Welcome to the YHD Journal. Explore pre-design advice, project deep dives, industry insights and practical guidance to help you navigate your building or renovation journey with confidence.
Your Home Designs is so excited to celebrate the incredible women in our industry, starting with our own. Founder and Creative Director Zoe Pohlmann has been named winner of the Business Mentor/Leader award at the 2026 HIA Hunter Building Women Awards, with two more of our team recognised as finalists across the program.
Every knock-down rebuild conversation we have starts the same way, with the same handful of questions, in roughly the same order. If you are weighing up a rebuild, here is what we would actually tell you, in that order.
What was once an underused backyard at LOFT Corlette has been transformed into a private wellness retreat, designed to encourage guests to slow down, switch off and make the most of their time away. For us, this project was about more than simply improving the backyard. It was about looking at how the property could work harder, creating another experience for guests while adding a considered point of difference to the home. The Vision The brief for LOFT’s backyard was simple
