Canterbury

Property styling
in Canterbury.

The Golden Mile's finest homes, styled to perform. 16 years and more than 4,800 homes.

In Canterbury, permanence is the point. The work of styling is to show a home that will hold its family for decades: composed, established and complete.
The Golden Mile carries some of Melbourne’s grandest Edwardian and Federation homes, and behind many original facades sit complete architectural renovations: new living wings, custom joinery, natural stone and gardens designed to be lived in. We style each home as the architect and owner resolved it, with furniture scaled to rooms built a century apart.
Formal dining room with chandelier in a Canterbury period home styled by Residence Melbourne
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Who buys in Canterbury

Established families

Canterbury's tree-lined avenues and grand Victorian and Edwardian homes draw families who have arrived at the address they intend to keep. They buy on schools, gardens and streetscape, and they judge a home by how completely it lives. We style every zone with purpose, from formal rooms to family spaces, so the whole home reads as ready.

Upgraders from the inner east

Buyers stepping up from Hawthorn, Camberwell and Surrey Hills come to Canterbury for space and permanence. They are comparing against the best of the inner east, so we present rooms with the scale, detail and composure that make the move feel inevitable.

Professionals seeking quiet prestige

Canterbury offers standing without display. These buyers respond to restraint: considered furniture, layered natural detail and rooms that feel collected rather than decorated. Our styling gives them a home that speaks quietly and convincingly.

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How we style Canterbury homes

Our signature is calm and timeless. Rooms that feel settled the moment you walk in, composed with proportion, texture and restraint, so the buyer sees the home and starts picturing their life in it.
Canterbury homes are generous, wide hallways, high ceilings, formal rooms and family wings, and we furnish them at the scale they were built for. Renovated homes are styled to the standard of the build, with the new volumes given contemporary pieces and the original rooms given warmth and weight. The gardens matter here, so rooms are composed to hold their outlook, and every zone reads as ready for the family that stays.
Sitting room with chandelier and arched shelving in a Canterbury home styled by Residence Melbourne Fireplace sitting room in a renovated Canterbury period home styled by Residence Melbourne
16
Years
4,800+
Homes styled
$7.9B
Total sale value
1 day
Install
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Questions Canterbury sellers ask

How do you approach period homes?

With respect for the architecture first. Furniture is scaled to the ceilings and rooms, art is hung to the proportions of the walls, and contemporary pieces are chosen to complement rather than compete.

Can you style to the standard of Toorak and Brighton?

That is the standard we work at everywhere. The same designers, the same furniture collection and the same approach we bring to our Toorak and Brighton projects come to Canterbury.

Do you supply all furnishings?

Yes. Furniture, art, rugs, lighting and the layers in between come from our own collection, selected for each home.

What determines the styling investment?

The size of the home, the number of rooms presented and the length of the campaign. We scope every property individually after a consultation.

“Our clients were thrilled. The styling felt thoughtful without being overdone. The team was organised, professional and easy to work with.”
Emma · Architect · Malvern
Where we work

We style throughout Canterbury: the Golden Mile, Monomeath Avenue, Victoria Avenue and the surrounding heritage streets. We also style across Toorak, Kew, Hawthorn and Brighton.

Bringing a Canterbury home to market?
We will read the home, the buyer and the campaign, and style it to perform.
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