchairs, brown couch, large artworks
Prahran Residence

Company Name: Flack Studio. Image Credit: Sharyn Cairns.

Purple-grey corrugated wall effect in dining room
Ivanhoe Residence

Company Name: Flack Studio. Image Credits: Sharyn Cairns and Caitlin Mills.

Study with teal walls, glass desk, white shelves
Cleveland Rooftop

Company Name: SJB. Image Credit: Felix Forest.

Open plan dining and living room with exterior view to pool
Yarra Valley House

Company Name: Chelsea Hing. Image Credit: Sean Fennessy.

Previous winners and finalists over the years

interior room
2017

The Residential Interior winners and finalists for 2017.

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Green kitchen
2018

The Residential Interior winners and finalists for 2018.

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timber bedroom with curved wall
2020

The Residential Interior winners and finalists for 2020.

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