The Best of Houzz 2021 Winners Have Been Revealed!
See a selection of Houzz photos and design professionals Australians and New Zealanders love the most
Houzz AU
29 January 2021
The results are in. Once again, the latest category of home-design professionals to earn a Best of Houzz award have delivered designs that resonate with the Houzz community as well as service that stands out from the crowd. The annual awards, announced this week, recognise the top-rated home professionals and most popular designs on Houzz, by category and area, across the country.
To celebrate the occasion, we rounded up a selection of this year’s winners in the design, service and photography categories. To see more winners – and gain the ability to filter by region and room category – click here for Australia and here for New Zealand.
To celebrate the occasion, we rounded up a selection of this year’s winners in the design, service and photography categories. To see more winners – and gain the ability to filter by region and room category – click here for Australia and here for New Zealand.
A Design Award winner from the Gold Coast, Queensland
This kitchen shows we continue to have an appetite for dark kitchens, complemented and lightened by grainy timber and display shelving.
This kitchen shows we continue to have an appetite for dark kitchens, complemented and lightened by grainy timber and display shelving.
A Design Award winner from Sydney, NSW
Who would turn down a handsome dressing room with a beautiful aspect and a space for one to contemplate their sartorial choices?
Who would turn down a handsome dressing room with a beautiful aspect and a space for one to contemplate their sartorial choices?
A Design Award winner from Perth, WA
Showing how our love for internal glazing can be expressed in a way that is at once classic and contemporary.
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Showing how our love for internal glazing can be expressed in a way that is at once classic and contemporary.
Want your own home to feature award-winning qualities? Find an interior designer near you on Houzz to make it happen
A Design Award winner from Christchurch, NZ
The incredible treatment of the ceiling is a sight to behold in this contemporary property.
The incredible treatment of the ceiling is a sight to behold in this contemporary property.
A Design Award winner from Newcastle, NSW
A master class on how non-visually-intrusive blonde timber can allow other features to shine, in this case the ceiling beams and vertical slats as well as the brick chimney breast.
A master class on how non-visually-intrusive blonde timber can allow other features to shine, in this case the ceiling beams and vertical slats as well as the brick chimney breast.
A Design Award winner from Brisbane, Queensland
See how a black island bench can take an all-white kitchen from bland to beautiful. Contrast, via colour or texture or shape, is a key component in good design.
See how a black island bench can take an all-white kitchen from bland to beautiful. Contrast, via colour or texture or shape, is a key component in good design.
A Design Award winner from Sydney, NSW
Bright, saturated oranges and blues work wonders in this unisex children’s bedroom; and release everyone from the typical overused gender-identifying colours of pink and blue.
Browse more beautifully designed rooms for kids
Bright, saturated oranges and blues work wonders in this unisex children’s bedroom; and release everyone from the typical overused gender-identifying colours of pink and blue.
Browse more beautifully designed rooms for kids
A Design Award winner from Auckland, NZ
This farmhouse kitchen has all the touchstones needed to look the part, yet has been modernised via colour and a lack of the fussiest details.
This farmhouse kitchen has all the touchstones needed to look the part, yet has been modernised via colour and a lack of the fussiest details.
A Design Award winner from Brisbane, Queensland
An open-sided cabana in ever-popular Hamptons style, with a beautiful selection of ocean-blue tiles lining the pool, celebrates our Australian summer in just the right way.
An open-sided cabana in ever-popular Hamptons style, with a beautiful selection of ocean-blue tiles lining the pool, celebrates our Australian summer in just the right way.
A Photography Award winner from Brisbane, Queensland
Who doesn’t love a hanging chair? Offsetting the all-white verandah with a dark form and the linear visuals with a draping plant makes for a pretty picture.
To see more winners – and gain the ability to filter by region and room category – see here for Australia and here for New Zealand.
Who doesn’t love a hanging chair? Offsetting the all-white verandah with a dark form and the linear visuals with a draping plant makes for a pretty picture.
To see more winners – and gain the ability to filter by region and room category – see here for Australia and here for New Zealand.
A Photography Award winner from Sydney, NSW
Simplicity wins the day in this stunning balanced shot.
Simplicity wins the day in this stunning balanced shot.
A Photography Award winner from Adelaide, SA
Showing how these squidgy sofas wrap around a generous slab coffee table makes for a beautiful visual image.
Showing how these squidgy sofas wrap around a generous slab coffee table makes for a beautiful visual image.
A Photography Award winner from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
A powder-blue door against dense green foliage makes for a lovely gentle colour combination.
A powder-blue door against dense green foliage makes for a lovely gentle colour combination.
A Design Award winner from Auckland, NZ
This all-white bathroom is a study in how to define beautiful objects in a space, with the floating vanity as the hero piece and the contrasting mirror (by shape and colour) drawing the eye towards this vignette.
Your turn
Which of these spaces do you love most? Share your favourites in the Comments below, like this story, save the images for inspiration, and join the conversation.
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This all-white bathroom is a study in how to define beautiful objects in a space, with the floating vanity as the hero piece and the contrasting mirror (by shape and colour) drawing the eye towards this vignette.
Your turn
Which of these spaces do you love most? Share your favourites in the Comments below, like this story, save the images for inspiration, and join the conversation.
More
Need more renovation inspiration? Browse through 16 Cool Features Spotted in New Renovations
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Amazing Designs!
Gotta Me Ario❤️
So refreshing to see colour done well in the orange and navy study. Looks fantastic