Leta Keens

The Melbourne-based comedians and actors first met when they were cast in Legally Blonde The Musical. Now they perform together around the world, and their next stop is Adelaide Fringe.

Whether you’ve bought a new place, are redecorating, or simply looking for inspiration, we’ve asked the experts what’s on their radar – from soft lighting and natural materials to incorporating family heirlooms into your space.

Tali Roth’s interior design practice stretches from Melbourne to New York City. Her 1960s Caulfield family home breaks the renovation rules with a Euro modern look that’s sexy and bold and “a little bit undone”.

The Plant Society co-founder connects greenery with interior design, working with clients like Aesop and Melbourne’s new StandardX hotel. Chongue talks us through his top tips for chic gardening, indoors and out, and why spider plants are cool again.

Designer Corey Ashford and artist Jason Penfold felt right at home in their rental – so they bought it and made it their own. Inside, the Dinosaur Designs alum road-tests elegant food-inspired homewares, including oyster incense holders and boxes that look like tiny cakes.

Pipi’s Kiosk chef Jordan Clay and Neighbours actor Naomi Rukavina’s newly renovated bayside Melbourne abode is like a little colour bomb. Find coral walls, Swedish designer furniture and a very fun, very green functional kitchen.

And ceramics, painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation work. The Melbourne creative, whose work has featured in the NGV Triennial, explores serious themes driven by the “thrill of camp”. At home, he finds beauty in his collection of vintage Dior hats and second-hand kimonos.

There are garden views everywhere you look in the perfectly proportioned south-east Melbourne home (built on an abandoned school tennis court) where fashion label founder Dana Burrows lives with two daughters, two dogs, and an architect husband.

She has the imprimatur of Vogue and Dior for her sculptural clay light fixtures. The Melbourne ceramicist talks architectural inspiration, motherhood and how horseriding taught her to take it slow.

The NGV’s senior Australian and First Nations curator works to “challenge people’s perception of Indigenous art”. He talks a shared family mission, bringing Australian and Indigenous art together and the gallery’s newest commission: My Country.

Fleur Sibbel’s home and work life are built on solid family foundations. She runs furniture and homewares company Zuster with her sister and now she’s bought and renovated a Balwyn North house her father constructed half a century ago.

The architecture-graduate-turned-interior-designer’s bold work tells his clients’ stories – from homes filled with travel souvenirs and family heirlooms to Entrecote’s French bistro style, and even a shop fit-out inspired by a religious icon.