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‘Here to stay': Kmart responds to divisive homewares trend
It's a colour that can instantly reveal someone's age – but despite it's confronting ability to expose us, one of Australia's biggest retailers said it's not going anywhere. 'Millennial green' is a recently coined term which refers to the trend of using various shades of muted, earthy greens in interior design, particularly among those aged 29 to 44 years old. While undoubtedly popular, the colour's apparent power to out those in the millennial age group, has proved unsavoury among some online. After being brutally labelled 'the new sad beige' by several critics on TikTok, some have sworn off the trendy colour – but now Kmart has weighed in on the debate, declaring it is 'here to stay'. Speaking at a showing of the budget retailer's new homewares range, buyer Nic Holmes said green – particularly the sage shade – was a trend that was going nowhere anytime soon. 'Millennial green is here to stay. I fall into the category where everyone loves it, and I look around my house and think, 'ohh, I've got a lot of green',' the long-running Kmart staffer told 'The design team, who are currently working two seasons ahead in 2027, are still seeing green introduced and carrying on.' Because of this, the store's 2025 August living range, designed to help 'Australians refresh their homes at everyday low prices', has 'millennial green' wove through every category, from homewares to kitchen accessories. The trendy hue even has a starring moment in Kmart's new 'expandable' range, with a green lounge chair that comes in a compact box before expanding once opened. Priced at $169, the Como Chenille Lounge Chair only recently hit stores, but it's already proving incredibly popular. 'Run to Kmart for this new release,' one TikTok user declared in a video. As another, who showed how you could use three of them to make a couch, described the item as a 'good little buy'. 'They're soooo comfortable! Got mine last night,' one raved in the comments section. 'You're kiddddding these are Kmart?!' shared another. As one added: 'Obsessed!' Mr Holmes also shared his tips on styling with the colour, explaining that to nail the green trend, it was 'all about layering different tones of green'. 'This trend is not going to go anywhere because the colour is just too versatile,' he shared. 'We call it the new neutral, so if you're a neutral cream customer, and you introduce the sage greens to your home, the palettes work so well together. 'The exciting thing for me is that it is going to be forecast as continuing to grow, it's going to explode.' Kmart said the expanded furniture offering is a 'major highlight this season', adding that it features exciting new innovations that have been compressed to make it 'easier than ever to shop large furniture'. 'Key pieces include the ever-popular Nate Range which has now been extended and reimagined in black with slatted panelling and lozenge shapes,' a spokesperson said. 'There's also the Charles Cabinet ($89) with bold ball feet and arched panels and additional items like the Wave Bedhead ($139) and the Mali Lounge Chair ($179), are expected to be high-impact hero items for customers.'
News.com.au
4 hours ago
- News.com.au
Inside Geelong Cats player Rhys Stanley's luxe Surf Coast farmhouse
Geelong Cats premiership ruckman Rhys Stanley racked up more than 1200 AFL hit-outs in the almost three years it took to build his family's forever farmhouse on the Surf Coast. But, much like on the footy field, he and wife Kirsten never took their eye off the prize as they inched ever closer to finishing their dream European-style home. The couple and its three children finally moved into 'Farmhouse Fields', about 15 minutes from Torquay, just before last Christmas. They searched long and hard to secure the right rural acreage property where they could embrace a working farm life and their love of wide, open spaces. 'When we first found the site, we drove to the top of the hill and knew instantly that this is where we want to build our family's forever home,' Stanley said. 'The project is something we can grow with and grow into; we're hoping the farmhouse is going to be something we can love for generations.' For their first new build, the couple turned to local interior architecture and design studio Studio Hallihan to bring together their love of combining old and new. The family lived in an existing two-bedroom cottage on the property during the home's construction. As well as oversized windows framing views across the countryside, the new house features high vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, textured oak timber floors and tactile limewashed walls. Outside, natural stone cladding reinforces the farmhouse vibe, while internally Gyprock products, including Flexible Plasterboard, help achieve soft feature curves. 'The designer had some fun with curves throughout the house and they have turned out better than we could have imagined,' Stanley said. The house has separate kids and parents' zones and a large open-plan living space anchored by an American inspired kitchen to satisfy the Stanley's love of entertaining. 'Built-in cabinetry ensures we can hide away the mess and enjoy the beauty of the space while entertaining,' Kirsten said. Custom cabinetry also features in the earthy-toned ensuite, which has a marble vanity and European-style brass tapware. Stanley said the length of the build, which started around the time of the Covid pandemic, was impacted by supply chain delays and lockdowns. 'A whole lot of blood, sweat and tears have gone into this project,' he said. 'Seeing it completed and looking so beautiful fills us with a lot of pride.'
News.com.au
5 hours ago
- News.com.au
Waterfront development reveals rising costs behind new apartment builds
A suite of new coastal penthouses are on the market, creating a new opportunity for downsizing homeowners in a master planned community. Located in Pelican Waters, Comino at the Cove by Henzell Property Group has placed several penthouse and sub-penthouse offerings on the market: ranging from a 2 bedroom home at $1.95 million to a massive luxury penthouse for $5.6 million. Designed by OGE Architects, each unit – ranging from two to four bedrooms – has east access to the Sunshine Coast's beaches, along with a private marina, and has a series of shared amenities such as a resort-style swimming pool within the complex. The property's high-ticket item, Comino Penthouse 2601, takes up 511 sqm of property, with a direct northeast view of the water and a wine cellar, along with a six car garage. Henzell Property Group's Mclean Henzell said the project had attracted a large sum of interested downsizers from within Pelican Waters, and was happy to see strong word of mouth for the project. 'It's [also] an amazing home base for people if they are still working,' he said. 'All of the apartments have beach rooms; so you walk down the corridor, and you have views to the glass mountains.' The apartments are being marketed by Realm Projects. Managing director Shane Foley said a big appeal of this project was to give a more accessible place for people who love the Sunshine Coast to live in, without some of the pains of home maintenance. 'What downsizers want is space,' he said. 'They want to maintain that feeling of space, but they don't want the maintenance anymore.' The Pelican Waters community sits near Caloundra's growing coastal community, along with the Sunshine Coast University hospital. 'We're very proud of the master plan that's being created there, and the lifestyle that it offers,' Mr Foley said. With its build already completed, homes purchased within the complex are available to move into shortly after purchase. Mr Foley said a project such as this would be significantly more expensive if built today, due to rising construction costs throughout the state. 'There are very few places [now] that people can buy genuine house-sized apartments they can afford,' he said.
