Project in Focus | yourtown Show Home
Step inside a recent yourtown Luxury Prize Home, where thoughtful design and purposeful living come together. Styled by interior designer Kate Zillman, the Gold Coast residence combines sculptural furniture, expressive artwork and layered textures to create a home that feels warm, inviting and full of personality.
“Winning a yourtown Luxury Prize Home is truly life-changing. From the beautifully designed, fully furnished interiors by our very own Kate Zillman in collaboration with GlobeWest, to the turn-key experience, everything is ready from the moment you walk through the door. And knowing that every ticket supports Kids Helpline, where every 90 seconds a young person reaches out for help, makes it even more meaningful.” - Jo Kerr, Head of Product & Charitable Lotteries
Interior Designer: Kate Zillman, yourtown Lead Interior Designer
Photography: Kristian van der Beek
Were there any specific inspirations or themes that guided the interior design of the various spaces?
The concept was built around an imagined occupant - someone creative and fearless who buys art because it draws them in, not because it “matches” with the furniture. Miami has a cultural identity that doesn’t really get recognised, normally overshadowed by the beach lifestyle. The Surface Street Art Festival draws tens of thousands of visitors here every year and the MAD creative precinct by Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin has just been announced in the area, so that artistic energy felt like the right lens for the design.
The architecture is very white and neutral which sounds like a constraint but gave me a clean canvas to be bold with the colour and personality in the art, furniture and soft furnishings, rather than changing the fixtures and finishes selected by the developer.
What were the key goals of your design and styling choices for this property, and how did you ensure each selection supported that vision?
The goal was to make it feel inhabited rather than staged; a house where you walk in and immediately get a sense of the person who lives here. Every selection was tested against that brief rather than against convention.
Downstairs and upstairs each carry their own personality. Where downstairs is grounded and bold with the Sage Frankie Dining Table, Piccolo Cantilever Dining Chairs in Honey and the Puddle Travertine Coffee Table, anchoring the main living and dining zones, upstairs shifts into something looser and more layered, with a butter yellow sofa, a mid-century armchair and the striped GlobeWest Reese Coffee Table paired with two buffets acting as the entertainment unit to give the generous floorplan purpose.
How did you approach selecting GlobeWest pieces for this project, and what role did these products play in achieving the final look and feel?
GlobeWest is typically my first point of call on most projects because the combination of aesthetic alignment and reliable stock availability makes the specification process so much more straightforward, particularly when timelines are tight. The Juno Ziggy Sofa was the starting point for the ground floor direction and the piece that helped me lock in the identity of the home. It has the kind of sculptural presence a creative, confident person gravitates toward and once it was confirmed, the rest of the specification followed a clear logic.
The Frankie Dining Table paired with the Piccolo Cantilever Dining Chairs and the Priestley work behind them is one of the strongest furniture moments in the house - its bold, considered and a little unexpected in the best way. The Puddle Travertine Coffee Table downstairs adds weight and texture, while the bold Reese Coffee Table upstairs picks up the more playful, eclectic energy of that floor. The barstools and bedside tables were selected to carry the warmth and materiality through into the more functional spaces. The Livorno Sphere Dining Table and the Jules Woven Chairs on the outdoor setting round out the home beautifully, it's relaxed, tactile and suited to how people actually use an outdoor space on the Gold Coast.
What are your favourite aspects of the property?
The natural light is really special on this block and it changes how the home reads across the day in a way that photographs don’t fully capture. Because the architecture is so white and open the light moves through it differently in the morning than it does by late afternoon, and the art and furniture respond to that shift in a really beautiful way.
I love the unexpected addition of the Puddle Side Table beside the bath in the ensuite, normally such a piece would fade into the background but that specific table becomes the focal point.
Did you face any challenges during this project, and how did you overcome them?
Timeline was the primary constraint and, in some ways, it was clarifying rather than limiting. When decisions have to be made quickly and with confidence there’s less room to second guess yourself into something safer and more generic, so the concept stayed strong throughout. Never mind the grey hairs it gave me.
The other layer is the nature of the project itself. yourtown is a not-for-profit organisation and every ticket sold goes directly to funding Kids Helpline and essential youth services, which means budget allocation carries a different kind of weight than it does on a standard residential project. That accountability shapes how you approach every decision.
